Head’s up: this review is by someone who really only knows the very bare basics of the French revolution. I’m basically heading into this as a newbie, and this is also why I found the book fascinating. Liberty, Equality, Fashion traces the path of three women who made an out-sized fashion (and societal) impact during… Read More Book Review: Liberty, Equality, Fashion by Anne Higonnet
Here is something else that I forgot to talk about!! When I met up with one of my friends in Lille, we decided to go to a tearoom. And you know how I love tearooms. But anyway, this post is less of a review and more of a “I went there” type of post because… Read More Visiting Meert’s Tearoom in Lille
This got on my radar fairly long ago thanks to a review by The Orangutan Librarian, but I never had the urge to read it till just before my trip to France. Unfortunately, it wasn’t immediately available. Fortunately, it became available while I was still in France The Paris Apartment starts when Jess impulsively makes… Read More Book Review: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
I’ve always had this vague idea that it would be nice to see the lavender fields at the end of my stay in France; it’s something that I’ve talked about with friends. But I never really thought I would be able to do it, since I was moving back around the end of June and… Read More I got to see the lavender fields!
Earlier this year, I talked a bit about all the things you could do with the French Riviera Pass. Well, I’m back to talk more about it because when my mum and my friend came over, we decided to get a 48hour pass and we ended up doing more things! Eze The bus from Nice… Read More More Things I did with the French Riviera Pass (+48 Hour Itinerary!)
Since I was going with my family for a short weekend trip to Paris, I thought it was time to dig this book out of the TBR and give it a read! As the title says, How Paris Became Paris looks at the way the modern city (and reputation) of Paris was shaped in the… Read More Book Review: How Paris Became Paris by Joan DeJean
Today is the last day of Menton’s Lemon Festival, so of course, I only managed to visit yesterday, just before it ended. The lemon festival is pretty famous around this area and I definitely visited to be able to say that I visited. What the Lemon Festival was like The Lemon Festival has 5 main… Read More Visiting Menton’s Lemon Festival
Now that I’ve covered the two main things I wanted to talk about for my Bordeaux Trip (the visit to St Emilion and the Wine museums), it’s time to try to cover everything most in this one post. I was only in Bordeaux for two full days, so here’s everything else I did and all… Read More The Bordeaux City Pass + Food Recommendations
Me: “So it’s pronounced ‘Cité du Vin’?” (mangling the pronunciation) Friend: “The ‘in’ is said like you’re smiling” Me: “I’m not sure that I want to smile when I’m speaking French.” And that, my friends, is why I prefer blogging. At least when I write out the names of the museum, you can read it… Read More Visiting Two Wine Museums in Bordeaux
Red wine has never been my drink of choice. If I were to nerd out over a drink, it would be tea (and you have seen me write essays on tea in this blog) and if I were to choose a wine to drink, it’s most likely a white wine or a rose. So why… Read More A Tea Lover Goes to St Emilion