Tuesday, April 15, 2008
last weekend's outing
here's a glimpse of annecy, france where we went to last sunday afternoon. DH went ahead of us to serve in choir at the mass so we took the train and he picked us up at the station. i even met a french guy in the train and we spoke for the whole 15 minutes of the ride in french... NOT! :p we spoke about life here, why he's here, how we were here, family.... and then our conversation ended up him giving me his contact details so i can "refer" him to friends... he looks like a decent guy, maybe around early 40's... any one up for the challenge? just say "I". hehehe. :) anyways, the town of annecy is very charming, a 1h40m drive away from home. they have a big park, a castle and small canals that gives you the ambiance of venice sans the gondola's. the old town is full of character, and there were ice cream shops in every corner of the old town... but much to our disappointment, the ice cream didn't meet our expectations. while waiting in line for our turn, an embarrassing mommy moment transpired. here's how it went: Me: Franco you ok there? Stay close, ok? Franco: Yes, mommy. (the little boy stayed in line, as well, patiently waiting. then he suddenly approached me looking very excited...) F: Mommy, I see the biggest, biggest, biggest... PWET! M: Huh??!! F: Mommy, look (pointing to the lady in front of him, blocking his view). See, that's the biggest pwet! M: Sshhh... Franco, wag ka maingay. Don't say that, that's not nice. F: But mommy, I can't see the ice cream because the big girl is there with her big... (still pointing!) M: Stay here na lang on the table and chair ok? Just wait for me, and don't point and be quiet! F: Ok. (smiling innocently) (i was trying very hard not to laugh, but it was very funny so a little smile escaped and i had to look away) I felt a warm rush to my face, even though they were french and probably don't know what pwet mean... but the finger pointing to that direction and if they heard "the biggest, biggest" would most likely give them THE clue. kids say the darndest things, indeed! whew! :D Labels: kids say the darndest things, over the border, photos, the boys, trips, weekend |
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
a trip to the zoo
we spent out saturday on a visit to a zoo about 1h 20m away from home. the boys had fun, there were a fair number of animals including a kalaw and a kangaroo! it was a nice place to spend a day. there were lots of chairs all over the place so parents can rest while the little ones are either busy playing or petting the animals. here are some of the animals we saw... for more photos, click here. hope you had a relaxing weekend! :) |
Monday, April 7, 2008
PH#4: glass
Photo taken a year-and-a-half ago in a "mirror house" in Luzern, i can't remember what the name of the place is, but it's some kind of a mirror labyrinth :). our friends' daughter in the picture. more photo hunters here. Labels: museum, photo hunter, photos, trips |
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
PH#3: high
my photohunt for the week is from our Holy Week trip last month. Valle Verzasca Dam, Ticino, Switzerland  The Contra dam (or Verzasca dam) is a 220-meter high arch hydroelectric dam in the Val Verzasca, Switzerland. It was constructed between 1960 and 1965.The dam forms Lago di Vogorno, an artificial reservoir. It was designed by Lombardi Engineering. Made of concrete, the structure dams the Verzasca River and retains over 100 million cubic meters of water. The builder and owner is Verzasca SA, an electricity generator which has an 80-year concession to expire in 2046. It generates 105MW of electricity. The designer, Dr. Lombardi, considers it one of his most aesthetically pleasing dams, primarily because of the slenderness of the concrete arch; the smaller volume of concrete also kept construction costs low. It is the 25th tallest dam in the world. The dam is one of several at which the filling of the reservoir has triggered small earthquakes. The dam leases access to a commercial bungee jump operator. The opening scene of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye was filmed here. In the film the dam doubles as the fictional Arkangel Chemical Weapons Facility located in the northern Soviet Union during the Cold War. Labels: photo hunter, photos, travel |
WW#4 - The Boat
 while strolling along the lake on our way to church last saturday, we chanced upon the ferry leaving the port. another photo opp! :) |
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
wordless wednesday #3 - charming
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
holy week
| we spent our holy week out of town in the italian region of switzerland, canton ticino. it was there that i found, from the internet, a holy week tradition from back home. the small town of mendrisio holds this tradition every holy week on maundy thursday featuring the passion of Christ and on good friday's religious and liturgical characters' procession. as far as i can remember, this is the first time i was able to watch the procession live, i only got to watch it on tv back home. it was quite an experience, even when there were lots of people, the moment the procession started, everything went quiet and solemn. i can only admire the participants of the procession because it was freezing cold that night, the temperature was no higher than 2 degrees celsius and it was windy. some were even barefoot and wore very light clothing yet they all went on with the show - so to speak. it was worse the next night, on their good friday procession because it was drizzling. it feels great spending 4 relaxing days as a family and being able to attend the easter vigil mass on saturday, it was 2 hours and started at 9pm (another first for me!). i'm so glad our last minute trip went well - we practically decided to go for it in the morning so i was busy packing up until 1pm, had no time for lunch as we targeted to leave at 2pm. we had our lunch in the car that day! i'll be posting more photos from the neighboring towns we visited soon. until our next adventure! :) Labels: holidays, photos, swiss life, travel |
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Photo Hunt 2: Metal
taken from the recent geneva car show, lots of fabulous cars in that expo. i just can't remember which car this is. :) for more photo hunters, click here! Labels: photo hunter, photos |
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
wordless wednesday #2 - hubby's new addition to his collection
 it's been a few months now since hubby got hooked at the taste of whisky. his first taste of it was a blue label johnny walker (i think), from then on, he started his search for "the best whisky". the photo above, his latest find, was given to him by a friend, so that's ok... since these drinks can be very expensive! but his favorite, so far, is talisker. he plans to take a better photo of that one next! oh, he does drink moderately. =) |
Monday, March 17, 2008
Photo Hunt 1: I Spy...
... with my little eye, five horses. can you find all of them? tell me where you see them in the photo or what colors they are. click photo to view larger image. enjoy! :) this was taken at camp john hay in baguio city when we were on our christmas holiday in the philippines. ok... here's the answer. did you see all the five horses?  Labels: meme, photo hunter, photos |
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Weekend Snapshots :)
 last weekend, at avenches and a few weekends back in chateau d'oex, vaud
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