We met up at the lobby of our hotel in Nice, France, to ride our Topdeck tour bus to Monaco. Monaco is where the world’s rich and famous hang out, so the prices of their hotels are pretty steep. So if you’re not rich and famous, it’s more advisable to stay in Nice, where it’s cheaper, […]

We left Switzerland and had another long bus ride to Nice, the capital of the French Riviera (Cote d’Azur). We arrived in the evening, and after getting settled in our rooms at Hotel de Berne, we had dinner at an Italian restaurant. Some of us then joined our tour guide at his favourite bar in […]

Ask most Filipinos about what’s on their bucket list and a lot of them would tell you that this is on their list: touch real snow. Well, I got to cross that off my bucket list when I went to Jungfrau, Switzerland last August! 😊 August is supposed to be summer but snow can still be […]

After two nights in Paris, we drove off on a 12-hour tour bus ride to Switzerland. Our Topdeck tour guide Ray Ray introduced bus games to keep us entertained in between meals and bladder stops and naps, and he introduced us to the song we would forever associate with our Europe tour: Jason Derulo’s Want to Want Me. He said […]

After walking down Champs-Elysees, we walked another way to find the spot where we would ride the boat for our Seine River Cruise. I love this shot because it captures both the Eiffel Tower and a tour bus while I’m walking along with a Longchamp shopping bag in hand. In case you’re wondering what’s in […]

After our trip to the Louvre, we walked towards Champs-Elysees. I was in awe of the fact that I was walking in a place that I had read of so many times since I was a child! #dreamsdocometruemoment It was a crisp summer day, cool enough so that we could take long walks without sweating, […]

Our second day in Paris was a free day, which meant we were free to do whatever we wanted but had to meet up for dinner near the Eiffel Tower. We decided to start with the Louvre. After breakfast, we rode the tour bus and got off at the Louvre museum. The Louvre is the […]

I thought it was only right that my first ever step outside of Asia would be on the soil of my #1 dream destination: Paris. We arrived at 7:30 am. I had enough sleep on our 12-hour straight flight from Singapore (window seat rocks, y’all!) so I didn’t feel jetlagged. I had worried about that. […]

“So which was your favorite destination?” more than one person asked me after I came back from my 10-destination trip to Europe. “Ummm… I’m not sure,” I always replied. “I’m torn between Amsterdam and Paris.” I guess I was just afraid to pick one and make a mistake. I was in both places for two […]