Showing posts with label Tagaytay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tagaytay. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Pink Sisters Convent - Tagaytay City

The Pink Sisters convenent is a must stop when one travels to Tagaytay City. Why? Wait until you here the sisters sing as they pray. Not only you will awed by the beautiful sweet voices but you will feel that you are being renewed spiritualy as you drown yourself in the church as you hear and watch them sing. No words can ever describe the feeling of being inside the church and hearing the sisters adore and pray as they sing their prayers.

It is not always that you will be lucky enough to catch the ethreal hyms of the nuns of their afternoon prayers, it was my first time and I am blessed and lucky enough that I experienced and watched and heard them sing. Remarkable, breath-taking, hypnotizing.. whatever you want to call it.

You can write your request and petitions on a piece of paper that can be found on the left and right side of the church and you submit them. You will be welcomed by some donation boxes wherein you can share any amount as you desire for them.

Pink Sisters Convent is located along Brent Road, Tagaytay City having contact numbers:(046) 442-3856 or (046) 442-5203

Tagaytay City

Tagaytay City is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Philippines. It is only 55kms away from Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. There are many routes that you can ply to go to Tagaytay, the most famous of which is you travel south via the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and exit at Sta. Rosa. Upon paying the toll, turn right and go straight up to Tagaytay City via Silang. Tagaytay City is part of the province of Cavite.

Tagaytay is very famous for its retreat houses because of the calm and serene atmosphere. It also has a very cool and comfortable atmosphere due to its high altitude as compared to Manila. It is over-looking the famous Taal Volcano and its lake that surrounds it. This is where you can also find the best restaurants as they offer very delicious dishes ranging from different cuisines such as Italian, American, Filipino (Native), Japanese and etc.

We always go to Tagaytay to escape the heat and the rush of Metro Manila but have we stopped at check the history of the place? Well, upon my research using wikipedia, it gives a short narrative history of Tagaytay. It goes: Legend has it that the word Tagaytay came from "taga" meaning to cut and "itay" which means father. A father and son were said to be on a wild boar hunt when the animal they were chasing turned and attacked them. As the boar charged towards the old man, the son cried "taga itay!". The boy's repeated shout reverberated in the alleys of the ridge. Heard by the residents, hunters and wood gatherers, the cries became subject of conversation for several days in th countryside. In time, the place where the shouts came from became known as TAGAYTAY.

Buon Giorno in Tagaytay City

I am a very big fan of pizzas and pastas and when you hear those two wonderful words, one will say, truly Italian! Yes indeed! I love Italian. I am fascinated with their way of cooking and the taste of the wonderful herbs that plays in your mouth when you bite a pizza or twirled some pasta on your fork.

Located in Tagaytay City in Cliffhouse is a wonderful Italian restaurant: "Buon Giorno" The feel inside the restaurant is very Italian. The colors that they played with in creating such atmosphere is exquisite. Tagaytay is known to have a cool climate compared to Manila, thus sitting outside, open air, is always an option plus you get a good view of famous Taal Volcano and the lake that surrounds it.

We ordered the cream of pumpkin soup which is by the way one of the most delicious pumpkin soup I've ever tasted. The house bread is also very fragrant and delicious spiced with Tarragon leaves as you dip it on the olive oil with vinaigrette and parmessan cheese, simply amazing! As for the main course, we ordered the Seafood Pizza in Basil. The aroma of the basil isn't overpowering the seafood flavor in the pizza, there is harmony in the ingredients which makes this pizza remarkable. The crust is crunchy and fresh as you can smell the dough and the flour even after it was cooked. The highlight of the dinner was its Shrimp and Funghi Ravioli in Tomato Sauce. The ravoili is still chewy as dente, which I like my pasta that way, the more al dente, the better! The tomatoes used are very flavourful and very delicious. The funghi inside the ravioli is remarkable as well as the shrimps.

This is one place you shouldn't miss when you visit Tagaytay City. It is located in Cliffhouse. Address is # 4 Cliffhouse, Tagaytay City. This Italian restaurant in Tagaytay is highly recommended!

Friday, January 2, 2009

Tagaytay City, Cavite

We were suppose to go to Enchanted Kingdom but later found out that there is a long line of traffic going to Enchanted Kingdom and we can imagine how jampacked the place is. We then reached a consensus to go to Tagaytay instead.

Tagaytay is really windy and very very cold during this time of the year. We were already wearing jackets already, zipped up to nearly engulfing our bodies with the jackets we own but we still feel cold. Talk about cold here in the Philippines, I guess that was around 14-16 degrees if I am not mistaken plus the very windy atmosphere makes it even more chilly.

Tagaytay is around 1 hr to 1hr and 30 mins drive away from Manila. Take the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and exit at Sta. Rosa. After the tollgate, turn right at dead-end road. Go straight, the road will take you to Tagaytay as you notice your ascending slowly. You'll know when your in Tagaytay when the air becomes more chilly. Tagaytay is a great place to visit, to hang out and relax. Tagaytay is a city of the province of Cavite.

We just chilled, walked, hanged-out, took pictures and later decided to eat at Carlo's Pizza. Took pictures again and chatted unendingly. After eating, we then went to Casino Filipino, I played Blackjack (21) and luckily I won P3,500.00 that night. Went to Starbucks to treat my friends for a coffee drink. We call this "balato" when you win something, you share part of it to your friends or people that supported you. After a tiring and very fun night, we headed back to Manila.

It was a very fun-filled day, a great way to start the year right with friends. I feel so happy to have such wonderful friends, thanks to you guys: Eng, Eka, Dek, Caysing, Noelle and Cedric. Happy new year guys!!!! (Ivan is in the states by the way... )

Here are our Pics: (more pics at my multiply site, http://www.jonas321.multiply.com/)