Travel The World

Day 15 - That morning, we boarded the ferry to Wales but the ship this time is smaller I guess, because we can all feel it swaying and it made me feel so dizzy most of the trip.  In Wales, we drove to Cardiff for an evening of Welsh entertainment.  Cardiff Castle is nice with the guide giving us a short tour before the dinner.  The dinner would've been nice as well but I think they overbooked the night we were there.  The place was packed and the servers who are also performers can't serve everyone fast enough. Day 16 - Crossing the border again to England, we went to one of my favorites in this trip, the Roman Baths .  The place is simply amazing, we spent hours there but still can't get enough.  For lunch we stopped by Glastonbury , notable for it's myths about King Arthur then head to Exeter .  We got a chance to walk around the city before it's time for us to meet the group again for dinner at a very nice place in Dartmoor called The Old I...

Day 9 - We crossed the border to North Wales and through Snowdonia National Park .  We had a lunch stop at Llanfair­pwllgwyn­gyllgo­gery­chwyrn­drobwll­llanty­silio­gogo­goch (no, I can't pronounce that word no matter how hard I try, I listened to it multiple times and i can only hear gogogo, LOL! =P) where we also stamped our passports as souvenirs. ^^  Then we went to Holyhead to board our ferry to Dublin.  It was a pretty smooth 4 hours (I think) ferry ride to Dublin.  Upon arrival, we went straight to the our Irish Night experience with more music and drinks. Day 10 - It's a short city tour day with a photo stop at the largest church in Ireland, St. Patrick's Cathedral .  We were then dropped at Trinity College to go in The Old Library and view the 1,200 year old Book of Kells .  Sadly we weren't allowed to take any pictures inside.  We went shopping after, where my friend bought a bag worth EUR2,000++ at Brown Thomas. @_@  That night...

Day 4 - Our first stop for the day is Hadrian's Wall , a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and after a few pictures, we crossed the England-Scotland border, and took more pictures there as well. =P  Our first stop in Scotland is Jedburgh where the Jedburgh Abbey and Mary Queen of Scots' House are.  It's also our lunch stop, my friend tried the Haggis, while I tried their scones.  Then we went on a guided tour to Sir Walter Scott's Abbotsford House .  After the tour, we're on our way to Edinburgh where we checked-in at Radisson Blu, a very nice hotel at the center of the city, then had a little walk around before it's time for our Scottish evening experience.  The Scottish evening includes dinner with some Scottish music and dancing, not that great but at least the Haggis is good. =) Day 5 - We went on a sightseeing tour with our local guide, wearing a kilt, around the city then stop at Holyrood Palace , the official residence of the British monarch in Scotla...

We went to Europe again!  It's definitely our favorite destination for long trips, there's just so much to see, and I never get tired of seeing all these amazing places. =)  This time, we joined Globus on a British Tour, 17 days, but with the flying in and out plus a day extension, it's a 21-day trip for us. Day 1 - We arrived in London at around 3pm, checked-in the hotel, freshen up, then at around 6pm, out we go.  We didn't get any good sleep on the plane in our 15 hours flight but it's a waste to just go in and sleep right? =P  There's a 7 hours difference in time too so even if it's 6pm in London, it's actually 1am in Manila.  So with our head floating, we checked out the neighborhood for shops and food for dinner. The next day is the first day of our tour, we met our tour guide, Paul Barton who is by far the best guide I've ever met in all my travels.  He is witty and funny which is why he reminds us of Mr. Bean.^^  And our coach driver...

I just noticed that I didn't post anything about my trips in 2013. =(  I hope I'll find time to post about them in the future, but for now, I'll just post one trip from December 2013 which is with my family. ^_^ We arrived Jeju Island around lunch time and met our guide in the airport.  We went directly to lunch, a hearty grilled beef meal, we ate it the Korean way wrapped in lettuce.  Next we went to Osulloc Tea Museum where you can buy different tea products and they also have a coffee shop that sells their famous green tea ice cream. Still on the same day, we went next to Joanne Teddy Bear Museum .  I've been to the teddy bear museum in Seoul Tower before, but it's different here.  In Seoul Tower, they have more small bears dressed and placed in a scene like a wedding ceremony, or a village full of working citizens, etc.  In Joanne Teddy Bear Museum they have giant bears in different costumes.  They even have a gallery of Bae Young Jun bear...