This is long overdue but I took many pictures that I cannot let it go to waste.
We welcomed 2014 away from the heat of home. I believe it has become a tradition in our family to celebrate the New Year in Tagaytay.
We left the busy streets of the city early morning on the 30th. I am not a fan of road trips, sadly, because of my motion sickness so I spent my majority of the car ride at the backseat with a headache.
We stopped at Nuvali and ate brunch at the Pancake House - another growing tradition. By that time, I can't wait to lie on a soft, immobile bed and relax. My dreams were delayed though, by nearly an hour because of an intense bumper-to-bumper traffic uphill to Tagaytay.
Eventually, we reached the hotel with me grateful for solid ground. The Lake Hotel's indoor pools amazed me and even better is their unlimited view of Taal Lake and its inactive volcano.
Still learning how to edit foggy landscapes.
Our room's got front row seats to this.
My siblings and I went walking the cold streets to neighboring restaurants/accommodations like The Inn Cliffhouse with its lake view and lanterns. Afterwards, we headed to Starbucks like the "tourists" that we are. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to snap some shots because the 2-story establishment was literally jampacked with people and visiting Koreans. And my shutter was being annoyingly stubborn that night.
"Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one." -Brad Paisley
