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The Metropolitan Opera is home to the world’s most esteemed musicians, designers and creatives so when I was invited by Conde Nast to the performance of La Fille du Régiment the answer was obviously yes! A night at the opera in New York means a whirlwind evening of glamour and sophistication. When it comes to the performing arts, there is no better place in the city to be than the beautiful Lincoln Center

Traveling alone is an excellent opportunity to get to know yourself better, perfect your problem solving skills, realize how capable you truly are and maybe even make a few new friends along the way! You can book hop on hop off bus tours for anywhere in the world (if you’re headed to Italy take a look at my travel guide here) A professional guide will know all the best spots and fun facts that help make getting to know somewhere new so special. Plus, booking tours before you reach a city will help add structure to your schedule and be a great way to explore with like-minded individuals.

On the first day of your trip you’ll do a walking tour of the city to get familiar with some of the top tourist attractions (Cathedral of our Dear Lady and Munich Frauenkirche) Take another day to enjoy the irresistible atmosphere of Venice or hop on the vaporetto and boat to one of Venice’s incredible islands: Murano, Burano or Lido. In the Vatican Museum you can see ancient Roman sculptures such as Laocoön and His Sons and Pietà as well as the stunning Renaissance frescoes in the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel, famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling. Whether you want to pre-plan or travel spontaneously, a hop-on-hop-off bus is a safe, affordable and fun way to see the world.

Learning about a new culture, visiting art galleries and museums, trying new cuisine and getting to know the locals are all exciting parts of visiting a new place. I downloaded the Rosetta Stone app not knowing anything beyond “ciao” and “grazie” but my knowledge of Italian quickly improved after a few easy lessons. My favourite features on the app so far have been the Phrase book (where you can listen to and learn to speak key phrases used in real-life situations), Audio Companion (where you can Extend your learning experience to where ‘speaking’ is not possible or desirable) and Stories (where you can perfect your pronunciation by reading aloud a full story and compare your voice to a native speaker’s voice.) You can learn 24 languages with the app Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), English (US), English (UK), French, Japanese, Italian, German, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Korean, Dutch, Tagalog, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Farsi, Polish, Swedish, Turkish, and Vietnamese meaning that the learning possibilities are truly endless.