Even though I have lived in London for the last year and a half, believe it or not I have gone on a few London Bike Tours. Since I had such great experience with Fat Tire Bike Tours on my first one, that is the company I chose to go with in London, specifically the Royal London Bike Tour. I have done this tour a few times now and event sent my parents on it when I was at work back in July. I am not sure why Bike tours are my favorite ways to see cities and I have done it in Budapest, Barcelona, and Berlin and more! Doing a bike tour in my own home city may seem a bit silly but London is quite spread out and really is quite bikeable. Plus there are many attractions you just want to see, not go in, so this is the perfect way to check them off the ...
The Best Ugly Christmas Sweaters
Wearing Santa’s Favorite Ugly Christmas Sweater Holy heck, that was quite a weekend! If you were not following along on Insta to recap I worked out, went to a show, went to a black tie ball, and had a couple of amazing meals - definitely one of those weekends where you want a weekend to recover from your weekend - but all good things!In case you did not see on Instagram the theme for my work Christmas party last week was apres ski so instead of a fancy party dress 80's ski gear is going to be the attire of choice. Since I do not have any of that here with me in England I almost opted for this Santa / Unicorn sweater but will be saving it for a different party later this week. And you can also tell now that we are a week past Thanksgiving, it is full steam ahead ...
Touring Bratislava Castle
I love a good castle and this is actually the 20th one I have shared with you all on Sparkles and Shoes, crazy, hugh? Last month when we were in Eastern Europe I requested we stop in Bratislava for a night in-between Budapest and Vienna because the train literally passes through the city and because I love visiting new places, especially castles!Bratislava Castle dates back to the 9th century but in the museum we had a guided tour and had a history lesson that went back way further - to the Stone Age! As we went through the History of Slovakia in the museum we learned so many things - from the first settlements on the land to the history of the term blue blood as the city evolved over the centuries thanks to its prominence on the Danube River. Then we exited ...
Black and White in Vienna
Sometimes things really do not work out how you plan them. Going into our family trip last month we were planning to take family photos at Fisherman’s Bastion in Budapest. Having taken photos there in 2015 I was quite excited to go back and take photos with my family. However, a combination of a 7am shoot time (2am body time for my family) and pouring rain meant we had to call that off. Then as a plan B I went on a mission to buy a temporary tripod (I left my good one at home) and got to Schönbrunn Palace in Inna about 15 minutes earlier than planned for the second attempt at our our Christmas card photo. Because of the shooting mode on my DSLR we ended up with more than 200 shots, narrowed it down to the best 8, and had a family favourite. So we should have ...
