Giada De Laurentiis is spending Thanksgiving week abroad — and she’s totally loving it.
A few days after sharing with PEOPLE that she will celebrate the holiday in Japan with her daughter Jade Marie De Laurentiis Thompson and her boyfriend Shane Farley, the 54-year-old celebrity chef took to Instagram to show the highlights of their travels so far.
Her post on Tuesday, November 26, which includes Tokyo as its location, opens with a photo of De Laurentiis and her 16-year-old daughter smiling as they pose for a selfie in the middle of a gray walkway surrounded by tall buildings.
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In another photo, Jade is smiling from ear to ear as she poses outside a food store holding a skewer filled with dessert.
De Laurentiis included a video of her using a cup to collect water from a dragon fountain and a shot of large koi fish swimming in a pond.
As well as showing off her surroundings by sharing a photo of a street sign, food and murals, she also included a photo of herself, Farley and Jade riding in the backseat of a car.
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Daughter of Giada De Laurentiis Jade in Japan.
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“The dream trip has begun!! 🇯🇵,” she captioned the post.
The Super Italian: More than 110 delicious recipes with the healthiest Italian food the author explained in a conversation with LJUDI that her international travels were a long time coming.
“I’ve been talking about it for five years. I think Jade is like, ‘Let’s make it so I stop hearing about it.’ Anyway, yeah, we’re going to go to Tokyo and Kyoto and do a little excursion in Japan,” De Laurentiis told PEOPLE.
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Giada De Laurentiis in Japan.
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While she said she was “thrilled” to be going on the trip which she believes will be “very inspiring”, her family had a hilariously different reaction.
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“My family asks, ‘What? You can’t go,’ because I’m usually the cook on Thanksgiving, so I think they’re a little freaked out. But I’m so excited,” De Laurentiis said.
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