Brian and I
have always loved to travel. In the
seven years that we were together before we had kids we travelled all over the
United States – NYC, Vegas, LA, Malibu, Washington DC, NOLA, The Bahamas, Hawaii,
etc. – and we enjoyed every second!
With that
said, I have never been out of the
country.
What?! I know!
I have always
wanted to see Europe, so my dream trip would be a month-long (or however long it
would take to do all of this) European vacation. I figure I’ll probably be satisfied with
seeing everything just once, so I might as well see it all so we only have to
cross the pond once!
With the
current state of the world, the idea of international travel does not really
sound appealing at this time (especially since I have kids to worry about now),
but for the sake of this post, we’ll just pretend that when we go on our trip,
we will be in a current state of world peace.
;o)
#DreamOn
Anyway, on
this trip I would, of course, want to travel with my favorite travel companion of
the last 14 years, my hubs. If the kids
were a little bit older and I knew that they could hang, I would love for them
to come along, too. I could never be
away from them for a whole month! It
would be too hard!
On our tour
of Europe, there are many countries, cities, and specific sights that I would
love to see and they are as follows (in no apparent order):
London, (BABY!) England
See Big Ben
Ride the
London Eye
See the Tower
of London
See the Tower
Bridge
Tour
Buckingham Palace (can you even do that?)
Eat at a
little Café along the River Thames
Tour St.
Paul’s Cathedral
Walk around
Trafalgar Square
Tour
Westminster Abbey
Visit
Piccadilly Circus
Visit Harrods
Take a
picture in a red phone booth
Ride a double
decker bus
Walk through
Notting Hill
Visit
Selfridges (the department store from my favorite movie, Love Actually!)
Walk through
St. Luke’s Mews (the street where Juliet and Peter lived in Love Actually)
Paris, France
Kiss Brian by
the Eiffel Tower
See the Mona
Lisa at The Louvre
See the Arc
de Triomphe
Tour
Notre-Dame Cathedral
See Jim
Morrison’s Grave-Site
Shop the
shops at Champs-Elysees
*And I used
to want to put a lock on The Pont des Arts (Love Lock Bridge) but they stopped
allowing people to do this. Frowny face.
Italy
Eat, eat,
eat, and eat some more
Drink wine,
drink more wine, and drink even more wine
Tour The
Vatican (I’m Catholic so this would be amazing!)
Make a wish
at the Trevi Fountain
Visit Amalfi
Coast
See the
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Visit St.
Peter’s Basilica
Visit Casa di
Giulietta in Verona (Juliet from Romeo and Juliet’s house)
Winery Tour
in Tuscany
Gondola ride
in Venice
Greece
Visit the
Acropolis of Athens
Visit the
Parthenon
Visit the
Temple of Olympian Zeus
Visit Mount
Olympus
Stay a few
nights in Santorini (looks like pure heaven)
Lay out on
the beach… the water is unbelievable!
Ireland
Drink beer in
an Irish pub
Visit Cliffs
of Moher
Visit
Guinness Storehouse
Visit the various
castles
Kiss the
Blarney Stone
Prague
Visit Prague
Castle
See Charles
Bridge
See The
Prague Astronomical Clock
Take a
picture in front of Lennon Wall
Then if there
was any time leftover, and if I wasn’t too homesick I wouldn’t mind stopping by
Barcelona, Amsterdam, Vienna.
A few of my travel necessities?
A good pair of noise cancelling headphones
A good external charger
Hanging toiletry bag (I have one similar to this one and I have used it for years!)
Money belt to keep money, passports, IDs hidden from pick pockets
Travel pillow for the flight (this one looks flipping awesome! I struggle to sleep sitting up!)
Hand and Face Wipes (these are our absolute favorite!)
What about
you? Where would you go if you could go
anywhere in the world?
To link up –
just grab our graphic, link up, and let’s get to
chatting! Make sure to stop by a few
others in the link up for an extra bit of girl chat!
And don’t forget to follow your hosts!
And don’t forget to follow your hosts!
What a great dream vacation! We would love to go to Ireland. We went to Paris and Monte Carlo a few years ago. It was incredible. So I have kissed Ben under the Eiffel Tower! We had a lock on on of the bridges!
ReplyDeleteI hope your dream vacation becomes a reality one day!
I think I need to take your dream vacation. :) And yes to those noise cancelling headphones. I would love a pair for work, haha!
ReplyDeleteWow you have this all planned out! It sounds like it would be an amazing time!! I didn't know they stopped letting you put a lock on the bridge! Boo!
ReplyDeleteLook at you being all planned out. Ha ha! Sounds amazing!
ReplyDeleteWe're headed to London, Paris and Portugal next month and those things are all on my list of to-dos! Whether we have enough time to do them all, we'll see but love all of your ideas!! I need to link up next month! Happy Thursday!
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Girl, you are so lucky!!!! You're going to have the best time! I can't wait to read all about your trip!
DeleteYes please! Taking a month or two to see Europe would be so much fun!
ReplyDeleteI would count the Bahamas as going out of the county for sure!! You need to add Bermuda to your list. You won't ever want to visit anywhere else.
ReplyDeleteI'll just take your itinerary for a trip to Europe! Sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI spent part of my childhood living in Switzerland. I always loved that I did but I cherish that time and the traveling we did when I was a kid. I fell in love with Europe. Then I student taught in Rome and fell in love with Italy. I would love to go back with my family to show them that part of my story! Loved seeing where you would go :) xoxo ERIN
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great little travel wishlist! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Lauren Elizabeth
Petite in Pearls
Thank you, Lauren! Now to make it a reality!
DeleteI never realized you haven't been out of the country. This would definitely be an exciting trip especially to see all of those amazing places. Greece and Italy are on my list of one day to visit places too. Eric might have a work trip in Prague this fall so I am crossing my finger that goes through and I can tag along. Beautifully Candid
ReplyDeleteI've never really been to Europe, just a plane stopover in Madrid!
ReplyDeleteCan I go with you? This sounds like a great vacation! Can you imagine all of the great photo opps? My mind always goes there...
ReplyDeleteI'd love to visit those places, too, if I ever made it out of the country! I'm so envious of all of your fun travels!!
ReplyDeleteWe have definitely traveled all over the U.S. but there are still several places we haven't hit up that are on my list here!
DeleteYou are right. We do have many of the same places on our list. I love London and you would too!!!
ReplyDeleteThat would be an AMAZING trip! London and Greece are on my list as well!
ReplyDeleteI would love to go Europe!! Only in my dreams though....
ReplyDeleteHopefully you can make it a reality one of these days!!
DeleteAhhh a whole month sounds AMAZING! Ireland is an absolute blast, and honestly you could do a whole separate trip here with just the kids too. It is such a kid-friendly country. You can take your kids to the pubs at night and they are so good to the kiddos. London is awesome too. I'm so thankful we went for our honeymoon because it was a surreal trip. If you ever go, let me know! I'll join you for France!
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