Building Special Memories - Our 2nd Anniversary

Vincent and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary with an out of town trip. This is also our second trip to Laoag and Vigan.

2 years of being together, our ups and downs, our childish acts, all of those out of town trips, our never ending midnight kwentuhan at home, malling, food trips and many more. It was really nice that I found somebody as special as him.

We were in Laoag and stayed at Balay Da Blas for the first two days of our out of town trip.
*All of them were very accommodating. The nice receptionist even asked me if I was feeling okay because I had a husky/hoarse voice. She advised me not to talk anymore and to drink ginger tea. Two thumbs up for this!

The mini garden, this is where you will eat your breakfast.

We stayed at a Junior Suite.

We went to the following places:
St. William's Cathedral and Sinking Bell Tower

Paoay Church

Herencia Cafe (near Paoay Church)

 2 in 1 Pizza (Pinakbet Pizza and Ilocano Pizza)

Malacañang of the North

 Paoay Lake

On our third and fourth day we stayed in Grandpa's Inn Vigan and just roam around.

Calle Crisologo

Vigan Cathedral

Bantay Church and Bell Tower

Looking for pasalubong

I am thankful that during these four days that I am sick, he took very good care of me.

It was just so easy and fun being with him, knowing he could fill in the blanks when I couldn't explain something. 

To him:
I swear that I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together.

♥♥♥

Vigan- Where Past is a Powerful Presence

We board a Dominion bus going to Vigan. It was approximately a 8 to 9 hour travel. We left Cubao at around 11:30 PM to 12 Midnight. We arrived in Vigan before 9:00 AM. 

Before entering Vigan City you will see this bridge. 

We stayed at Grandpa's Inn. The staff were very accomodating. They even let us check in earlier without extra charge. You'll see a lot of antique pieces at their reception area. I think 80% of their furnitures and things at the reception and at the second floor lobby were antiques.

 The creepy painting...

 Their antique piano.

The staff of the hotel was nice enough to get us a calesa for our tour later that afternoon. 
Kalesa tour costs Php 150.00 per hour. 
Don't forget to ask the Kutsero a map, they always have this for the tourists (for free).

It took us 4 hours to finish the trip. Manong patiently waited for us while we were taking pictures.

Here are the places that we visited:

Bantay Church and Bell Tower

 Burgos Museum

 The large map inside Burgos Museum

 The old telephone

 The miniatures

Pagburnayan
They will teach and demonstrate to you how to make a burnay.

 Syquia Mansion Museum

 An old carriage

 Living room

 Dining room

 Hidden Garden

Our last stop is in Baluarte. The place was owned by Chavit Singson. There is no entrance free.

 Yellow Submarine

 McDonald's Vigan

Don't forget to visit Calle Crisologo at night. You will feel goosebumps as if you were standing in a place where our great grandfather and great grandmother lived. 

We had dinner at Uno Grille just located in front of Granpa's Inn. The food was affordable. We ate their special rice, Vigan longganisa and poqui poqui. Poqui poqui is a viand which is made of eggplant, tomatoes and egg.

The next morning we got our  breakfast from Kusina Felicita's.

At around 11:00 AM we check out at Grandpa's Inn. We bought the famous Irene's Vigan Empanada and went to Partas Terminal and board a bus going to Laoag.

Overall we had a nice trip. Riding a kalesa was exciting. You will definitely have time to look at the surroundings  The food was at a very low price but definitely satisfying. My advice? Skip Vigan on Monday's because most of the museums are closed. I would definitely recommend this place to friends and family who wanted to travel going North.