by Jacintha Verdegaal | Nov 2, 2015 | City trip, Europe, Food & Drink, London, United Kingdom
Bloggers love breakfast. Just look at their Instagram feed and you’ll see more eggs benedict than steak frites. Why? Well, to start with we prefer daylight to take our photos and you’re not going to get much daylight during dinner when sunset kicks in...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Oct 26, 2015 | Art & Culture, Europe, Food & Drink, United Kingdom
Blenheim Palace is a bit of a movie star. It starred in The Royals (with Elizabeth Hurley as queen of England), in The Young Queen Victoria, Cinderella, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Just to name a few. Add the fact that Sir Winston Churchill was...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Oct 12, 2015 | Amsterdam, City guide, City trip, Europe, Food & Drink, The Netherlands
The biggest challenge for a travel blogger is to write about a place you know very well. That might sound strange, but it’s because you lose the ability to see what makes it so special for someone who’s seeing it for the first time. That...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Oct 8, 2015 | Art & Culture, City trip, Europe, London, United Kingdom
There was one building that I really wanted to visit during the Open House London weekend: The Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Last year I’d seen Kelly share pictures of the building on her blog and it looked amazing. Since I had a million other...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Oct 5, 2015 | City trip, City guide, Europe, France, Paris
No, the Eiffel Tower was not one of my new discoveries in Paris. I just liked the photo. But just as I’m discovering so many new places in Amsterdam this weekend, I also always find something new when I’m in Paris. Despite the rain, I loved walking...
