Best Europe Eats

The best indian food I've ever had in London, across the street from our flat, should have gone more than once! 

Freak shakes in London

Afternoon tea at the Orangery in London

Thai box from Leon in London

Butterbeer at Warner Brothers studios London

The best flower gelato in London

Yummy Chocolate from Germany

Ice cream in Germany

KEBAB in Germany

Pizza in Florence

Handmade ravioli from the florence markets

Dinner in our private garden in Florence

THE BEST PIZZA IN Monterosso (we went back 3 times)

Gnocchi and Spaghetti in Monterosso

Gelato in Porto Venere

Trofie pasta in Manorola

BEST GELATO OF THE TRIP in Vernazza

Brushetta in Pisa

Paella in Madrid

Gelato macaroon in Madrid

Tapas in Madrid

The best pastries (Napolitanas) in Madrid

Chocolate spoils from all around Europe

Our trip was dominated by food. Lets be honest my mantra was gelato: all day everyday. 

Everything was just too good, and it was hard to try everything that we wanted to. 

We tried lots of different cuisines in london, and cooked two nights at our flat. 

In germany we got the strongest taste of authentic meals due to staying with a family living there. We ate delicious homemade german food every night, and ate lots of Kebab at lunch. 

Florence and Chinque terre were overflowing with Pasta, Pizza and gelato.  The only thing I got sick of was italian food (I know, you feel so bad for me). After a full week of just pizza and pasta though, I was so ready for the cuisine of spain. And it did not disappoint! My chicken Pealla was delightful. Everything we tried in Spain was mouthwatering! 

I can't wait to recreate these dishes at home. It won't be the same, but I'm sure it will still be  delicious! 

Madrid, Spain 2016

Delicious Paella

Plaza Mayor

Outside Palacio Real or Royal Palace of Madrid

The cutest flats across the street from the palace

Rain rain everyday!

Soaking in the sun at Retiro Park

Fresh food at faborit- my salad was covered in that soup pretty much. The girl just kept squirting more!!

Napolitanas! YUM! We tried custard and chocolate

Zara was just too pretty in madrid! We couldn't help ourselves

Travis with our new suitcase to transport all our souvenirs- most picked up in madrid

Im starting off from the tail end of our trip because I don't have all of the pictures back from London. Madrid was the last leg of our Europe excursion and it was super fun to end with.

We only had sunny skies for half a day of the 2.5 days we were there and because of this we took it as a sign to slow down. We went to bed early, slept in, limited our activities and ate lots of good food. I definitely need to make chicken paella because that stuff was amazing!

Madrid is super walkable and an easy city to get around in general. Our Airbnb was within a 20 minute walk from everything we wanted to see, so besides going to and from the airport, we walked everywhere!

Our two favorite things in madrid were taking a guided tour of the palace of Madrid and taking a row boat on the Retiro Park pond.

The palace was absolutely incredible. It has over 2000 rooms making it very comparable to versailles as far as palaces go. We only saw about 25 of the rooms, but they were incredible. Our guide kept telling us, remember this it is the best thing in the palace. We realized that everything is the best in the palace if you get specific enough. haha

The next day we headed to Retiro park for about 3 hours of sunshine. we took out a rowboat, which I thought was ridiculously fun, walked through the park and just enjoyed the peacefulness.

As the rains started coming in we decided to get a super fresh lunch and finsih up the trip with a little shopping spree. We might have gone a little crazy at Zara. We decided to buy another suitcase to bring all of our stuff back home in...whoops! We also obviously made a stop for napolitanas at La Mallorquina in Puerto Del Sol.

We definitely need to come back and spend more time in Spain!