We’re holding a grudge, travelers. First issue: our lives continue to be overwhelming, and we want to know where the promised summer slow down we always enjoy is hiding? Second issue: we weren’t invited to the Diamond Jubilee, and what even? London, we love you more than most. Maybe next time? Icons: London Photographs | Irene Suchocki xo! the romantic & the wino

OH, travelers. It is the official start of summer, but this Monday-that’s-really-a-Tuesday is kicking our butts after our perfect beach weekends, so we apologize when we say that our hearts and minds are somewhere else entirely. World’s Best Beaches Bear with us. xo! the romantic & the wino

The sun is trying SO HARD to peek through today and we’re trying SO HARD to stay focused and just make it to the weekend. We’re also trying not to have such serious France-focused wanderlust, but things like this make it oh so difficult: Sea Cliffs, Normandy, France | Via: Pilar Azaña xo! the romantic & the wino

Ahhh, Tuesday. Rainy, rainy Tuesday. We would like you more if you were Wednesday, but you at least have one leg up on yesterday’s rainy Monday nonsense. Still, if it has to be rainy, and we have to be busy, then we’d rather be commuting to work and running errands and carboloading (it’s what you do when it rains, did no one tell you??) here: source: Andrew Badenhorst xo! the romantic & the wino

We’re not going to apologize again for our lack of posting, because excuses, excuses, am I right? Just know that we’ll be back in full swing ASAP, friends. Let’s get right to the good stuff: Sign #16 sounds an awful lot like us. 17 Signs That You Travel A Lot We’re weird enough to try some of these (the romantic has gone to #5), but Le Musée de la Poupée looks very, very scary. 5 Quirky Things to Do in Paris So pretty! A Walk Through One of Britain’s Last Wildflower Meadows As self-proclaimed travel writers, is it bad that we’ve…