{florence, rome, capri, sorrento & athens . . .}

. . . one of the loveliest things about writing a blog is receiving so wonderful letters from readers from around the world -- thoughtful words and lovely thoughts, and sometimes, questions or requests for recommendations, such as glamorous reader katie's, who is planning an upcoming art history trip and would love any travel suggestions you may have for florence, rome, capri, sorrento & athens . . .


Hi Roseline,

I love your blog and read it everyday for the dreamy, enchanting images; you really have fantastic taste.

I'm going on a high-school trip with my art history class to Italy for 11 days this summer (2 of which will be spent in an airplane), and was hoping you might have some recommendations for while I am there. I want to feel like Audrey in Roman Holiday!

I don't know that you've been to any of the places I'm traveling to (Florence, Rome, Capri, Sorrento, and Athens), since I can't remember ever seeing any posts about your own trips there, but if you have or if you know anyone who has been to any of those spots, I'd really appreciate your suggestions.

During the day we're mostly going to museums,galleries, and the like, but we seem to have afternoons and nights free (although I think we may all be going to same places for dinner, because the itinerary says that breakfast and dinner are included). I know we're not staying in particularly nice hotels, so I was really hoping for a way to make the trip as fabulous as possible. My parents are paying for most of the trip, so I'm in charge of spending money (for lunch, shopping, extra activities), so I can essentially spend as much as I can make before the trip, although, being 17, I'm still going to have a relatively small budget.

We'll be going to Florence for three days, Rome for two, Capri for one (and spending the night in Sorrento since the accommodations on Capri are so expensive), and then Athens for two days, I believe. If you have any recommendations for any of those places, such as cafés, shops, beaches in Capri or Sorrento, or any other lovely spots, I'd so love to try to accommodate them into my trip.

Thank you so much for any suggestions and for your lovely, lovely blog,
Katie

{image: tati cotliar and melissa tammerijn by benjamin alexander huseby for harper's bazaar US, october 2010 via oh}

{travel inspiration: italy}

. . . a very favourite thing is to look back at old photographs of past trips -- so many memories and beautiful moments captured forever, and for the same reason, also love glimpses of others' vacation photographs -- and so, ecstatic to happen upon these shots of rome and cinque terre and other stunning places in italy, and was immediately lost in an enchanting world of dusky cathedrals, charming coastlines, prosciutto-wrapped figs and sandy beaches . . .

{p.s.} also lovely: venice

{images: all photography by bawkbawkbawk}

{in the bedroom: summer whites}

. . . the sultry days of summer have arrived and it has been hot, hot, hot and positively living in pretty summer dresses and upswept hair, and in the evenings, the duvet with its lovely lacy trim becoming far too heavy and we're dreaming, dreaming, of draping everything in romantic mosquito netting and saturating the bermuda teal walls in enchanting shades of crisp summer white . . .

{p.s.} don't you just adore the crochet bedcover?

{images: stylist susanna vento via the style files; 2 & 4 - cyrus, home hotel firenze via apartment therapy; 3 - shabby chic via decorology}

{happy monday + a charming mix of things - four}

. . . good morning! monday, monday and summer weekends always seem to slip away a little more quickly than others and it's a new and beautiful week and couldn't think of a more lovely way to begin than with another charming mix of things . . .

hope your week is off to a perfect start,
xo

. . . friday night


. . . dinner reservations


. . . sequins on the beach


. . . captivating coral



. . . italy


. . . glass & silver {one & two}


. . . céline


. . . pillars & mouldings


. . . lace & leopard print


. . . behind closed doors


. . . salvatore ferragamo ipad cases


. . . weekends


. . . pyrite


. . . paris


. . . tulle in the afternoon


. . . daydreaming


. . . pretty details


. . . sofia's medicine cabinet


. . . sasha


. . . artfully arranged {via destined to design}


. . . seafoam


. . . perfectly imperfect


. . . work


. . . play


. . . a quiet corner {via remodelista}


. . . memories



. . . home


. . . perfectly pretty


. . . gilt frames


. . . summer whites


. . . through the corridor



{p.s.} past mixes > one | two | three


{top image, angela kohler via bits of beauty; beach/sequins, photography by sandra freij; sasha pivovarova, editorial - dressing up, photography by lachlan bailey for vogue china}