But First, I’m Off to Aklan!

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We interrupt the Barcelona series with this important news:  my 2011 travel calendar officially begins today. Yup!  I'm  going home to Aklan with Hubby and my brother for a five-day holiday to visit our parents and to take part in the Ati-Atihan Festival. Ati-Atihan is the liveliest and most fun (or do you say 'the funnest'?)  ...

Remembering Barcelona in Autumn

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Around this time last year, I was fortunate enough to have travelled to Barcelona. It was autumn. The weather was beginning to get a bit nasty and I was unprepared for the biting cold. But Barcelona is such a beautiful city that it was easy to forget the weather and focus on the wonderful skyline ...

Breakfast at the Royal Garden Cafe

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Hotel Unizo's Royal Garden Cafe serves three types of breakfast, all equally pleasing to the palette and delightful to the eyes. The first (and my favorite) is the traditional Japanese set. The set consists of grilled salmon.. miso soup... cold tofu... and pickled seaweed. Of course, there's bottomless coffee and orange juice. Then there's American breakfast consisting of bread, bacon, eggs, ...

Madrid Photo Makes it to Schmap.com

Got this from the mail yesterday: Hi pauline mangilog, I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released tenth edition of our Schmap Madrid Guide: Mausoleum of Alfonso XII http://www.schmap.com/madrid/all_sights/p=379789/i=379789_7.jpg Cool, huh? Click on the link to see my pic in www.schmap.com :)

daytripper: casa rap, batangas

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A couple of months ago, my friends and I rented a van and drove down San Jose, Batangas to have lunch at Casa Rap. Owned by Sister Emma Alday, Casa Rap is a quaint little restaurant that serves homegrown greens, traditional Filipino food and the best Suman sa Lihiya this side of the country (or ...