The Daydreamer Goes To: Le Mathurin, Paris

Le Mathurin is a 4* boutique hotel situated in the prestigious La Madeleine district of Paris. For exploring Paris, it’s perfectly situated in the heart of the city; located near the Place de l’Opera, there are metro and bus stops just a block away which will take you anywhere and everywhere in central Paris (you… View Post

The Daydreamer Goes To: Paris

Last week I visited Paris with my mum. We arrived late on Wednesday afternoon for three nights, so we bought a five-day ticket for 35 EUROS each, giving us access across the city by train, tram or bus. We paid an extra 5 EUROS so that our tickets would take us as far as Versailles as a visit to the Palace of… View Post

La Mariniere

La mariniere, or the striped shirt, was obviously a must-have for my trip to Paris. This one I picked up at Debenhams, a few days before departure – you know when you’ve planned what to take, but there’s just something missing? La mariniere filled that gap and fitted well with my monochrome capsule wardrobe; the… View Post

The Daydreamer Goes To: Tower of London

Imagine a river of red, winding its way round the bottom of an old, iconic stone building. On closer inspection, the illusion of a river is actually an enormous cluster of individual ceramic poppies planted in the moat of the Tower of London.  Once complete, there will be 888,246 poppies, each one representation of a… View Post

The Daydreamer Goes To: Hotel Metropole Monte Carlo

  As you can probably guess from the photo above, the food at Hotel Metropole was deeee-lish! My favourite meal was Sunday night at Joel Robuchon, where we enjoyed fois gras (so good but, morally, I did feel a bit wrong eating it), octopus (done beautifully, but not really my cup of tea) and quail with… View Post