For those of you who don’t know, I’m in Europe! I landed in Paris on the 9th and my brain still hasn’t registered that I’m here because Eiffel Tower, Swiss Alps, and Tuscan sun in less than a week? How could that ever be for real?
And yet.
I’ll be posting about my trip in more details when I’m back home, but for now, I wanted to give you an overview of what I’ve seen so far so here it is:
PARIS
This was my second time in Paris. The first time had been back in 2012 with my sister and I have to say it was a little weird for me to come back without her. Everywhere I looked I had a memory linked to my sis. I was a jetlag of emotions and when I entered the Notre-Dame Cathedral, no kidding, I felt tears fill up my eyes. Not because I was awed or something profound.
Because I was just so freaking miserable and nostalgic.
So I decided to avoid the attractions I’d already visited with her and do the city differently. Make new memories.
Basically. I walked everywhere. I walked and got lost and took photos and just soaked into the city as much as I could. The architecture there is really amazing. There’s history at every street corner. I stopped at Les Deux Magots to write and get a bite, and that was amazing to think great authors such as Hemingway and Wilde used to go there to do exactly the same.
LUZERN
Then I took a train to Switzerland! I was really excited because I’d never set foot in Switzerland. It was always a little too expensive for my budget. It still is, to be quite frank, but I figured money is just money so whateva.
After terrible sleep in a night bus from Paris, a few hangovers, and poor food choices, I unsurprisingly got a flu on my arrival in Luzern, so I didn’t get to play the tourist as much as I’d wished, but fortunately for me the city is pretty small so it’s easy to enjoy the main attractions without even stepping into a bus.
My favorite was by far the Chapel Bridge because that’s like exactly the bridge in Harry Potter, right? I mean oh my god, that was a dream!
LAUSANNE
Still in Switzerland, I had the chance to be accomodated by a friend (hey, Vania!) I’d met in Nicaragua back in November. That was awesome, and if you read this, Vania, thank you again so much!
What I love about Switzerland is that you can see the snow-capped mountains from just about anywhere.
We went pedalboating in the middle of Lac Léman. Look at the beautiful mountains surrounding us!
TUSCANY
And now here I am.
Writing this post directly from Tuscany, in a little village just about 1h30 from Florence, Italy.
I rented an Airbnb for the week and I intend to write as much as I can. The goal is to finish a WIP I’ve been working on for way too long. So here I go. Wish me luck!
Yep! That’s all in just one week!
Isn’t it crazy?
Have you ever looked back at a week of travels (or else) and thought, man,
it feels like a year has gone by?
Let me know in the comments!
Stay two minutes more and read the frist episode of Dean & Lily, which I’ll soon be launching in a beautiful little PDF book! 😀
Wow
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Lol pleasure is mine.
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Ahh these sound like such fun adventures! Also, your room in Tuscany looks GORGEOUS. I love Airbnb ❤ Hope you have a great rest of your trip!
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Thank you! It’s my first time trying Airbnb and I think I’m also going to fall in love with it! 🙂
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Sooo true. I achieve, see and do sooo much more in a month of travel than in years of boring old routine!! Great post!!
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That’s one of the many reasons why everyone should travel once in a while! It kind of reminds us anything could happen today, you know? Thank you! 🙂
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So how much time, in all, are you spending in Europe? I can’t wait to travel there again, but I feel like I need at least two weeks there to make the cost of airfare feel worthwhile. :-\
Lovely photos! I can’t wait to see and read more about your trip! 🙂
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I have 5 weeks! And yeah, I think exactly like you, if I have to pay for the flight I might as well stay more than just two weeks haha! 🙂
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You were so close to Florence! It’s my number one place to visit after reading Love & Gelato because, oh my god, BEAUTY. Also, Paris! I’ve been taking French linguistic classes for about a month now (in fact, I have to leave for today’s class in just about an hour) and my wanderthirst for all things French can just swallow me now.
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Omg don’t be jealous but I actually ended up spending a few days in Florence and IT WAS SO FREAKING GORGEOUS! I can’t wait to write my post about it. And now I want to read Love & Gelato ahah.
French classes! That’s so nice! My first language! 😀
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PLEASE write a post about Florence. I’d love to read it. ❤
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Promise! 🙂
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Totally agree! I’d love to see more of your photos from Lausanne, I grew up there and moved away, but I love hearing about other people’s experiences traveling there! Keep up the good work!
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Thank you! I’ll be posting about Lausanne very soon! I still need to go through my photos from my Eurotrip, I took way too many of them, ahah! Lausanne was definitely one of my favorite stops!
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