24 hours in rome

January was a month filled with travels and Rome was the first short stop. 24 hours of perfect weather filled with delicious food - roasted chestnuts, fettucine alfredo, gelato. Short but sweet.

 

 

copenhagen

After a month in tropical paradise last summer, I journeyed to Denmark where I spent a few days in perfectly designed Scandinavian interiors. I started my first morning wandering into dreamy Nyhavn, and had breakfast with the colourful houses, sailboats and vintage cars. Tivoli Gardens made me feel like I had jumped into the Harry Potter universe - there's something about all the colours and old-school decor about the second oldest amusement park in the world. Even if you're not into roller coasters, it's worth a trip there to check out the little stores. Another one of the highlights was an afternoon along the Danish coast, we visited the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art which was absolutely phenomenal, and finished the evening with dinner at Den Røde Cottage.

 

parma

Over last spring break, I jumped at the chance of visiting my friend Carol who was studying abroad in Italy. Parma = hello Parma ham and Parmesan cheese, two of my favourite food items in the world. Parma is probably the least-touristy place I've ever been to; I was walking around with my big DSLR and had locals giving me funny looks. I spent my few days there drinking lambrusco, eating cheese, ham, and some of the best gelato in the world. If you ever head to Parma, Emilia's has to be one of your stops, literally the dreamiest gelato in my life. I had the most phenomenal Napoleon gelato there, crunchy puff pastry included, pretty sure I gained about five pounds within a few days there. 

 

paris, france 2011

Though we took a day trip to Versailles, we spent about 3 days wandering the streets of Paris and seeing all the typical, touristy sights and eating good food. We did manage to take a morning to hit up the Louvre with the main goal of checking out the Mona Lisa and we were probably in the museum for a total of an hour -- shocking, I know, but we honestly didn't have much of an interest in milling about the place looking at a slew of Renaissance art.