Posted on April 9, 2005
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We landed at Rome Fiumicino Airport on a special day – 8 Apr 2005, incidentally late Pope John Paul II’s day of funeral. Rome (Italian: Roma) was swarmed with multitudes of pilgrims whom, together with numerous heads of state and dignitaries, were making their way to Vatican City to pay their last respects to a much-loved and well-respected leader of the worldwide Catholic Church.
Category: 2005 Our Honeymoon, Central Europe, Europe, ItalyTags: basilica di santa maria del fiore, colosseum, david, europe, europe honeymoon, firenze, florence, fontana di trevi, gates of paradise, honeymoon, italia, Italy, leaning tower of pisa, package tours, pantheon, piazza dei miracoli, piazza del duomo, piazzale michelangelo, pisa, roma, rome, vatican, vaticano
Posted on December 2, 2004
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It was our inaugural trip together as man and wife. Fondly coined the ‘Mini Honeymoon’, we chose a country close by to vacation for a week, postponing the honeymoon proper to Europe till spring the following year. Hallyu (한류) was still in its infantry stage but was interesting enough to arouse our curiosity, hence the decision on a package tour to South Korea (the mister’s first visit and my second within a year).
Category: 2004 Korea Honeymoon, Asia, S. KoreaTags: 대한 민국, 밀월, 겨울, honeymoon, 속초, 신혼여행, 한국, marriage, republic of korea, sokcho, south korea, tour packages, winter, winter sonata
Posted on November 26, 2004
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The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be… Continue Reading “Of First Snow”
Category: 2004 Korea Honeymoon, Asia, S. KoreaTags: 대한 민국, 밀월, 겨울, first snow, honeymoon, 서울, 신혼여행, 신촌, 한국, 첫눈, marriage, republic of korea, seoul, sincheon, slider, snow, south korea, winter