A few snapshots from a very, very cold day in DC over break. The day after a snowstorm, I headed back into the city for the second time that week to meet up with Emma, a friend from NYU. We ended up making our way through four museums (!) - the Renwick Gallery, Freer Gallery, Sackler Gallery, and the National Gallery of Art, to visit the newly reopened modern wing.
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Late last year and into 2017, the New Museum presented an exhibit of Pipilotti Rist's work. The exhibit occupied a few floors of the museum, and one floor was taken over by Rist's Pixel Forest. The gallery became a "forest" of swaying, brightly colored strings of lights. It also quickly became a prime Instagram spot. Shae and I couldn't resist the photo opportunity, so we ran down to the New Museum a few days before the exhibit closed, right after we got back to the city in January, and took so. many. photos.
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A few weeks before my trip to London, I texted Shae and asked if she still wanted to do a day trip to Paris. She did, and so we bought pretty last minute Eurostar tickets to run away to Paris for a day. The day after I got to London, Shae and I hopped on a train at 5 am and left Kings Cross, arriving in Paris a couple of hours later. The train ride is only about two and a half hours, and we both had so much we wanted to do in Paris, even though both of us had been there before. With only 12 hours in Paris, we had packed our schedule full of spots we wanted to visit and got started right after stepping off the train.
Read MoreTrip to London: Part 3
Final part of my trip to London! On Friday, we headed over to Duck and Waffle and Leadenhall Market, before going to the Sky Garden. We took about a million photos there, through golden hour, sunset, and the beginning of the night. I also saw the second part of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, although not without some drama beforehand.
Read MoreTrip to London: Part 2
Part two of my London trip, presented out of order - days three and five. After going to Paris the second day, I had Thursday to myself before we went to see Cursed Child. My friend Sophia, also studying abroad in Europe, arrived in London that night to visit for the weekend. On Saturday, we started the day with brunch and filled the rest of the day with photos, Notting Hill, and crisscrossing the city a few times.
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