Jenny, Eggy, Miguel, Rico and I met up my hometown at Sto. Tomas, Batangas last Saturday. Initial plan was to visit the Parish Office of Sto Tomas to inquire about how we can reserve a date for our wedding this year (which will hopefully push through either by October or December). With no other plans and not much cash as well, we set off early in the morning so we could evetually come home early as well (sure sign of old age, hehe).
We were so worried that traffic was going to be horrible based on our experience last Dec 30, 2007. Luckily, the roads were clear and the weather was fine so our trip was just a breeze.
Our first stop was definitely the church since it was closed during our last visit. It was timely that there was an ongoing wedding so we had an easier time imagining how our (Miguel and I) wedding would look like. The church had beautiful chandeliers and a magnificent altar yet it didnt seem too grand, thus it looked and felt perfect to me. Another plus factor is the fact that this was the same church where I was baptized, I had my First Communion and Confirmation. Having our wedding there just made perfect sense.
After several pictures later, we headed off to Rose and Grace Restaurant. Any tourist who finds himself in Sto Tomas must never leave without having eaten in this restaurant. It serves the most sumptuous Bulalo and other Batangas specialties like the "tulingan". Look at our pictures, its very obvious that we ate to our heart's content!
We still had so much time left after lunch that we decided to head off to Talisay, Rico's hometown and my childhood hometown as well. He said he had Batangas brewed coffee prepared for us so who were we to say no to another treat. We drank and drank and drank coffee and after all the caffeine rush, headed off to nearby Taal Lake for a little site seeing and more picture taking, of course!
At the end of the day, everyone may have been tired but we were all just soo happy, content and mentally recharged as well.
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