I HEART Tagaytay!
a pre summer getaway
21.3.08
STRESS...the famous word that everyone dreads...what better way to escape from stress but have a relaxing weekend getaway... monday weekend i mean.. hence, my Tagaytay weekend…It's near, it's cold, it's refreshing, it's beautiful…an overnight stay can actually do something for your body, mind and soul.
It was on a Sunday night that Khelle and I decided to go to Sta. Rosa Laguna and bring Paricce to EK (read:enchanted kingdom) Well, that was the original plan…
Monday…we decided to meet up in Trinoma at 10 in the morning but I was late as usual (what else is new? hehe)
Had lunch at Chef D’ Angelo before we headed off to Buendia Av to take the next bus bound to Balibago. There wasn’t much fuzz with the whole trip except for the ongoing SLEX renovation and with all the other people heading off to their province for holy week, we arrived in Sta. Rosa at around one in the afternoon-nish…and guess what we found out…
“OMG, Khelle sarado pa...eh past 2 na eh.. sbi nila April open na yan ng 2pm, manong driver sarado bah?”
“Hindi ko alam mam eh..ayun tanung ntin sa guard”
Turned out… because it’s already Holy Monday.. EK’s operation will resume on black Saturday.
There was no way that we went all the way there for nothing…
“tara mag swimming na lng tayo.. san ba may malapet na resort dito manong??”
Or better yet.. since we we’re already 2 rides away to Tagaytay….we finally decided to go there with no expectations in mind.
“come on khelle..where’s your sense of adventure?”
Eventually she gave in ‘coz as if she had a choice, andun na kmi eh, hehe.
We first shopped for clothes and undies to help us survive the night out without smelling like we took a Mount Taal trek or something… and headed straight to the station where jeepneys which will brought us to our destination were waiting… (buti na lng cowboy ang mga lola nyo!)
Arrived in Tagaytay late afternoon, we immediately searched for a place to stay and got a quite pricey room at 1500 per night. We didn’t wanna waste out time so we went straight to the Picnic Grove of course, to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of Mt. Taal…..
This pesky small volcano has had a violent past. However, it look so beautiful .. it is indeed a volcano within a volcano, and a lake within a lake... Interesting eh?
We had dinner at the View Park Hotel Resto, I forgot the name, nevertheless food was really good . We ordered Chiken Ginataan sa Adobo and Sinigang sa Miso…hmmm yummy!
Next day we were up at 5am, took breakfast at Leslie’s..
great food plus you could get a really good view of the volcano…
Then we headed straight to People’s Park in the Sky, bought some “pasalubong” and walk our way up on top of the hill where we enjoyed seeing the rest of Tagaytay City.
All in all we had a pretty good time! Parrice enjoyed it the most and I say, balik Maynila na ulit but even so, i was so thankful to my Tagaytay Weekend Getaway because i felt recharged, refreshed and relaxed…we will definitely go back there some time soon! 
Posted by gilmorgirl 12:09
