Delicioso Madrid; Sergovia – Part Two

If you haven’t read part one of my trip yet, you can read all about it here!

On day two of our stay in Madrid, we decided to take a look outside of the town. Our hotel reception recommended us to go to Sergovia, which was famous for their historical buildings and roasted pig sucklings! I couldn’t wait 😀

We woke up quite early, but still by the time we went for breakfast it was already 12:00 *ehmGirlProblems*. For breakfast we were able to find a super adorable Spanish pastry/cafe kind of thingy.

❤ no pictures inside, cuz it wasn’t allowed 😦

It was a super crowded and very small store, but in the back they had a secret entrance to their cafe!!! Even though they weren’t speaking English very well, the ladies working there were very helpful!!

Delicioso Madrid! – Part one

A little while ago I had a short trip to Spain, Madrid. I’ve never been to Madrid before, so I had no idea what to see or what to look for at all. Even though I’ve been to Barcelona before, I was told Madrid is totally different. As it’s more landward compared to Barcelona. The culture, history and most important food is very different from the Spain I knew. Of course they also have tapas, but compared to other parts in Spain, food in Madrid is more meaty and less seafood. I was thrilled to visit Madrid and I couldn’t wait to eat all the food!

Before the departure, I actually looked up some information about Madrid. The hotspots, the go-to’s and of course what to eat! I got most of my inspirations from nakedmadrid.com . This website is great! It doesn’t cover everything, but it gives you plenty of inspirations!! So I can definitely recommend you check them out!

We had a 3 nights, 4 days trip and stayed in the Best Western Arosa hotel in Madrid. The location of our hotel was very very good! The hotel was located next to the Gran Via subway station, which basically is one of the main streets! Just a couple minutes away from the stores, the famous Place de Sol and lot of sightseeing spots. The rooms are neat and they also have the smallest elevator I’ve ever seen in my life. It max fits two people without luggage. I wouldn’t go in there if you have claustrophobia.

After we dropped our luggage in our room, we went out to explore the neighborhood and to grab something to eat. That’s went we found out we were so close by to everything. We could easily walk the whole trip and grab a drink or something if we were tired, as the weather was great upon arrival. So there was no need for subway passes. We just walked around and decided to go to the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, which was nearby. On our way we took some pictures of the beautiful architectures of the city.

I love the way the buildings and the streets look! The main streets are really wide and spacious with tall and beautiful buildings. It has a artsy feeling to it and there wasn’t too much skyscrapers.

Paris est magnifique – Part Two

The past two week were really hectic!! It took me forever to write part two of my trip *Sobs and asks for forgiveness*
If you haven’t read part one, you can read it here 🙂

After our lunch at KONG we continued our adventure and headed toward Trocadéro. We were so lucky with the weather!!! The weather was super gorgeous! Beside Friday we only had a lot of sunshine in Paris.
This was in fact my first time at Trocadéro. We went there instead, cuz it was crazily busy at Eiffel Tower! And it was actually much nicer to sit in the gardens of Trocadéro.

Beautiful Garden and Weather!

Paris est magnifique – Part One

Last weekend I went to Paris with a good friend of mine!! We drove from Rotterdam early in the morning and it was awesome. It was the first time we were driving ourselves. Well technically she drove and I watched the road and pigged out on the way :).

France! Almost there 😀

The trip was quite steady, we had a couple of scary moments, but luckily nothing happend 🙂 The weather was great while we were on the road. We knew we would probably have a little bit of rain, but we didn’t experience any until we actually arrived in Paris.

Destination…

I have been really busy lately and not being able to post more, but….. I’m to PARIS! This friday :D!! And I’m super excited.  Since I haven’t been to Paris for ages!! We’re going to go by car and drive to Paris ourselves, so I’m pretty excited about that too 🙂
The whole trip is just soo exciting! So.Much.Excitement!

xoxo

Let’s go on a trip: Blankenberg & Oostende, Belgium

I wanted to do a post about my trip to the coast of Belgium, but then my phone got stolen on the day I got back T.T and lost a lot of the pictures I’ve made. Luckily I had some pretty good shot with my camera 🙂

April 3th was my mom’s 47th birthday and we decided to do a small trip to the west coast of Belgium. The weather would be really nice and we would be there just before the holidays, when I it would be covered with people. We went to Blankenberg, which is one of the holidayspot for Belgians. Beside Blankenberg, there is also Zeebrugge, Oostende and some other places as well, but we were told that Blankeberg was the cheapest of all and pretty much the same 🙂

We arrived in the evening on the first day and we were really tired, so we went to sleep right away. BUT the next day … The weather was really nice!! 

Balcony view!