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Meliss Meets World

Your Guide to World Travel

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New Englander exploring the World one country at a time, inspiring Wanderlust along the way!

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London is known for its wisteria, and you can see it plentiful here cascading down a beautiful white facade almost three stories in the posh Kensington neighborhood.
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Tower Bridge is one of the most iconic points of interest in London and needs to be on your 4 day London itinerary. This English, neo-gothic architecture of two towers connected by a bridge between over the Thames is quite impressive. The bridge is intricately decorated with blue hues throughout, and the best way to see it is from the Tower of London!
Provincetown, Cape Cod has some of the most beautiful and historic neighborhoods on Cape Cod. This popular house on Commercial Street always is decorated with hydrangeas and a patriotic American flag all summer.
my favorite thing I did on the Amalfi Coast Italy is a sunset boat ride in Positano
This is one of the best views of the Roman Colosseum, you can find it at Giardinetto del Monte Oppio. This will give you an elevated view of the back of the Colosseum with foliage in the foreground making it a lovely photo spot. If you stay in the Centro Storico area of Rome you'll be only a twenty minute walk from here. Whether you're spending 3 days in Rome Italy or even longer like 5 days in Rome, you have to add this to your itinerary!
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Meet Meliss

Hello friend

Welcome to Meliss Meets World! I’m a part time traveler from New Engalnd and Boston who is now romanticizing her life in London. Living abroad has allowed me to travel the world with the love of my life and create this guide to world travel. I hope to inspire just a tad bit of wanderlust along the way or even help plan your next trip!

“Meliss Meets World – I hope this online diary can help plan your next trip, or inspire just a tad bit of wanderlust!⁣”

As part time travelers the initial idea behind this online diary was to have a way to document our travels around not only New England and Boston but the world. It’s hard to remember day by day memories, but looking back remembering and documenting each memory can help tell and define the story. These stories can then help you plan your next trip! I only share about destinations I’ve actually traveled to.

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Provincetown, Cape Cod has some of the most beautiful and historic neighborhoods on Cape Cod. This popular house on Commercial Street always is decorated with hydrangeas and a patriotic American flag all summer.
Cape Cod is one of the best places on the Cape to see the beautiful blue, purple, and even pink flowers hydrangeas. This quaint coastal house with blue shutters on Commercial Street has the most lovely display of them.
This is one of the most beautiful houses in Sconset, it is covered in roses when they bloom at the end of June. This shows how lovely the village or town of Sconset is and why you should absolutely visit it when visiting Nantucket.

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“Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, dreams are forever.”
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“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you.”
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What’s what of my favorite places in the world thi What’s what of my favorite places in the world this week?

As I gear up for clients traveling this summer, Nantucket is the only place I want to be in the summer! If you’re wondering why this is one of my favorite places, feel free to reach out with help planning your next trip!

But in case you’re interested, here’s a perfect one day itinerary in Nantucket. 

Morning: Visit the Magical Village of Sconset

☕️Stop @lemonpressnantucket post ferry ride 
🚐Hop on The Wave 
🌊Find the Sconset Bluff Walk
💡Visit the Sankaty Lighthouse 
🥪Sandwiches @claudettes.sandwiches for lunch 

Afternoon: Take a Bike ride around Downtown Nantucket

🚴‍♀️Bike around Downtown
⛱️Walk on the beach at Brant Point Lighthouse
🪜Continue to Steps Beach

Evening: Have dinner at Jettie’s Sandbar or Downtown

🍹Casual drinks @jettiesnantucket 
🍽️Formal dining @galleybeach 
🦞Seafood downtown @crunantucket 
🍻Eat downtown at @propsbar 

Unique things to do on Nantucket:

🍻Play lawn games @ciscobrewers 
⛵️Walk around the Nantucket Boat Basin 
🐳Visit the Whaling Museum
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#nantucket #visitnantucketisland #nantucketisland
Let’s recap a blog post today- ‘4 Days in Boston I Let’s recap a blog post today- ‘4 Days in Boston Itinerary’

Boston is one of my favorite cities in the world, and it’s a popular one for travel this year with the World Cup and the 250th Four of July celebration!

If you’re looking to plan a trip, please reach out! Here’s a little inspo for you!

🇺🇸Day 1: Walk the Freedom Trail and explore the North End
Walk the Boston Freedom Trail

Massachusetts State House in Beacon Hill
Old State House in Downtown Boston
Make a detour for a super old Bookshop Faneuil Hall and Quincy Marketplace
Paul Revere House and the Old North Church in the North End
USS Constitution and Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown
Feast on the most delicious food in the North End

🇺🇸Day 2: Wander around Beacon Hill and the Charles River
Esplanade

Have breakfast at Tatte
Wander through Beacon Hill
Take a stroll in the Boston Common and Garden
Take a walk along the Charles River Esplanade and ‘Comm’ Ave
Visit the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum

🇺🇸Day 3: Spend the morning in Back Bay and then take the subway to Harvard

Go shopping on Newbury Street
Find Boston Library’s secret courtyard
Take the elevator to the top of the ‘Pru’ Enjoy Boston’s favorite tour
Take the subway to Harvard University

🇺🇸Day 4: Have fun at Fenway Park or one of Boston’s many
museums

See a game at Fenway Park
Enjoy one of Boston’s many museums
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#ilovemyboston #bostonitinerary #bostontravel #bostontrip
There’s a reason everyone loves Italy, and Venice There’s a reason everyone loves Italy, and Venice is probably one of my favorite cities in Italy.

Here’s the perfect 3 Day Venice Itinerary, or reach out to me to help plan your next trip!

🇮🇹Day 1: See Venice’s historical Doge’s Palace, St. Mark’s Campanile, and St. Mark’s Basilica
Visit Doge’s Palace bright and early
Pre-book tickets for St. Mark’s Campanile
Wander into St Mark’s Basilica
Pass by the Bridge of Sighs
Take a photo at Riva degli Schiavoni Buy a book from Libreria Acqua Alta Wander around the Jewish Quarter

🇮🇹Day 2: Wander around Rialto Market and Bridge and enjoy views from the Tedeschi Rooftop
Climb Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
Visit Rialto Bridge and Market
Try Venice’s Cicchetti for lunch!
See Venice from the rooftop of Fondaco dei Tedeschi Enjoy a sunset gondola ride

🇮🇹DAY 3: Day Trip to Burano, Murano, or both

You can find ALL the details and read the full post at
MelissMeetsWorld.com!
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#veniceitaly #italytrip #venicecanals #veniceitinerary
Here’s the recap on how to spend a long weekend in Here’s the recap on how to spend a long weekend in the Loire Valley, with many helpful tips! 

🇫🇷Day 1: We essentially lost this travel day since there was a mechanical concern with our plane and we had to de-plane and re-board…but we still made it to our beautiful chateau hotel in time for dinner and that was my favorite meal the entire trip.

Hotels are not just a place to stay anymore but really a destination in themselves, and I offer free services for clients with hotel bookings only! 

🇫🇷Day 2: Get to Chateau de Chenonceau in the morning, it’s very popular but you can buy tickets on site at the kiosk or a self-service ticket machine. The gardens are beautiful, but you don’t need more than a few hours to see it all (unless you have a baby lol)

Lunch in Amboise…keep in mind many restaurants close between lunch and dinner! You can walk around this small town and also see Chateau Royal d’Amboise. 

If you have time you could also do a wine tasting at Caves Ambacia, or see Chateau de Villandry and their beautiful gardens. There’s also Chateau d’Azay-le-Rideau in the area. Chinon is supposed to be a great small town, we planned to have dinner here but just didn’t make it.

🇫🇷Day 3: Chateau de Chambord is one of the most popular chateaus in the Loire Valley, and also the biggest. There are tons of cute coffee and lunch spots on site, and even a luxury hotel if you’re looking for places to stay. Many of the other hotels don’t offer spots like this, so it was nice to have mote options here. 

Keep in mind there really aren’t any luxury hotels in the area, so this is a great location if you want to be in the center of it all. The activities, facilities, and restaurants are site are plentiful. We didn’t have a chance to eat there this time, but had a great dinner at a more neighborhood option called Domus. I’m so glad we found this spot, because this area is more rural than I thought and there really wasn’t any restaurants in between the bigger towns (like Tours, Amboise, or Blois). *continued in comments
Let’s talk BEST hotels in 🇫🇷Provence, one of my fa Let’s talk BEST hotels in 🇫🇷Provence, one of my favorite places in the world. 

‼️Did you know that hotel only bookings are complimentary?! As a travel advisor, reach out to me to VIP your hotel booking at no cost to you! 

Here are the best hotels in Provence, you can read more about why at MelissMeetsWorld.com.

🇫🇷Best Overall: Chateau de Varenne 

🇫🇷Best 5-star Hotels in Provence France: 
Hotel Chateau des Alpilles
Chateau Saint-Martin and Spa
Chateau de Montcaud
Villa Gallici Hotel and Spa
Chateau de Berne 
Chateau de Fonscolombe
Chateau de la Gaude

🇫🇷Best Castle Stay in Provence: Chateau de Massillan

🇫🇷Most Affordable Provence Chateau Stay: Chateau de Mazan 

🇫🇷Best Provence Stays by Location:
Avignon: Hotel Moulin d’Aure $ Le Prieure $$
Aix-en-Provence: Villa Saint-Ange $$$ Hotel Cezanne $-$$
Gordes: Airelles Gordes, La Bastide $$$$
Menerbes: La Bastide de Marie $$-$$$
Bonnieux: Capelounge $$$ 

 Contact me to book and VIP your next hotel booking at no cost to you! 
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#provencefrance #provenceholidays #provencetourism
London is blooming! Even though this past week ha London is blooming!

Even though this past week has felt SO busy, especially since I meant to share this weekly recap on Friday, we really only had two appointments this past week. We’ve been enjoying all the blooms in London, and are so grateful to finally be seeing the sun!

Oli and I started a baby massage class, which basically teaches parents different massages to help with all sorts of things. It’s also a great bonding experience, and a good way for Oli to meet other babies. That’s one thing I feel has been hard living in London the last few years, is lack of the sense of community.

London seems like such a transitional city, and it’s been hard to meet people, even now with a baby. I will say I haven’t been the most proactive, it just seems like life has been so busy. We had family visit from the States right around the seven week mark, and then we were in the States for almost three weeks so we’re slowly getting back into London life now that we’ve been back the last two weeks.

I’ve been doing lots of spring cleaning, as Oli has definitely grown out of his newborn clothes and some of his three month clothes as well. They say the time goes so fast, and it really really does. 

One thing we’ve done since we’ve been back is get Oli’s tongue in cheek ties corrected. I talked about this a bit in stories on how we had to do this privately since they’re assessed in the NHS, which is the public healthcare system. This could have been a reason for our difficult feeding journey- but maybe not too. It’s always so hard to tell. 

This week we’re finally heading to France, our first ‘vacation’ so to say as a family of three! I’ll be busy prepping for that, but it’s honestly not so bad taking them when they’re this young, and I sure learned a lot of tips and tricks going to and from the States, maybe I’ll have to share! 

For now enjoy these beautiful blossom pics! Talk soon! 
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Paris is one of my favorite cities, and I’ve been Paris is one of my favorite cities, and I’ve been plenty of times! 

Here’s the pertect 3 Day Paris Itinerary, or it you’re interested in a 10 Day Itinerary including @disneylandparis you can find it at MelissMeetsWorld.com.

💌You can also message me as I work as a luxury travel advisor and can make all your Paris dreams come true!

🇫🇷Day 1: Marvel at the Eiffel Tower, Champs-Elysees, and see the opera!
Start your day at the Eiffel Tower
Have lunch with views of the Eiffel Tower at Le Recrutement, Au Bon Accueil, or Linette Continue to the free Petit Palais
Enjoy the Opera or a tour at the Palais Garnier

🇫🇷Day 2: Explore Le Marais & the Louvre
Start your day at Cafe de Flore
Wander through the Tuileries Garden Book tickets in advance for the Louvre Spend the evening in Le Marais
Admire Notre Dame
Dinner at Le Train Bleu

🇫🇷Day 3: See the city like a local in Montmartre
Visit Musee de l’Orangerie
Stroll around Montmartre
Watch the sunset from Sacre Coeur

✅Make sure to SAVE this for later!
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#parisfranceitinerary #traveltoparis #paristravel
A Guide to the New England Spring season: 26+ Best A Guide to the New England Spring season: 26+ Best Things to Do

Here are a few of the best things to do in Boston in spring, and the best things to do in New England in spring!

You can read about them all at MelissMeetsWorld.com.

1. Attend the Boston Marathon 
2. Stroll the Charles River Esplanade
3. See the hanging nasturtiums @gardnermuseum 
4. Attend opening day @fenwaypark 
5. Find blooms at the @arnold_arboretum 
6. Enjoy Daffy Days in @discovernewport 
7. Pick some tulips @wickedtulips 
8. Enjoy a @bostonducktours 
9. Attend @daffodilweekend 
10. Ride the swan boats in the Boston Garden 

Find more on my blog, or contact me if you’re wanting to visit Boston this year as I work as a travel advisor!
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#springinboston #newenglandspring #bostonblooms

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