tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46670047617639441162024-03-07T21:39:53.070-08:00TRAVELOGMy travel and my photosMissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-28657920852370131512015-06-06T15:08:00.001-07:002015-07-03T10:49:11.616-07:00Statue of Liberty, New York <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>New York Trip- March 18, 2015</b></div>
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Last March, we had our family road trip to New York City; my hubby, our son and daughter, my daughter's husband or son-in-law ;-) and my grandson (yes, I'm a young grandma- almost 2 years now!). We had some side trips along the way but I will be posting this trip in Statue of Liberty first, I'm just so excited to post our photos there. This was my second time to see the state of New York, first time was in <a href="http://misawa-travelog.blogspot.com/search/label/Niagara%20Falls" target="_blank">Niagara Falls</a>. We stayed during our vacation using our time share at Marriott Villa in Galloway, New Jersey except one night (March 18) where we stayed in Manhattan, New York City.<br />
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<b>March 17</b>- My brother-in-law (my hubby's brother) and his 2 kids arrived in our villa, they surprised us. He drove all the way from Toronto, Canada to see and meet us up (Florida is too far for him to drive). They're supposed to come on March 16 but he told us they won't make it due to his work but he managed to finish all his pending issues and didn't tell us that they're coming. It ended up they got surprised too because we were in our friend's house when they came and had to wait an hour at the hotel/villa's reception lobby.<br />
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<b>March 18- </b> It's almost 12noon when we left our villa, my plan was to leave early to ride the ferry boat to see Ellis Island and Liberty Island,unfortunately we were late to get to the last ride to take us to both islands. We arrived at Liberty State Park, New Jersey at exactly 2pm but need to buy tickets and need to go to security line for bag inspection, so too bad we only got to see Liberty Island. Our ferry boat stopped at the dock of Ellis Island but we can't leave the boat. Well, that happens when you have 3 families to attend to ;-) aside from getting lost at the park looking for the ticket office hehehe.</div>
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During our ferry ride, there's few people on the boat (probably March is not peak season) and the parking lot is not bad at Liberty State Park, only $7 parking fee. The big deal was too many toll fees from New Jersey to New York and need to have a lot of coins since some tolls require 75 cents and you have to drop it in the hole, there's no operator so you can't pay dollar bills.<br />
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We bought the tickets for $18- adult; kids- $14 these have no access to crown and the pedestal, only grounds of Liberty and Ellis Island. Make sure you'll be there before 2pm otherwise they won't let you go to Ellis Island already.<br />
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My DSLR camera was broken when we were there, I can't zoom in or out all the way and didn't have the chance to take the close-up shot of the crown and face of the statue….too bad.<br />
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After that trip to Statue of Liberty, we went to White Castle Burger Restaurant at downtown Jersey City and tried their burgers and later we headed to our reserved hotel in Manhattan New York City to see Time Square.<br />
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Tip: If you will be driving to New York to see the statue of liberty, it's better to take the ferry boat at Liberty State Park, New Jersey side, it has more parking spots and only $7 parking fee.<br />
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That will be my next post, New York City.<br />
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<br />Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-54301899414416907422015-04-18T23:03:00.003-07:002015-04-27T19:38:34.224-07:00French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">French Quarter or "Vieux Carre" is the famous and oldest neighborhood of the city of New Orleans in Louisiana state and now considered as national historic landmark. Most of the historic buildings here were built during the 18th century, during the Spanish era which depicts the Spanish colonial architecture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New Orleans is a 3 1/2 hour drive from Panhandle, Florida where we live </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and it was our first time to visit this place. This road trip was never planned (as it's always the case for me hehehe), I just asked my husband to go somewhere else away from home during his 4 day weekend holiday (Martin Luther King's holiday was Monday, Jan. 19th) only that Thursday before his weekend off, we then decided to go to New Orleans (NOLA), as expected, we had a hard time getting a hotel reservation already for a cheaper price because of its short notice. We then opted of staying at Keesler Air Force Base Lodging in Biloxi, Mississippi which is almost 2 1/2 hour from home, we reserved 2 rooms for 2 nights, because my daughter and her family (my son-in-law and grandson) also went with us. We left home Friday night and arrived in Biloxi just in time to sleep. The next morning we drove to New Orleans (Jan. 17, 2015) and only took us an hour, it's almost noon when we arrived. We walked along the famous Bourbon Street and Jackson Square. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New Orleans and its French Quarter is one of the few places in the US where drinking of alcohol in an open container is allowed on the street.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shrimp Po'boy ( Po'boy is a traditional sub sandwich from Louisiana consists of roast meat usually beef or fried seafood and served with baguette or New Orleans french bread)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice pose ;-) but you need to pay her after hehehe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Along Bourbon Street where a lot of people are partying along the street and some are enjoying drinking alcohol at the balconies</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Beignet pronounce as "ben-nei" famous in New Orleans as a breakfast served with powdered sugar on top. It's made from deep fried choux pastry. The original term of beignet is French. Beignets were declared the official state doughnut of Louisiana (from wikipedia).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We were supposed to fall in line at Cafe Du Monde but there was a long line, instead of waiting for an hour we went to their other branch in Metairie City which is a 20 minute drive just to try their beignets and coffee hehehe, we're lucky it's not crowded, no line and saw their staff making fresh beignets.</span></div>
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<b>Ilocos Tour- Day 3</b></h2>
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On our third day, that early morning we headed to Paoay Sand Dunes. Not all of us went there, some of my in-laws stayed to prepare for our breakfast and lunch and clean the rented house, since we were scheduled to leave that day just after our sand dunes adventure. My hubby got sunburned when we went to Kapurpurawan Rock Formation so he was so sore and didn't bother to go with us.<br />
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The whole Ilocos tour, I would say the sand dunes adventure was the best among all the places we've been to. The 4x4 ride was so fun and it's an unforgettable experience, as well as the sand boarding, I can't explain the feeling, I will probably just post our video hehehe. At least I got to experience sand boarding and snow boarding in my whole life and I can compare the two now, and I would say the latter is better hehehe. The 4x4 ride is 500 Pesos per person which includes sand boarding. The drivers were so nice they even took our group pictures.<br />
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After loading all our stuff on the bus we left Pearl Patio where we stayed for 2 nights. We went to Baluarte, it is a mini zoo and also an interactive wildlife facility, the entrance is free. We didn't get to explore much of this place since we came there late afternoon already and we were trying to catch up the daylight in Vigan. The kids were able to see and interact to some animals like bear cat, pony and tiger and birds like parrots, ostrich and more; also they got to experience to hold a snake. After spending an hour at the zoo, took some group pictures, bought some snacks and we headed to our bus for our Vigan trip.<br />
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<b>Vigan, Ilocos Sur</b><br />
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We opted out some places that we had in our itinerary, we probably just so excited to see Vigan than any other places ;-) I was so stunned and fascinated of the view of Calle Crisologo it's like we were back in a Spanish era, love the Spanish style houses and its architectures and the cobblestone streets. We took the kalesa ride just to go around 2 to 3 blocks of Calle Crisologo and had the chance to buy "taho" my favorite snack. Taho is a soft tofu with syrup and tapioca on top. We spent a lot of time shopping, bought a lot of souvenirs and snacks. I even forgot to take pictures of the stores because of my too much excitement to shop hehehe. If only I could bring the dining wood furniture I will buy too hahaha.<br />
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By the time we were at Plaza Salcedo it was dark already, we watched the dancing fountain and laser lights show. After the show we rode our tour bus and we stopped by a restaurant (forgot the name) and ate dinner. It was around 11pm when we left Ilocos and arrived Paranaque City at 7am. <br />
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Below are the photos of Pearl Patio house located in Laoag where we stayed for 2 nights.<br />
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Our travel agency is <a href="http://mytravelicious.weebly.com/" target="_blank">My Travelicious and Tour</a> visit their website if you have questions. While we were on the bus, we enjoyed the free wifi included in the tour package ;-) but since we were 32 people sharing we still have to use our 2 pocket wifi which we brought ;-)<br />
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Here's the video of my unforgettable sand boarding experience.<br />
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<b>Ilocos Tour</b></div>
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We were in the Philippines last June 2014 for my husband's family reunion and the highlight of our vacation was the Ilocos Tour. Neither my family nor my husband's family is from Ilocos. Every time we visit Philippines we would always go to one of the Hot Springs Resort in Laguna, I got bored and suggested to my husband to try different places. Last 2012 we went to Puerto Princesa, Palawan (aside from Laguna) and we were planning to go and try Coron, Palawan this year but my sisters-in-law suggested Ilocos so they can come with us too along with their families since this tour is a bit cheaper than Palawan. It's pretty hard to plan this tour since my husband's family is big ;-) he has 7 siblings, fortunately we succeed ;-) despite tight budgets.<br />
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We planned this tour 3 months prior to our arrival with my sisters-in-law through Facebook group messenger, this was actually part of their reunion's main agenda. We reserved the tour package for 32 people from "My Travelicious Travel and Tours" which includes the bus, tour package (3 days 2 nights), tour guide, entrance fees for 20 people and lodging which we rented a 4 bedroom house with swimming pool at Pearl Patio.<br />
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Our meeting place was in Paranaque City (Metro Manila), and we left there around 10pm of June 18 and arrived Laoag past 7am, June 19. We slept the entire trip, I just felt that I needed to, since the bus driver was driving too fast in a narrow winding road ;-) lucky we can't see the road and I was so tired and exhausted. After our breakfast at Señorita Dulce we headed straight to our rental house and brought our luggages and other stuff inside. We ate lunch at Mario's restaurant and went to our first day trip, Malacanang of the North, we met our tour guide, "Anch" and he's a very nice guy, he survived the craziness (but fun) of our family/clan . We tour the mansion and took some group pictures. </div>
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<b>Day 1- June 19, 2014</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From the mansion we went to Marcos' Mausoleum in Batac City, where I saw late President Marcos' body still laying in an enclosed glass coffin, the room temperature is kept low to preserve his embalmed body. After 25 years since his death, his remain still on public display. The museum is adjacent to Mausoleum which shows the memorabilia of the late president. </span></div>
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From the museum we walked to Batac's empanada market. We had some empanadas for our snack and bought some gifts from souvenir shops.<br />
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Our second day, the first trip was Cape Bojeador Light house, located in Burgos Ilocos Norte, it was established during the Spanish colonial period and its first lit was March 30, 1892. During our visit, the tower was undergoing construction so we were not allowed to enter that area.</div>
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When we reached Kapurpurawan Rock formation, the sun was not cooperating (for taking pictures, it's ok though hehehe), lucky I was wearing my hat and used my sarong to cover my shoulder, it was too bright, hot and exhausting but we survived the walk, my hubby got sunburned though. There's an option to ride the horse but we chose not to, it's worth to see the rock formation and the windmills, I love the stunning view. While we were walking under the sun, thirsty and tired all my sisters/brothers-in-law were having fun staying under the shade buying some souvenir stuffs, they didn't bother to follow us, well actually they didn't want to get dark ;-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the Way to Kapurpurawan Rock Formation, you can ride a horse and pay for a minimal amount of 35Pesos ( I think)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windmills at Kapurpurawan Rock Formation, Burgos Ilocos Norte</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saw this statue while walking to the rock formation, maybe there's a legend behind it, our tour guide probably mentioned it but I was not paying attention ;-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the windmills </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kapurpurawan Rock Formation, Burgos Ilocos Norte</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning Kapurpurawan Rock Formation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My nephews </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riding a Horse is an option to get faster to the Rock Formation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kapurpurawan Rock Formation<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We had some fun taking pictures at the Bangui Windmills, taking some jump shots, group pictures or group selfie ;-) And after that we headed to Pagudpud at Villa del Mar Resort where we had our lunch, while watching the ocean view.</span> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bangui Windmills</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bangui Windmills</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bangui- this photo was taken when I was on the bus already </td></tr>
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We ended our day trip at the Pagudpud beach, we were supposed to go to some other places in our itinerary but our nephews and nieces wanted to stay longer at the beach, while us the adults were enjoying the company of my brother-in-law who just came from Canada and was late to ride with us in our bus tour. He had a lot stories to tell us and to catch up with our stories too. Since I live in Florida and close to the beach I didn't bother to swim, watching the kids make me feel happy and contented that they're really enjoying this trip.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pagudpud Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pagudpud Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pagudpud</td></tr>
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Here's our itinerary:<br />
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<b>Day 1: Laoag City Tour</b><br />
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Malacanang of the North<br />
Marcos Maoseleum/Musem<br />
Batac Empanada<br />
Paoay Church<br />
Sta. Monica Church<br />
Ilocos Norte Capitol<br />
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<b>Day 2: Pagudpud Tour</b><br />
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Cape Bojeador Light House<br />
Kapurpurawan Rock Formation<br />
Bangui Windmills<br />
Pagudpud Beach<br />
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If you want to check "My Travelicious Travel and Tours" for tour package, check their website:<br />
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http://mytravelicious.weebly.com<br />
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**Next post, our third day adventure, Sand Dunes and Vigan Tour<br />
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Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-72464621714393828142014-08-20T09:26:00.000-07:002014-08-20T09:38:10.709-07:00SeaWorld, Orlando Florida<br />
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This post is still the continuation of our road trip last year, June 2013. Sorry for the long delayed post. I even went back to Orlando this April and haven't finished my post for my Orlando trip hehehe.<br />
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After Universal Studios we went to Seaworld. Thanks Seaworld, military and their families are free.<br />
I've been to Seaworld San Diego twice but this was my first time in Orlando, although the latter is bigger I like Shamu show better in San Diego.<br />
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We didn't get to see the Dolphins' show even though we were already waiting on our seats, they had to cancel the shows (outside shows) including rides due to lightnings and thunderstorms, fortunately we already watched Shamu's show before it happened.<br />
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The only ride we went to was the Empire of the Penguin and it was an hour and a half waiting in line and was very disappointed when we were inside, this ride is better for kids not for adults, not worth to wait.<br />
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We explored Seaworld half day and went back to our hotel and rest ;-)<br />
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<b>June 25, 2013</b>- This is still the continuation of our road trip, sorry for this super late post. We arrived in Orlando, June 23, Sunday from almost a week of road trip, we got so exhausted and so we took a couple of days' rest before we hit Universal Studios. We stayed in Orlando until June 29th, Saturday so we had 6 days exploring Orlando. </div>
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We explored Universal Studios for 2 days, the second day we went to Islands of Adventure and that would be on my next post hehehe. About the rides....well we were not brave enough to take those scary roller coaster rides hehehe </div>
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Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-58172127132518281812013-11-05T14:58:00.000-08:002013-11-05T15:10:34.385-08:00Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This is my continuation of my trip from Washington state to Florida. Sorry I was so busy unpacking our stuff, we have stayed in a temporary lodging facility at Hurlburt Field, FL for a month, and moved to a temporary apartment for 2 months and finally moved to a rental house while we stay here in Florida. A lot of moves that I didn't have time to update my blog. But finally we are now settled in and took me a month to unpack our household goods.</div>
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After Garden of the Gods, in Colorado we drove to Kansas and stayed in my friend's house for 2 days, it was not even in our itinerary to visit our friends but since we were driving to that direction so we opted to take that state, and the plan of 1 day was extended to 2 days because of my friends' request and so we were able to take some rest days before heading to Tennessee.</div>
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June 22, 2013 - We left Kansas around 12noon already we drove straight to Memphis, Tennessee we passed 2 states, Oklahoma and Arkansas. We arrived Memphis in the evening already and went to dinner at Marlowe's restaurant which is close to Graceland. The next day we went to see Graceland, the mansion and home of Elvis Presley.</div>
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Graceland is located at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard (originally known as Highway 51) in Memphis, TN. We didn't explore Graceland much, we didn't even take the tour, we were supposed to be in Orlando by Saturday, June 22 but since we stayed 2 days in Kansas our plan was changed and we were in a hurry to catch up with our itinerary. So we just walked by the stone wall surrounding the 13 1/2 acre estate and wrote our messages to Elvis :-). This wall is sometimes called the 'graffiti wall' because visitors write messages to Elvis. The iron gates of Graceland has 2 guitar players and musical notes. <br />
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Continuation on our road trip from Washington to Florida: From Yellowstone we drove up to Thermopolis, Wyomng for about 2 hours and stayed there overnight. </div>
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I was looking for a place that we can drive by and see some scenic views for few minutes before heading to our next stop. I came across this Garden of the Gods when I was surfing the internet. It's pretty obvious that we never had a specific itinerary hehehe (except the Yellowstone and going to Orlando) so we opted to go to Colorado instead of driving to Nebraska (we are talking here "states" on what to take to get to Florida and not specific freeways or roads hehehe). </div>
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So while we were on our way to Colorado, my husband asked my daughter if she wants to see her best friend in Kansas, without any hesitation she excitedly answered "yes." Then we called our friends in Kansas and surprised them that we're planning to visit them on our way to Florida if that's ok with them (weird huh? so spontaneous lol), lucky they're very kind and happy to see us :-)</div>
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It took us 7 hours to get to Colorado Springs from Wyoming, we stayed overnight at the Springhill Suite Marriott and the next day we went to Garden of the Gods. My husband allotted us to spend only 1 hour there otherwise we may get to Kansas too late in the evening and not to mention my friends prepared dinner for us.</div>
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Garden of the Gods is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is a free public park and designated as a National Natural Landmark.</div>
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The natural red rock formations really amazed me upon seeing them, a breathtaking view to see and experience. It really shows how great God is.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">The area was first called Red Rock Corral.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> One of the surveyors, M. S. Beach, suggested that it would be a "capital place for a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_garden" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Beer garden">beer garden</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">." His companion, the young Rufus Cable, awestruck by the impressive rock formations, exclaimed, "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_garden" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Beer garden">Beer Garden</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">! Why it is a fit place for the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympian_Gods" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Olympian Gods">gods</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> to assemble. We will call it the Garden of the Gods."- Wikipedia</span></span></div>
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We drove around and took some pictures but we never had the chance to hike on the different trails that park offers. I missed to see a lot of rock formations such as the "Siamese Twins, " "Sleeping Giant," "Tower of Babel," "Signature Rock," and many more. Some of them we have to walk up the trails to see them and that limit us to see only the rock formations along the road. </div>
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It was so hot that time and my kids didn't want to go out from the car. From Washington cold weather to real summer in Colorado, that made them feel so uncomfortable to go out, still adjusting the weather. So after driving by and taking pictures of the balanced rock we headed straight to Kansas.<br />
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Mammoth Hot Springs</h2>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces were formed by rock fractures, heat and water with shades of orange, pink and green created by microorganisms in the water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I've been snorkeling before when we used to live in Hawaii so this was not new to me. We enjoyed snorkeling especially my son, who loves swimming. We saw a lot of different fish and corals. Unfortunately we didn't have a waterproof camera and so no souvenir pictures under the sea and the camera protector/cover that my Dad rented was not working. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then after snorkeling we went to Starfish Island or Sandbar, as soon as we got off from the boat, the rain poured hard. I was so scared because we were in the middle of the ocean and the waves were so big, the sky were so dark I thought we may get stranded on the island if the rain would not stop. We were stuck in a small cottage and waited long for the rain to stop (we're afraid we may get wet hahaha). I can't swim with that big waves and heavy rain, pretty scary! By the time the rain stopped it's almost lunch time. Our tour guide prepared some food to eat, this was included in our package. But.....The food was not enough for all of us since we all like seafood, mangoes and shrimp paste or "bagoong" in Filipino. If we've known that the tour guide will be bringing food, we should have bought and brought more seafood and fruits. We told our tour guide that they should put more food or at least let the tourists/customers know if they want more food than what includes in the standard package. After taking some pictures we headed already to Pandan Island since we were behind of our schedule because of the heavy rain, we didn't enjoy much in Starfish Island although it would be enjoyable if the sun came out.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My son playing rocks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karst Mountain Elephant Cave</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the Karst Mountain Cave plus 2 Nipa huts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just wearing slippers, "spelunking" or caving was not even in our plan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My hubby, ziplining...can you see him??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's my turn....ziplining...whoaaaa!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still me</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and me....I survived!!! </td></tr>
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<b>Our second day tour, Underground River, July 18, 2012</b><br />
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Our scheduled tour for that day was the Underground River, after our breakfast we headed to Sabang Pier already. The package includes the tour fees and permit, boat rides and lunch buffet. So upon arrival at the pier we let our tour guide handle all the transactions for our Underground River tour and while waiting for our turn for the boat ride we went to eat lunch buffet. <br />
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There's one lady that was selling the "wood worms" or "tamilok" while we were eating outside the restaurant, my husband bought some since my son was very eager to try and taste it, so he did.... same with my Dad and my husband but not me. They said it tasted like oysters, whatever it tastes like still, I would never ever try that....eeewwww hehehe.<br />
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So after lunch we waited for few minutes before our turn to ride the boat. When we were in the underground river site, we still have to wait for another boat ride to get inside the cave. It's amazing experience to witness this "wonder of nature" unfortunately I didn't turn on my flash to take pictures inside I was just scared of the bats who may be distracted of flashlights and may chase us hehehe.<br />
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After the tour we were supposed to go back to the resort but we asked the tour guide if we can see and check the Ugong Rock Zipline. We saw that place when we were heading to Underground River. This was not in our itinerary and we were not prepared that we will be doing spelunking and ziplining. So my husband, brother-in-law, my son and I decided to try while the oldies (my Dad, my step mom, father and mother in laws stayed and waited for us. <br />
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This was the first time for my son who that time was eager to climb to the top but when we were on our last phase of spelunking he was trying to convince me to go back hehehe he was scared at first to wear the harness and climb through big line ropes hehehe but I was able to convince him to finish by ziplining and he really enjoyed it.<br />
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For me, this was my third time ziplining but this zipline was the steepest one among the 3 I tried. My first one was only a short zipline which was in my jazzercise instructor's huge yard, second was in Ontario, Canada (which I forgot to post it here probably next time when I have a chance). <br />
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I noticed that the tour guides here in Ugong Rock are in between 30s, 40's age or maybe 50's but I like the idea of hiring them to help these people to get a job even they're kind of old....age really doesn't matter here. Whoever is the owner/manager of this Ugong Rock, thumbs up, you rock! lol<br />
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Thanks to our tour guide (our guide during our entire stay in Palawan), he was the one taking pictures when we were doing spelunking and ziplining I think I regret of giving my camera to him, we don't have enough nice pictures hehehe. He ziplined first before us so we don't have nice pictures on top.<br />
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After Ugong Rock we headed back to the resort and got rested for few hours and ate dinner at Ka Lui. Superb food and the ambiance inside is very relaxing.<br />
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<br />Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-87655525277177415692013-04-17T23:43:00.002-07:002013-04-20T14:31:25.371-07:00City Tour, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We were 7 people when we went to Palawan: my husband, my son, my Dad, my step mom, mother-in-law and brother-in-law (who's from Canada). That's our treat to them since we had hectic schedule (only 11 days) we decided to bring them to Palawan to spend quality time with them, although it's kind an expensive tour though hehehe but it's ok as long I see them happy, that's how we share our blessings with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 19.1875px;"> - 3 nights accommodation at Palo Alto Bed And Breakfast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 19.1875px;"> - Plated Daily Breakfast (choose from American. Filipino, Continental)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Palawan is an island province of the Philippines and its capital is Puerto Princesa, </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a popular tourist city with many beaches and seafood restaurants and has been known as the cleanest and greenest city in the Philippines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our trip to Palawan was last July 2012 but I never had the chance to post it here. I will try to post more pictures of our Palawan adventure whenever I get a chance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spent only 13 days in the Philippines so we had a hectic schedule, we arrived on July 15 and after a day of rest and chit chat with my relatives we flew right away to Palawan on the 17th and stayed there for 4 days and 3 nights. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Puerto Princesa Underground River was chosen as one of the <b>New</b> <b>7 Wonders of Nature </b>and<b> </b>from then on there's a lot of people from all walks of life try to visit Palawan.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is one of the most distinguished protected areas of the Philippines. It is located some 360 miles southwest of Manila, the country’s political and economic capital. It was established as a National Park in 1971primarily to protect and preserve the intact old growth forest, interesting wildlife, pristine white sand beaches, unspoiled natural beauty and one of the most impressive caves systems in the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Park features a spectacular limestone or karst mountain landscape. It contains an 8.2 km long underground river that flows directly to the sea. The lower half of the river is brackish and subject to the oceans tide. A subterranean river flowing directly into the sea and the associated tidal influence makes it the most unique natural phenomenon of its type to exist. The presence of 11 minerals, scientifically and aesthetically unique speleothems, and a 20 million year old Serenia fossil embedded in the walls of the cave justifies the declaration of the Puerto Princesa Underground River as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.</span></span></div>
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<br />Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-37167024219980008312013-02-20T21:58:00.005-08:002013-02-25T22:12:54.139-08:00Manneken Pis, Brussels Belgium<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Manneken Pis- is the popular landmark in Brussels. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture of a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. You have to see this sculpture when you go to Belgium ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's the side view of the manneken pis, it's just an ordinary statue.....why it's very popular(??) hehehe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chocolate Store where Manneken Pis sculptures are displayed. They even have the manneken pis chocolates</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another manneken pis statue in front of the waffle store, I think this one is better than the original statue hehehe, it's bigger....and colorful ;-)</span></div>
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The Summit- Snoqualmie Ski Resort</div>
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Restaurant and the Rental Shop</div>
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My daughter and her boyfriend going to snowboard</div>
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The Summit Snoqualmie Ski Resort</div>
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I finally posted after few months of absence. Last December 29, 2012 we went snowboarding, I meant them....... my children and their friends but this time I didn't snowboard, I was just a photographer hehehe. My right shoulder is still sore due to tendonitis (or maybe from snowboarding last year hehehe) and tried to avoid to get it worse so I opted not to snowboard this time.</div>
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It's been 7 months since I posted my travelog here. I was so busy with my work and didn't have the chance to update my blog. And finally I'm back!!!</div>
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Anyways, I will be posting my random pictures from my travelog during my absence here in the world blog, and hopefully I'll find time more to visit my other favorite blogs :-)</div>
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Lake Wenatchee State Park is in Leavenworth, Washington a 3-hour drive from our house. We never had any intineraries when we went to Leavenworth.....actually it was never a plan to go visit that place during the 3-day Memorial Holiday weekend in May. We just took a chance to look for a cabin that Friday and we just so lucky and found one cabin, although it was in the middle of nowhere with no internet and wi-fi :-) but it was fun and enjoyable adventure!! We stayed there 3 days and 2 nights....I hope I'll have time to post our pics here....hopefully soon hehehe</div>
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On our first morning in Leavenworth while we were driving to downtown we saw this Lake Wenatchee State Park sign so I asked my husband if we can see that and to our surprise.....we were stunned with this amazing view, so breathtaking. I hope you guys like this too.<br />
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Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-5580284082975707552012-02-17T12:05:00.010-08:002012-02-17T22:46:28.380-08:00Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium<div align="center"><a title="DSC_0142 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6892886705/"><img alt="DSC_0142" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6892886705_6ef9ab6e36_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" /></a><br />The Grand Place<br /><br /><br /><a title="DSC_0146 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6892886683/"><img alt="DSC_0146" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/6892886683_7d74310ef9_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><a title="DSC_0145 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6892886741/"><img alt="DSC_0145" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/6892886741_58110d56a7_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><a title="DSC_0121 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6892886655/"><img alt="DSC_0121" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6892886655_cd0a401e53_z.jpg" width="425" height="640" /></a><br />The Town Hall</div><div align="center"><br /><br /><a title="DSC_0135 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6892916867/"><img alt="DSC_0135" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/6892916867_266f145d8b_z.jpg" width="425" height="640" /></a><br />Brussels' town hall stands 96m tall</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><a title="DSC_0122 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6892916907/"><img alt="DSC_0122" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6892916907_972a4f8f50_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><a title="DSC_0149 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6892916913/"><img alt="DSC_0149" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/6892916913_d130c70217_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><a title="DSC_0174 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6892916899/"><img alt="DSC_0174" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7198/6892916899_b82d611afa_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" /></a><br />Close-up Look of the building</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><a title="DSC_0156 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6892886727/"><img alt="DSC_0156" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/6892886727_b5d347d65b_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"> Guildhalls</div><div align="center"><br /><br /><a title="DSC_0263 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6893029869/"><img alt="DSC_0263" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/6893029869_b75858a044_z.jpg" width="425" height="640" /></a><br /><br /><a title="DSC_0166 by missytravelog, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6892939433/"><img alt="DSC_0166" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7062/6892939433_0b5a96364a_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" /></a><br /><br />I don't know them! They just want me to take picture of them lol<br /><p><br /><p></p></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">------------------------------------------------------</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">THE GRAND PLACE, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><br /><p>The Grand Place or Grote markt (in French) is the central square of Brussels. It is surrounded by Town Hall, Guildhalls and the Breadhouse. The square is the most important tourist destination in Brussels.</p></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><br /><p>As I mentioned on my previous post, that I finally got a job and my first day was here in Belgium for 3 weeks training. For 1 week I just stayed at my flat, it was very cold it's around -8C and it just snowed 2 days before I came.</p></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><p></p><br /><p>I asked my colleague if she can take me to Brussels and she accepted my request so we went last Sunday February 12. I was so thankful that I met her before she left to Italy otherwise I would have not seen this place or if I did see it by myself (without her) I would have only taken pictures of the buildings and places in Brussels without me in the pictures hehehe. And I'm so very thankful for her kind gestures of bringing me here eventhough she's been in Brussels twice during her stay in Belgium for her training.<br /></p></div><div align="left"><p>Brussels from where we staying is a 1 hour and 20 minutes by train (without transfer) but you can choose other train that has 1 transfer and it will take you only for 54 minutes. But then we opted to take the longer trip to avoid hassle and transfer ;-)</p></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">It's been almost 2 weeks since I got here in Belgium but seems like a month or 2 already. My first time to be far away from my family for 3 weeks. And I still have 8 more days to go! I will miss my son's birthday on the 21st :-'( And now I'm sick, I had fever 3 days ago and until now I have cough and cold. </div><div align="left"><p>Oh I miss them so bad, there's no place like home.</p><p> </p><p>PS:</p><p>I had unforgettable experiences during my first day here and during my first ride on the train to Brussels.....but I decided to keep it secret....hahaha.</p><p> </p></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><br /><br /> </div>Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-64425491580676833662012-02-09T11:53:00.000-08:002012-02-09T12:39:57.923-08:00Louvain-La-Neuve<div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-khbKUaT8KuM/TzQtaF888NI/AAAAAAAACp0/E-J-mEAGLgc/s1600/louvain1.jpg"></a><div><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DnajnZxmMkM/TzQrKcTsyrI/AAAAAAAACpM/5PfMAxPD9a0/s1600/louvain1.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-At8v7K2HOB4/TzQkbdX49_I/AAAAAAAACpA/az5KQ9KFCRo/s1600/flat.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 299px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707226681945159666" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-At8v7K2HOB4/TzQkbdX49_I/AAAAAAAACpA/az5KQ9KFCRo/s400/flat.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Sorry again for my long absence. Anyways, I'm happy to share with you that finally I got a job! After almost 1 and a half year of staying home, God is really great to bless us this 2012, I can't thank Him enough. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><p>Well, Feb. 6, 2012 was supposed to be my first day of work but then our HR called me Monday, Jan. 30 that they wanted me to report Friday, Feb 3rd to get my laptop and cellphone because I wll be having my training in...EUROPE!!! W-O-W as in WOW I was shocked and surprised! I didn't think that I will be leaving sooner than I expected.</p></span><p></p></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><p>The above picture was taken from my flat where I'm staying right now until the 25th of Feb, 3 weeks of training away from home. I didn't bring my personal laptop, I just brought my ipad but there's no wifi here (hmmp!), well what do I expect it's not a hotel it's just a business flat close to our office. So until now I'm thinking of finding ways to upload my pictures from my camera. As if I have many pictures already hahaha, since I came I never had the chance to walk around the area yet since it's already dark once we get off from work.</p></span><p></p></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><p>So where am I???</p></span><p></p></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707237387895548274" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sEdQkXXozN4/TzQuKoJXqXI/AAAAAAAACp8/wcbsziShBNA/s400/louvain1.jpg" /></div><div align="center">Louvain-La-Neuve Center<br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-2035067492051822502011-12-15T10:41:00.000-08:002011-12-20T11:27:15.034-08:00Mt. Rainier with Lenticular Cloud<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6517053899/" title="rainier-travelog1 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6517053899_112008b0ee_z.jpg" width="640" height="357" alt="rainier-travelog1" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">Lenticular Cloud on Mt. Rainier taken 2 weeks ago</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Two weeks ago while I was dropping off my son at his school I saw this lenticular cloud on top of Mt. Rainier, the sun just started to rise at the back of the mountain that made it yellow on the background. I usually see this type of cloud on top of Mt. Rainier but I never had the chance to take a picture of it. It disappears fast maybe due to the wind is pushing the clouds away from the mountain. So that time, when I went home I immediately grabbed my camera found a nice spot along our neighborhood area and took this picture. But the view was not that good as when I saw it earlier but at least I still had the chance to take this shot and after few minutes (as soon as I came home) the thick fog with sun rays covered the view of Mt. Rainier. I guess I was lucky that time ;-)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lenticular clouds are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, usually perpendicular to the wind direction. Due to their shape, they almost look like an UFO (Unidentified Flying Objects).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6517060803/" title="rainier-travelog5 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6517060803_e79cb4e31c_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="rainier-travelog5" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our neighborhood with Mt Rainier view taken yesterday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yesterday, I saw again the nice clouds forming around Mt. Rainier but I didn't have my camera with me. I just took a picture after an hour but the clouds were not as beautiful compared to what I saw an hour earlier. Lesson learned: I should always bring my camera whenever and wherever I go.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6517057557/" title="rainier-travelog4 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6517057557_75360eae3f_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="rainier-travelog4" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was taken last summer, August 2011 on our way to Mt. Rainier's Paradise Resort</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Last August was our second time to go to Mt. Rainier National Park, and the weather that time was so clear and bright. We brought our friends who visited us from California. It's amazing to see the Mt. Rainier closer than I would imagine. This snow-capped mountain really amaze me every time I see it. The pictures below were all taken at the same day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6517055311/" title="rainier-travelog2 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6517055311_e636f092d7_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="rainier-travelog2" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taken at Mt. Rainier National Park's scenic view point last August</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6517056573/" title="rainier-travelog3 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6517056573_d668e6bb60_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="rainier-travelog3" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another close up shot of snow-capped Mt. Rainier during summer</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6517058999/" title="rainier-travelog6 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6517058999_32ba6f2f45_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="rainier-travelog6" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taken last August, even if it's summer there's still some snow at Mt. Rainier National Park's area and the mountain itself</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The kids really enjoyed the stay at the picnic area where they were throwing snow balls, sledding and sliding on the snow. We were not ready of the cold weather, we ended up having wet shoes and the kids with wet pants ;-) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">By the way, we didn't get the chance to park and see Paradise Resort Visitor's Center it was jam packed with tourists and we could not find a parking spot, we were expecting that because it was summer and the weather was nice and clear to see and enjoy Mt. Rainier. We just opted to park just right after the Visitor's center down the hill where we found a small falls where we took some pictures.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-77983410188005999042011-11-29T17:58:00.000-08:002011-11-30T00:25:30.885-08:00Niagara Falls- Ontario, Canada<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6428306713_e14efa5c90_z.jpg" alt="niagara-canada9" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The "American Falls"(left) and the "Bridal Veil Falls" (right) taken from Ontario, Canada side</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6428304297/" title="niagara-canada2 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/6428304297_481116e089_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-canada2" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Horseshoe Falls (taken from Canada Side)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6428304643/" title="niagara-canada3 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6428304643_926bd754ea_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-canada3" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">American Falls </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6428304961/" title="niagara-canada4 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6428304961_1879ed16d6_z.jpg" width="640" height="436" alt="niagara-canada4" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another view of Horseshoe Falls with the Maid of the Mist Boat Tour</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6428305225/" title="niagara-canada5 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6428305225_33b3bd125d_z.jpg" width="640" height="398" alt="niagara-canada5" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another shot</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6428305557/" title="niagara-canada6 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6115/6428305557_6aee790e0f_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-canada6" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another view of American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6428305849/" title="niagara-canada7 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6428305849_f86cec1871_z.jpg" width="640" height="378" alt="niagara-canada7" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taken from the park just right across the view of the Niagara Falls</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6428306385/" title="niagara-canada8 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6428306385_0e392695da_z.jpg" width="640" height="453" alt="niagara-canada8" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hard Rock Cafe Ontario, Canada with the view of Skylon Tower</div><div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6428307117/" title="niagara-canada10 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6428307117_3d4817074a_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-canada10" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The view of Skylon Tower</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6428307403/" title="niagara-canada11 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6428307403_81260bc1d8_z.jpg" width="425" height="640" alt="niagara-canada11" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hershey's Store</div><div style="text-align: center;">------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Niagara Falls is the collective name for the 3 waterfalls: "Horseshoe Falls (The name is derived from its horseshoe shaped), the adjacent "American Falls" and the small "Bridal Veil Falls" (both are within the US border). Much of Horseshoe Falls is located on Ontario, Canada and that's why it's also called Canadian Falls.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Bridal Veil Falls is named for its appearance and is located next to American Falls separated by a small piece of land called Luna Island (see my first photo above).</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">**********************************</div><div><br /></div><div>July 16, 2011- This was the last day of our trip in Canada before driving back to Ohio. We didn't have enough time to explore Niagara Falls in Canada but there lots of things to explore around the area than in New York. My brother-in-law (my husband's brother) and his kids went with us to the falls and we spent only a couple of hours before we parted ways. We parked in the Skylon Tower's parking lot but we didn't have the chance to go up to the tower to see the view (weird huh?!). </div><div><br /></div><div>That day was a nice and clear than the day we first saw the falls in New York side. It was a perfect timing to take pictures although we got sunburned from the intense heat of the sun. </div><div><br /></div><div>The view of Niagara Falls in Canada for me is better than New York, although the American side view is much closer to the falls...... so I guess it's better to see both ;-) like we did hehehe.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to compare the views, here's my previous post on Niagara Falls in New York, USA...<a href="http://misawa-travelog.blogspot.com/2011/11/niagara-falls-new-york.html">click here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-30663452779055937112011-11-15T17:47:00.000-08:002011-11-30T00:26:16.204-08:00Niagara Falls, New York<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6349305808/" title="niagara-ny1 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6349305808_e8b51e35e1_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-ny1" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">American Falls </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6349305950/" title="niagara-ny2 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6349305950_df33c88515_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-ny2" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">American Falls</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6348556611/" title="niagara-ny11 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6095/6348556611_6ac1d525f7_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-ny11" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another view of American Falls</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6348555287/" title="niagara-ny3 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6220/6348555287_13d0951ec9_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-ny3" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">American Falls overlooking Canada side</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6348555427/" title="niagara-ny4 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6101/6348555427_17b89b3843_z.jpg" width="425" height="640" alt="niagara-ny4" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Double rainbow and the Maid of the Mist Boat Tour</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6348555591/" title="niagara-ny5 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6102/6348555591_3e0bbc026c_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-ny5" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Horseshoe Falls</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6349306572/" title="niagara-ny6 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6032/6349306572_21ea7c3d7b_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-ny6" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Maid of the Mist Boat Tour</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6349306748/" title="niagara-ny7 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6108/6349306748_d26270c62e_z.jpg" width="421" height="640" alt="niagara-ny7" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Overlooking the people below from Cave of the Wind (I'm not sure if this falls is the Bridal Veil Falls)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6348556113/" title="niagara-ny8 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6348556113_c06e51e2f0_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="niagara-ny8" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another view of the Horseshoe Falls</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6349307072/" title="niagara-ny9 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6112/6349307072_3484169da0_z.jpg" width="640" height="413" alt="niagara-ny9" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Map</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6349307266/" title="niagara-ny10 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6212/6349307266_a5548b5d21_z.jpg" width="425" height="640" alt="niagara-ny10" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another Map ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">----------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Niagara Falls- is the collective name for the 3 waterfalls: "Horseshoe Falls" (The name is derived from its curving, horseshoe-shaped crest)<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">, </span></span>the adjacent "American Falls" (which is within the US border) and the small "Bridal Veil Falls" which when combined form the highest flow rate of any waterfalls in the world. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfalls in North America. Much of Horseshoe Falls is located in Ontario, Canada, that's why it's also known as Canadian Falls. Niagara Falls is the border between Ontario, Canada and New York, USA.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">-----------------------------------------------------</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The photos above were taken 4 months ago, I'm far behind posting my travel blog when we went to Ontario, Canada hehehe. And it's a week of adventure so I'm trying to catch up now (I hope I can hehehe).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">July 10, 2011 (Sunday)- After a week from our travel to Las Vegas, we went to Toronto, Canada to visit my brother-in-law and his family who lives in Mississauga, Ontario Canada. It's been 10 years since we last saw him. It was still summer then and we expected the fare would be soaring high and yes, it was high especially we didn't plan this travel ahead of time, it was just 3 weeks before the flight when we bought the tickets. We opted to fly to Cleveland, Ohio than flying straight to Toronto, Canada since it's a lot cheaper and at the same time we could see other scenic views along the way to Canada. So from Ohio, we rented a car and drove up to Canada, and our first stop was in Niagara Falls, New York. It took us 5 hours to Niagara Falls. Initially, our plan was to leave Saturday morning but then we were 10 minutes late when we arrived at the airport check-in counter hehehe. They changed our flight to Saturday evening, at 11pm and fortunate that the airlines waived our fees, we didn't get to pay any fees when they changed our flight. We arrived in Ohio Sunday morning already and we just slept during our 5 hour-trip. Our itinerary got messed up due to our late trip, we're supposed to stop in downtown Ohio and drive around that area but instead we drove straight to New York.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When we were in Niagara Falls, we didn't try to go to any boat tours since we had limited time and besides I don't want my camera to get soak and wet from the falls hehehe. When I saw the mist I have thought I won't get nice views from the boat hehehe and I was right. We spent 2 hours at Niagara Falls State Park and then we headed straight to Mississauga to attend my brother-in-law's son's birthday, it was tiring and a long walk but we had fun.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For my pictures, too bad I forgot to bring my tripod and I was so disappointed with my settings, I could not figure out to adjust mt speed settings hehehe I think I have to learn more on my camera settings I was too lazy to do that before the trip.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On my next post, is Niagara Falls, the Canada Side( better views).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-54246689715507502102011-10-31T14:15:00.000-07:002011-10-31T15:53:30.544-07:00Pumpkin Patch, Puyallup<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6299733895/" title="pumpkin2 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6213/6299733895_e07b23967a.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin2" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Pumpkin Patch at Picha's Farm</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6300279984/" title="pumpkin13 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6220/6300279984_1a77a96cd8.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin13" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Hayride</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6299732475/" title="pumpkin1 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6213/6299732475_4ef742a1f8.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin1" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br />Scarecrow and bunch of pumpkins ready for pick up</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6299744889/" title="pumpkin12 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6102/6299744889_24a553a9f6.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin12" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Different Kinds of Squash</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6299744121/" title="pumpkin11 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6220/6299744121_9d86aaae3c.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin11" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Corn Maze</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6300277096/" title="pumpkin10 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6300277096_3d0248df0c.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin10" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6300275698/" title="pumpkin9 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6235/6300275698_9399367d62.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin9" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6300274504/" title="pumpkin8 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6300274504_0077a6c51f.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin8" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6299739655/" title="pumpkin7 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6103/6299739655_b89faecc7f.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin7" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Haystacks and the Pumpkins</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6300272190/" title="pumpkin6 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6094/6300272190_55033f4e56.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin6" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">We had a family picture here</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6300270960/" title="pumpkin5 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6300270960_49f46a929d.jpg" width="332" height="500" alt="pumpkin5" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Wow Big Squash!</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6300269974/" title="pumpkin4 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6032/6300269974_c64579298d.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin4" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Pumpkins</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36311725@N07/6299734833/" title="pumpkin3 by missytravelog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6031/6299734833_317dd43a01.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="pumpkin3" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Picha's Farm</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pumpkin Patch </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Last Saturday, Oct. 29 was bright and sunny and I thought it was the right time to see a pumpkin patch, it's been gloomy and rainy for the past few days and even weekends and so that day I was so excited to drive around again. I haven't seen a pumpkin patch before but I heard a lot of things about that and I was so curious to bring my children there, at the same time I'll have the chance to take pictures. I just googled pumpkin patch and came out from my search that there's one place close by our house, the Picha's Farm. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We had our late lunch at around 1:30pm in a Thai Restaurant and after that we headed straight to the farm. It took us only 15 minutes to get there. It's a bit muddy due to it rained the whole Friday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We bought kettle popcorn but didn't buy any pumpkins, I don't know how to make a pumpkin pie ;-) and I don't make a jack-o-lantern too hehehe, so we just went there just to see and check the pumpkin patch and take pictures as our souvenir and for my travel blog hehehe. My son didn't try the corn maze since it so muddy and the farm was closing already.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We enjoyed going to Picha's Farm and we'll probably go back there when it's strawberry season. My children love strawberries. I hope to go back there.....soon!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667004761763944116.post-62448089873624686032011-10-20T13:48:00.000-07:002011-10-31T15:34:52.015-07:00Puyallup Fair, Washington<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J96HmVVtxBk/TqCOle8bCgI/AAAAAAAACmA/iDIX2NWSTCg/s1600/puyallup1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J96HmVVtxBk/TqCOle8bCgI/AAAAAAAACmA/iDIX2NWSTCg/s400/puyallup1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665685105844881922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Puyallup Fair entrance gate</div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OVi8Uiv8lJQ/TqCOlEzH_pI/AAAAAAAAClw/hgA9ZjTDI4E/s1600/puyallup15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OVi8Uiv8lJQ/TqCOlEzH_pI/AAAAAAAAClw/hgA9ZjTDI4E/s400/puyallup15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665685098826563218" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-szzxPVcrpuo/TqCOkyMFbgI/AAAAAAAAClo/wY0aYrd928M/s1600/puyallup2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-szzxPVcrpuo/TqCOkyMFbgI/AAAAAAAAClo/wY0aYrd928M/s400/puyallup2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665685093830979074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Line to order the "elephant ears"</div><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t2MP90GU750/TqCOES62TcI/AAAAAAAAClc/S-5T9IWza2s/s1600/puyallup3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t2MP90GU750/TqCOES62TcI/AAAAAAAAClc/S-5T9IWza2s/s400/puyallup3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665684535681371586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">elephant ear</div><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uGL3ZzeNESo/TqCODwSDL5I/AAAAAAAAClU/DDPfLCP06ik/s1600/puyallup4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uGL3ZzeNESo/TqCODwSDL5I/AAAAAAAAClU/DDPfLCP06ik/s400/puyallup4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665684526383443858" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gZGWUh5Gz54/TqCODhoPQCI/AAAAAAAAClE/Sod_BRW5NtE/s1600/puyallup5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gZGWUh5Gz54/TqCODhoPQCI/AAAAAAAAClE/Sod_BRW5NtE/s400/puyallup5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665684522449977378" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HQ4Z8HXHL24/TqCNx8IhqII/AAAAAAAACk8/sfJeCrAMXPg/s1600/puyallup6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HQ4Z8HXHL24/TqCNx8IhqII/AAAAAAAACk8/sfJeCrAMXPg/s400/puyallup6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665684220327078018" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9RPhxu6xy1s/TqCNx8zFJNI/AAAAAAAACko/z164G8fWMdI/s1600/puyallup7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9RPhxu6xy1s/TqCNx8zFJNI/AAAAAAAACko/z164G8fWMdI/s400/puyallup7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665684220505564370" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U6ybSVNeUzY/TqCNxuQ8rXI/AAAAAAAACkg/_3DBHEduKK0/s1600/puyallup8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U6ybSVNeUzY/TqCNxuQ8rXI/AAAAAAAACkg/_3DBHEduKK0/s400/puyallup8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665684216604306802" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rb1CAGlmJYw/TqCNQs_FyaI/AAAAAAAACkY/QCspAnWXfkA/s1600/puyallup9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rb1CAGlmJYw/TqCNQs_FyaI/AAAAAAAACkY/QCspAnWXfkA/s400/puyallup9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665683649325287842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The barn</div><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X9cDrERucnU/TqCNQHURDcI/AAAAAAAACkI/o2EUP266mDc/s1600/puyallup10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X9cDrERucnU/TqCNQHURDcI/AAAAAAAACkI/o2EUP266mDc/s400/puyallup10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665683639213559234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My son playing at the arcade and won a big stuffed animal</div><div><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IYGU6gXUTx4/TqCNP7fzfRI/AAAAAAAACj8/-8jIuZrupRo/s1600/puyallup11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IYGU6gXUTx4/TqCNP7fzfRI/AAAAAAAACj8/-8jIuZrupRo/s400/puyallup11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665683636040727826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The roller coaster ride</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wYDt5WBYVgE/TqCLQ8ThaMI/AAAAAAAACjw/bmwk_fUv6es/s1600/puyallup12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wYDt5WBYVgE/TqCLQ8ThaMI/AAAAAAAACjw/bmwk_fUv6es/s400/puyallup12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665681454414260418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My daughter, son and their friends at the giant slide</div><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t_v-tSSaPZw/TqCLQBhZfCI/AAAAAAAACjo/3sSxf_Jukeo/s1600/puyallup13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t_v-tSSaPZw/TqCLQBhZfCI/AAAAAAAACjo/3sSxf_Jukeo/s400/puyallup13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665681438634769442" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3pepZ3uXxuw/TqCLP9aHIcI/AAAAAAAACjY/5NkTjJ2qp4U/s1600/puyallup14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3pepZ3uXxuw/TqCLP9aHIcI/AAAAAAAACjY/5NkTjJ2qp4U/s400/puyallup14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665681437530464706" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Puyallup Fair is held annually in Puyallup, Washington and it's the largest attraction in the state. We were here at the fair last month, Sept. 19 but I didn't have time to post it on time (as usual hehehe).</div><div><br /></div><div>It's my first time to try and eat the famous "elephant ears" I was so curious about what it's made of from and found out it's just a fried dough. We ordered the cinnamon flavor, my son almost finished the whole "ear" hehehe. I liked it, though it's a lot of calories hehehe. Maybe it was called an elephant ear because its shape is similar to elephant's ear (duh! lol). A lot of the foods at the fair are a bit expensive even the bottled water was $3. The corn was $5 (!!!) and the elephant ear was $6. I didn't bother to buy the scones because the line was long.</div><div><br /></div><div>My son enjoyed the rides and he was so lucky to win the big prize from the game arcade, the humongous stuffed animal (it was the tiger) but I was the one who was carrying that stuff the whole time we were there. And I was so embarrassed, most of the people were staring at me and one even asked how did I win that prize. I wish that time that I just sold it to her, the girl who asked me about the tiger, so I don't have to carry that while my son, my daughter and her friends were enjoying the rides while me was sitting on a bench with that huge tiger on my lap. Too bad I didn't have the chance to get on to any rides, well obviously I have to carry that.....hmmmp......stuffed animal, hehehe. It was so heavy!</div><div><br /></div><div>We stayed at the fair for 5 hours, until it closed around 10pm, it was only 20 minutes away from our house anyway.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a great experience to be at the fair, a new lifestyle here in Washington.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Missyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265603751681704881noreply@blogger.com3