How would you feel if you knew that you are sleeping under the same roof  where global treaties were agreed and signed? …Where if the walls could speak, we would hear deliberations and politics all over the place…. …Where Empress Elisabeth of Austria (“Sisi”) used to spend her summer vacations, and  unfortunately in 1898 got stabbed and died on its footsteps? This place exists and it is now 152 years old… Impressive, don’t you think? Especially in a world where we are constantly looking forward and not back… It is wonderful to make a pause and learn from the past…… Read more

Thank you! Today Valentina Bling Bling is 18 months old… I am very grateful for everything this blog is bringing to me. The blog has been read by more than 15,000 readers in 110 countries. This is huge to me…. Every single one of you counts enormously! Keep reading and I promise you loads of new info, tips and Bling Bling! As a gift to you, I am giving a Louboutin kit. If you are interested, there is a post at Instagram describing the rules for the draw. The winner will be picked on the 5th June. Good Luck! XX… Read more

I am a big Disney fan… I have been to the parks in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Orlando and Paris… Not to mention the Disney cruise…  I am still missing Shanghai…  Did I not say I was a fan? In all these trips I had never stayed at the Disneyland hotel… I had stayed at others within the Disney complex (Orlando and Paris) but my husband had insisted that for our next adventure with the kids we were to invest the money on the convenience of it… I was not very convinced but agreed to give it a try…… Read more