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C'est pas la capitale ... but it's perfect for a weekend or even week trip getaway! My favorite sights (and eats!) for the perfect trip to Marseille!

aka how to have a carbon-neutral weekend getaway when your car might explode at any given moment

From cozy bistros tucked away in the red bricks to modern spots that would make any foodie jealous, these are the restaurants that have earned a permanent place in my heart... and my weekly dinner rotation!

What I've been up to for the past 2 years or so!

A mini-vaction avec des copines dans les Pyrenees full of hikes, a pool, a rabbit and lots of laughs!

We headed to Collioure on the French coast for a weekend getaway entre copains for hiking, exploring little villages, and lots of good eats!

To say 2020 has been different than I imagined is the understatement of the year. Although I was supposed to visit my sister and some...

Ah 2020, what a strange and unexpected year! I was planning to do lots of things (as I'm sure everyone was ... duh) like visit my sister...

The last Wednesday en fevrier the Picta'Team had an early start to their mornings because on partait en séminaire ! It was the annual...

Seriously, how is January both the fastest and the slowest month of the year?! It seems like it’s been this month for several years now …...

Coucou les ami.es ! Everyone at work wasn’t kidding when they said December is our busiest month … and pair that with holiday parties and...

Coucou friends and family! It's been a second since the last blog post ... and let me just say a lot has happened! shout out to my...

I started my journey to Toulouse at 4 am on the 25th of September... Well not my journey so to speak, we had to drop Dad off at the...

Hello! Bonjour ! I've been catching up on my sleep from all my travel this past year and summer (living in Nice, visiting Eastern Europe,...

if you're just tuning in, i'm on holiday in South Asia! check out part 1, part 2, and part 3. We had another early morning flight from...

Our first morning in Goa, we let ourselves sleep in a bit and grabbed breakfast around 9:30 in the lobby. The hotel had a huge buffet of...

[We're on vacation in Southeast Asia! Read about part 1 in Mumbai here.] 6 am came way too early for 2 jet lagged international travelers...

Our trip to India started way back in June, when I started planning for my Dad to visit my sister Claire after she was finished doing...

Tuesday morning I got up bright and early to meet my (ex 😭) housemate Melissa at her new apartment ... we were doing a little getaway to...

After I came back from Spring Break with Kass in Spain and Portugal, Melissa had some friends staying in Nice so we did a few winery...