Places
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Magical and Marvellous Museo Cerralbo
A few weeks ago I went to visit my beautiful treasured friend who lives in Madrid and she took us to this absolutely incredible museum that I had never heard of before – Museo Cerralbo. Located close to the Temple de Debod, you would probably walk past it without realising the treasures inside. The museum… read more
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A Wander round Eighteenth-Century Rome with a Georgian Lady
Ever wondered what Rome was like in the eighteenth century, in the age of Grand Tourists, endless art shopping and constant archaeological excavation? Well here are the adventures of Henrietta Femor, the Countess of Pomfret, who took to the continent with her husband and two eldest daughters from 1738 to 1741. Henrietta detailed all of… read more
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A Visit to the Pompidou: The Day I Fell in Love with Matisse
Last week I got to banish the January blues and Wednesday “hump day” in one fell swoop with a day trip to Paris with my sister. We got a nice and early Eurostar from London, ate croissants on the way there (to get us in the right mood of course!) and had a whirlwind day… read more
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A Fairy Tale Day in Bruges
Welcome to Bruges, possibly one of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever visited. We took an overnight ferry from Hull to spend eight hours exploring the Christmas markets, shops and museums as an early Christmas present to ourselves. Here are some of our favourite places we visited around the city: Jan Van Eyck Square Jan… read more
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Once upon a Christmas at Chatsworth
Every year, Chatsworth House – somewhere you probably recognise from the 2005 Pride and Prejudice, 2008’s The Duchess (the tale of the real ancestor of the current owners, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, wife of the fifth Duke) and 2013’s Death Comes to Pemberley – puts on the most beautiful Christmas displays around the house.… read more
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Exploring Toronto: Food, Flea Markets and the CN Tower
Canada is officially now one of my favourite places I’ve ever visited thanks to two weeks spent road tripping across Ontario and Quebec – we finished up with four days in Toronto and I wanted to share some of my favourite places that we visited here. As you may notice, this mainly means my favourite… read more
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House on the Hill: Edwardian Glamour at Casa Loma, Toronto
Want one of the most stunning views of the Toronto skyline? You’ll find it at Casa Loma, which literally means “house on the hill”. This stunning castle was built at the turn of the twentieth century and was so opulent it bankrupted its owner, Sir Henry Pellatt. It is full of beautiful objects and gorgeous… read more
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Exploring Montréal: the Mountain, Poutine and the Old Town
I’ve already posted about our trip to the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, which is now officially one of my favourite art museums of all time – read about it and the beautiful spaces inside here. We spent a whirlwind forty-eight hours in Montréal, which is a stunning city with so much to do, so… read more
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Pretending to be Cinderella in Toronto: the Bata Shoe Museum
English shoes, 1760s, silk from early seventeenth century (The Gold Standard exhibition) Aside from art, country houses and Jane Austen, one of my biggest passions is shoes. I’ve loved shoes since I was very small, the more outlandish and brightly coloured the better, and relished the day that my feet stayed the same size so… read more
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Cabinets of Curiosity, Salons and the Era of Annual Exhibitions at Montréal Museum of Fine Arts
I’ve recently got back from a two-week whirlwind trip to Canada so I think my November and December posts are going to be full of some of my favourite places we visited: starting with my first, which was the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. We’d been in Montréal approximately half an hour when we arrived… read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 