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weekly wander 02 | insta-travel

One of the greatest things about Instagram is not only the ability to share your own perspective with the world, but the ability to discover new things too. Before our European adventure, I did a little searching and stumbled across some really inspiring Instagram accounts, and now when I scroll through my feed it majorly fuels my wanderlust! I can’t stop day dreaming about Paris, mosaic tiles, lavender fields and day trips to the beach. Here are a few favorites –

weekly wander insta-travel | palettes and passports blogtop paloma parrot | second carin olsson | third olivia thébaut | bottom lauren davison

eye candy 05 | fruity and floral

This week I am dreaming in pink and yellow with a touch of teal. I love the mix of fruity prints with graphic elements and floral artworks like Emily Ferretti’s Planted Falls or Alicia Galer’s Potted Garden. Here are the images that inspired me this week –

eye candy fruity and floral | palettes and passports blogferretti | solis | taylor | vermeiren | mccombie | bravo | paganini | galer

reims and epernay | france

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Before any more time passes, and a new trip takes center stage, I wanted to share these last few photos from our European adventure. We spent the day exploring Reims and Epernay admiring beautiful chateaus and taking tours of underground cellars and most importantly drinking lots of to-die-for champagne.

photo credit kate zitzer

paris 02 | france

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photo credit kate zitzer

paris 01 | france

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photo credit kate zitzer