After three nights in Bordeaux we left early on Monday morning to the airport, to catch our flight to Rome! I had really been looking forward to this part of the trip, as it is the country where I have been and Paul hasn't. I'm hoping he'll like it as much as I love Italy..! The flight was pretty smooth, we flew Hop!, the AirFrance low-cost airline (akin JetStar for Qantas). We weren't able to purchase checked-in luggage when we booked the flights, so we were ...

So on our last morning in San Sebastian, after a disorientated search for food we ended up eating cheeseburgers for breakfast at McDonalds . We just needed some greasy hangover comfort food and had no idea where to find it quickly. A very sad end to the awesome SS stay... And then we hit the road back to Bordeaux! The good thing is, the Bordeaux place was AMAZING. So beautiful and stylish, so chic, so French. In an awesome location too. Through these beautifu...

Slightly disappointed to be leaving and not that happy about the weight of our 9 bottles of champagne to carry, we jumped on a train to Bordeaux. The idea was just to rent a car at the train station and continue our trip to San Sebastian, right on the border of France and Spain on the west coast. A couple of hours later and we reached San Sebastian, on a mildly warm Wednesday afternoon. The sun was shining and we happily found out that our Airbnb place was right...

During our stay in Paris we did two amazing day trips to the Champagne region; most specifically to Epernay and Reims. I learned to enjoy (real) champagne from Paul and his mates. One of the reasons why we included this part of the itinerary in our trip was because Paul did it with them 4 years ago, right before we met. This was a massive highlight of our trip! I got so involved on the heap of information we received about how champagne is made and the history o...

Bonjour la France! We spent 5 nights in Paris and 3 in Bordeaux, and we made sure to include a few nice day trips in between - most of them wine/champagne related :D I'll start with the highlights in Paris: 1. The Airbnb place we stayed at was at an outstanding location, the 2nd quartier, right on a lovely and buzzy pedestrian area full of bars and shops - Montorgueil. We really loved the place, even though we had to climb up 5 floors with the bags :P 2. The ...