What to see on your first visit to Florence, Italy What a winner. Florence tops my list of a year and a half of traveling. I arrived in the early evening and decided to go for a walk around town,…
Climbing St. Paul’s Cathedral
Well that picture looks familiar! On one of my last weekends as a Londoner, I walked between Wandsworth Bridge and London Bridge. That day, I stopped on this street and got a photo of beautiful St. Paul’s Cathedral. I spent…
In Search of the Best View in New York City
Where is the best view in New York City? Looking for a good view of NYC? There is no shortage of good vantage points from which to see the Big Apple, but many tourist attractions boast the best view around….
The Shard
View of the Shard, Europe’s tallest building.
Stop 2: Valencia
Valencia was the second stop on Olivia & Harriet’s Spanish Adventure. It was completely different to what we’d experienced in Madrid. We took a train at the crack of dawn (ugh), happy to leave the city that had turned terrifyingly…
Visiting the Monument
Jenny visited! The first big thing touristy thing we did was visit the monument for the Great Fire of 1666. It’s a tall tower built to commemorate the fire and “celebrate the rebuilding of the city.” The monument consists of…
First Look at the London Eye
I went on the London Eye! I was very nervous because I’m scared of heights, but once you’re in you’re stuck! It was a little nerve racking on the way up, but I survived. The whole tour around takes 30…
