Vocabulary

• laid back
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• set up
• soak up: To absorb; to become filled with (something)
• by night: During the night; not during the day.
• by day: During the daytime; not at night.
• out of this world: Extremely good or impressive; extraordinary.
• city center: The central part of a city, especially the main business or commercial area.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• stop in: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
• bake up: To cook food by baking, usually in an oven.
• best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
• hop in: To get in or on a vehicle
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• pastry: Dough making top/bottom of pie; cake made of dough
• sacred: Worthy of religious worship; very holy
• soak: To make something completely wet
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• gourmet: Person with a taste for good food and drink
• row: To move a boat using oars
• opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
• exquisite: Being very sensitive or detailed, e.g. of taste
• hop: Dance party
• decadent: Showing declining moral values; pleasure-seeking
• boutique: Small fashionable shop
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• whimsical: Quaintly humorous; funny in an odd way
• backdrop: Contextual meaning or background
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• scenery: Stage props during a play; a country view
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• palace: Official home of a ruler, such as a king or queen
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• metropolitan: Concerning a very large city
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• suite: Group of several shorter pieces of music
• floral: Made of, or decorated with pictures of flowers
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• bouquet: Bunch or collection of flowers
• famous: Excellent
• enchant: To hold the admiration of others; charm
• champagne: French sparkling drink used for celebrations
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• covet: To strongly desire something another person has
• sparkle: To shine with a lot of very small points of light
• watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
• church: Building where Christians gather and pray to God
• sweet: Piece of candy, or other food containing sugar
• sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
• love: Person's name
• boat: Small form of transport for traveling on water
• home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
• river: Flowing water that runs from mountains to the sea
• chocolate: Hard brown candy made from cocoa beans
• small: Little in size; not big
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• brunch: Mixture of breakfast and lunch eaten late morning
• personalize: To make personal or more personal
• twinkle: To shine with a flickering gleam of light