"Nobody went to bed in Madrid until they had killed the night" -- Ernest Hemingway Museums, history and art! We went to Madrid to experience everything we could in a week, to see the work of Velazquez, Goya, El Greco, Dali and Picasso. Something I NEVER DID and I WOULD NEVER DO at home FOR… Continue reading Losing Jamon Virginity
We caught a morning flight to Barcelona. Thank God for discount airlines. Otherwise we'd be making the trip on train. Wouldn't be that bad, after all, trains in Europe are supposed to compete against airplanes. But, I was just glad we didn't have to sit on our butt for longer than an hour. Arriving at… Continue reading A Gaudi First-Timer
After much trouble on wrong exits and long walks and 1-hour drive to the Beauvais airport in the middle of nowhere early in the morning, we settled in our seats and dreamed our way to a Venetian afternoon. We arrived at the small Italian airport also in the middle of God-knows-where around 12pm and caught… Continue reading The Happiness Money Can Buy
I have always been keen to visit Paris for many years, but never had the opportunity. But now the big day had finally arrived. In no time at all, my time for departure was drawing near. So after getting ready, double checked everything, ensured that I had my passport, I headed to the airport. The… Continue reading Lost in Translation
Life isn't perfect, I'm sure you already knew that from the first time you couldn't get what you want in life or the first time someone ever broke your heart. And for me, life isn't a bed of roses, it's a bed of nails, because many times I feel like it kicked me in the… Continue reading Bruised but not broken
We made it to Lisbon finally. Never thought it would come. I don't really remember how we came up with Lisbon, probably lot of coincidence in that choice, but in the end I'm very glad we did. Neither of us went down to the capital of Portugal with high expectations, we were just imagining one… Continue reading Home Away from Home
Before anything else .. I have just returned from a weekend holiday in Bali with close friends, and we had a BLAST! We found a great airline deal from the internet, and really the price couldn't be beat. So they were Lucy, Baby, Irma, Elvis and Carrie. I met Carrie only once before the trip,… Continue reading Growing Pains
"Are you coming to his party?" "What party? Whose party?" "My friend, your ex-husband, he's throwing a wedding party next week, will you come to the party?" My mind froze, not only that I was not invited to the party, I didn't even know he's throwing one. Eight years, that was my answer when friends… Continue reading Menghapus Jejak
tequila shots for the soul 