Pizza, pasta, pinot and pints, oh my! If you don’t like carbs this is NOT the post for you. On my recent trip to Europe, I spent the weekend in Milan and mixed in a day trip to Lake Como. Robyn and I headed from the flat to Standstead Airport very early on Friday morning and arrived in Italy just in time for lunch. After dropping our bags off at our hostel, we headed out on our search for pizza and pasta. Our first stop was Tavola Calda Open Bar, located just a few doors down from our … [Read more...]
A Week in London
Writing about how wonderful my trip to London was is as difficult as taking a picture to try and capture the beauty of the city. Nevertheless, I will attempt to describe the things I loved about my trip outside of my foodie experiences. There is NOTHING that I did not like about the city – there are so many things to see and do that I could spend years there and never get sick of it. Who knows… maybe I just might? ;) My professional tourist friends all gave me their best advice before leaving … [Read more...]
You’ve Gotta Eat Here: London, England
It's taken me a while to narrow down how I want to share my travel stories on the blog. I guess it makes sense for me to question where to begin since I've never really had an experience quite as grand. After much deliberation, I've decided the most natural way to start is where most of my stories start, and that's with the food. London is not necessarily known for their food, at least not as far as I knew. When it came to my trip, I obviously envisioned Italy as the food location - I was not … [Read more...]
Back to Work | Surviving Vacation Withdrawal
I’ve recently returned from a trip to London, England (not to be confused with London, Ontario like many people in my office thought I meant when I was excitedly talking about it). My trip was absolutely incredible – I will be sharing all the details over the next couple of weeks! Today we are going to talk about the one downside of the trip, which is my return to reality and that crazy phenomenons of jet lag and vacation withdrawal. Jetlag - noun: Extreme tiredness and other physical effects … [Read more...]