Category: Europe

• Dubai & Dublin Double Layover

  

  If it wasn’t obvious, we didn’t want to leave Khoka Moya. At all. But we knew that our two day layover back to London meant we’d need to stick to our original travel plans.

  tkforrest

  February 19, 2018

  Dubai, UAE, Dublin, Ireland

  aquariam, Arabian Tea House, boat, Burj Khalifa, Dubai, dublin, Emirates, friends, gold, layover, mall, old town, ride, souk, spice market, UAE

• Sweetzerland!

  

  I can’t claim credit for the title of this post. Sweetzerland is the name of a chocolate shop that you’ll want to visit when you arrive in Geneva.  The author of the NY Times article ’36 Hours in Geneva’ boasts that this is the shop ‘where Russian tourists come to buy chocolate by the kilo’ since…

  tkforrest

  January 13, 2018

  Geneva, Switzerland

  Baines de Paquis, cafe, Carouge, castle, cathedral, CERN, Chillion, chocolate, day trip, jet, lake, Lausanne, Montreux, old town, Ouchy, Parfums de Beyrouth, pastry, Sweetzerland, train, walking

• Holiday in King’s Landing: Dubrovnik, Croatia

  

  Your first glimpse of the Old City in Dubrovnik is an incredible sight.  Whether you’re driving in from the craggy hills of Croatia or if you’re on a boat in the Adriatic’s cerulean sea, the city is breathtaking.  The Old City’s walls are up to 20 feet thick and 72 feet high in certain places.…

  tkforrest

  September 26, 2017

  Dubrovnik, Croatia

  Beach, Buza Bar, Croatia, Dubrovnik, ferry, GoT, grilled meat, island, Lapad, Lokrum, Old City, pizza, seafood, Vucine, walls, wine

• Vacaciones en Madrid

  

  Voy a escribir en español otra vez pero yo escribir en ingles tambien porque todo mis amigos y familia no pueden leer mi espanol probablemente.  Corey y yo fuimos a Madrid para Feriado Bancario en Augosto y el cumpleanos de Corey tambien.

  tkforrest

  September 10, 2017

  Madrid, Spain

• LonSum 1: Lovely Jubbly June

  

    Summer 2017 was full of incredible events! Though it’s the busiest time of year for my role, I was lucky to share meals, celebrate friends, and reunite with family to keep me energized right up to the end of teacher training.  The next three posts will string together the highlights for each month.  As…

  tkforrest

  August 31, 2017

  London, England, Manchester, England, Paris, France, United Kingdom

  afternoon tea, amsterdam, beer, Berber and Q, Earl of Essex, Island Queen, Le 404, Lovely Jubbly, memorial, ottolenghi, Paris, park, Regents Canal, Seine, Shakespeare, spitalfields, St Johns Bread and Wine, Summer, The Glove, Twelfth Night, United Kingdom, wedding