Category: France
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A MICHELIN DINNER IN LYON – 4th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY (FLOWER YEAR)
It’s now been four years since I’ve married. For this year’s marriage anniversary I planned for a dinner at a one-starred Michelin Restaurant in Lyon, France. According to folk tradition, partners exchange flowers (and fruits) on this day. And it happened that spring was just around the corner, and all the flowers were sprouting, making […]
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS: CHAMONIX & CHAMROUSSE, FRANCE
CHAMONIX It was in 2017 that I spent my first Christmas outside of Portugal. I spent it with my husband in Japan. Even though we missed our family, we had a really good time. This year around, we decided to spend our Christmas in Chamonix, once again just the two of us.Chamonix is a ski […]
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TOP 5 THINGS TO DO IN ANNECY
Located in the southeast of France, in Haute Savoie, Annecy is an alpine village worth visiting in a one day trip. You can easily add this to your trip to Chamonix, Lyon, Grenoble (France), or Geneva (Switzerland). It’s easy to get there by bus (Flixbus or Ouibus-BlaBlaBus) or by train (sncf). Localizada no sudeste da […]
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MICHELIN STARS #1 – Château De Brindos
It’s been almost two years since I tried my first gastronomic michelin menu. The chosen restaurant is located at Château de Brindos, in Anglet, near Biarritz (France), and has one Michelin Star. You can eat or/and stay at the château (we did both 🙂). It is a gem in the southwest of France, definitely worth the try. Unfortunately […]
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TOULOUSE – La Ville Rose
I love France! Till now I didn’t find any french city that I didn’t like. Each one has its own personality, cultural and style of life; all of them have the french “je ne se quoi” that makes me wants to visit them all over again! Toulouse, located in the Midi-Pyrénées region, is quite different […]
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5 THINGS TO DO IN BAYONNE
1- CATHÉDRAL SAINTE MAIRE DE BAYONNE Visit the roman catholic cathedral. Built in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, it is characteristic of the gothic style. It is the seat of the episcopal diocese of Bayonne. Visite a catedral católica romana, construída nos séculos XVIII-XIV, um exemplo representativo do estilo gótico. É a sede da diocese episcopal […]
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BAYONNE – L’EMBARCADÈRE
This post will be about the second stage of my S. Valentine’s day: dinner! You can find here more about the first part! Like I already stated in the previous post, for this date we chose Bayonne as our destination. While we missed the lunch in our desired restaurant, and had to go with […]
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BAYONNE – SO’BASQUE
In the last post I shared the gourmet dishes that my boyfriend and I ate in our Valentine’s day trip to Bayonne. When we planned the trip, we had in mind lunching in “La Table”, which had good reviews both on tripadvisor and on michelin guide, but we did not make a reservation, and when we got there it was full. […]
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BAYONNE GOURMAND
Lunch|Almoço @So’Basque, Bayonne 1st Plate: Salade en coque croustillante (lettuce, cheese, duck meet, ham and tomato) 1º Prato: Salade en coque croustillante (alface, queijo, pato, presunto e tomate) 1st Place: Samosas with lettuce, ham and sour cream 1º Prato: Chamuças com alface, presunto e nata 2nd Plate: Pork loin with cheese, roasted potatos and lettuce 2º […]
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TRAVELING WITH MOVIES – PARIS
Let’s say you do not want to leave the confort of your sofa; more realistically, let’s say that you have neither the financial conditions nor the time to go on a trip – you can can still have a bit of the taste by watching some movies. So, today I will share some titles of […]
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Saint-Jean-de-Luz # Food
Last week, on our trip to the châteaux, we stopped in Saint-Jean-de-Luz for lunching. Saint-Jean-de-Luz is a commune in the administrative region of Aquitaine, in the department of Pyrenees-Atlantiques. It is a little village in the coast, where you can find good food in the smallest and cheapest spots or in a high-end restaurant, which […]
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Château de Brindos
Hello everyone! Last week was particularly special for me: my boyfriend and I celebrated our 5th year anniversary. To celebrate the date, we booked a night in Château de Brindos, a five star hotel in France, in the basque country, in the village of Anglet, near Biarritz. We couldn’t leave a night like this one without a […]
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Biarritz
Hello everyone! Today I will share with you my last saturday experience. We enjoyed a good lunch and a tasty brownie in a centenary maison of Biarritz (France). After that we took a walk through the town and then we went to Grande Plage. The Grande Plage is one of the six beaches of Biarritz, it is […]
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4 DAYS IN PARIS: DAY 4
This is our last day. Don’t forget to check out our previous posts ( 1, 2 e 3 ). This day we will spend in the 9th arrondissement and at bohemia area: Montmartre and Pigalle. E chegamos ao último dia da sua viagem. Não se esqueça de ver os roteiros para os dias 1, 2 […]
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4 DAYS IN PARIS: DAY 3
We are in our third day of our trip. (1st and 2nd days). On this day we will start by visiting two museums located on the 2nd and 3rd arrondissements of Paris and we will end at the 8th arrondissement. E já estamos no terceiro dia da viagem. (Se ainda não viu o 1º e […]
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