Montreal, Canada
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Amazing amazing amazing: watercress, prosciutto, a fried in bacon grease date, and a mystery green sauce I forget the name of - roll it all up and the explosion of flavors is enough to get you to never want to be vegetarian again.
*Best meal of my life to date at Les Trois Petits Bouchons - I can still taste it. I'd fly to Montreal in a second if it meant eating there again.
*Canadians take Labor Day very seriously - no one works except cafe's and bookstores! Amazing.
Washington DC - The Capital
Washington Monument under Knapp Bridge
Turn Down Service at the Mandarin Oriental
Washington Monument (if the cherry blossoms were bloomed, this would've been a beautiful photo!)
The one cherry blossom we saw :(
The Jefferson Memorial
I've been to DC before, but not for overnight stays and never to exclusively see the Capital so I'll consider this my "first" time in the capital as I've never seen DC like this before.
*Cherry Blossoms bloom for a hot second - - I missed that hot second!
*My first turn down service at the Mandarin Hotel.
*Memorials are breathtaking.
Louisville, KY
Just missed the Kentucky Derby, but the excitement at Churchill Downs lived on days afterwards
Worlds largest bat at the Slugger Museum
Wanna buy a wig?
*Worlds largest bat & how to make a baseball bat at the Slugger Museum
*No shortage of wig shops
*Churchill Downs/Kentucky Derby Museum
Nashville, TN
Andrew Jackson's Home: The Hermitage
Country Music Museum
The Hermitage Hotel's Lobby
Nashville's Broadway
Broadway at Night
*True Southern Hospitality
*An amazing lobby at the Hermitage
*Music, music, music - even coming out of street light posts!
*Country Music Museum & Walk of Fame
*The Hermitage - home of Andrew Jackson
Memphis, TN
Long live the King!
Motorcycle Night on Beale St.
*Elvis lives forever in the hearts of many many fans
*A reverence equated to a Good Friday church service at Graceland
*Beale Street lined with motorcycles
*The busiest city in the South that I've witnessed
*The Peabody Hotel & their ducks
Like I said, I'm very fortunate to have gone to all these places. Traveling is hands down my most favorite thing to do. Visiting new places, meeting new people, experiencing different cultures, trying new food - it's all so intriguing to me. I'll actually be visiting a 6th city right at the cusp of turning 30: Providenciales in Turks & Caicos later next week (to turn 30 in style!). I am so excited!!
