My first trip to Paris was…not the best. It was the second stop on our 2006 backpacking trip.  The first time I had ever been to a country where English was not the primary language. It started off great – we were upgraded to a private room in our hostel with a private bathroom and…

“This city is a sorceress…it gets under your skin and steals your soul without you knowing it.” Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind Truer words were never spoken about a city. I first read this book years before traveling to Barcelona and have reread it many times since. It instilled a deep desire…