pAsTeL CoRnEr

where I blog about the fun things I do to entertain myself…

documenting your travel

We humans are such social bugs that we can’t keep our mouth shut especially if we’re too excited to tell our friends about something, bad or good we’ve experienced. Like my friend who for the first time in her life went on a trip to Hongkong. When she was back, all she can talk about [...]


dreaming of a cruise

I still have many travel wishes waiting to be realized. One of which is to experience what it’s like to be on a cruise. To visualize my dream, I went to look on some European cruises to get an idea how much it costs. Most of the departure ports are Italy or Spain. Since we’re [...]


let’s hop on a bus!

Who wants to join me? I’m going to hop on a bus and go around the city today. I’ve got a ticket which lets me ride any mode of transportation for an hour. I guess it will be enough time for me to see all the interesting sights around my place; that is, if I [...]


traveling woes

I wish traveling isn’t that expensive. With the high cost of fuel, travel fares have also raised which makes traveling a bit harder to achieve. This summer alone, we’ve spent a considerable amount of money on gas as we’re almost out every weekend to some far off places to tour. But compared to airfare, our road [...]


my berlin souvenirs

Oh yes! We were in Berlin last week but only for a day. We decided to go there to tour my parents. And even with the very short time there, we managed to shop for some souvenirs. Luckily I was able to buy a cap for my uncle and some bags for my aunts. As for myself, [...]


surviving airport transfers

Traveling can be tiring especially if it’s a long flight or ride. When we arrived in Finland 3 weeks ago, we had to take a 4 hour bus ride from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport to the small city where my sister was living. The thought that we will be stuck in a bus for 4 hours [...]


it’s shopping time for souvenirs!

Our vacation is about to end so we headed to several shops to look for souvenirs yesterday and today! I was happy with my finds. Yesterday I bought a miniature sauna bucket (cute!) which was so very Finnish. Coz you know why? Sauna originated from Finland!!! Read wikipedia and you’ll find out more about sauna. [...]


taking advantage of car rentals

We’ve been traveling a lot since the year started. I feel like I don’t belong anywhere anymore. The good thing is we’re staying with family members so it still feels like home. We still have the conveniences we enjoy at home like cooking our own food, riding our own transportation, etc. I’m still planning to [...]


here comes another saturday!

Wow! It’s Saturday again! There will be no out of the city trip today as I’ll be busy packing up for our flight tomorrow. Anyway, our tour guide cum “driver” is on leave so that leaves us no choice but to stay home. So what’s my list of things to do for Saturday (that’s today!)? [...]


behind the glass

This week we finally managed to visit a gallery displaying century-old books written by monks. Other displays were artifacts of all sorts, including these sea creatures: crabs, lobsters, turtles… These may seem ordinary for people living in islands or countries with seas but for those who don’t have, they are rather unusual and special. Thus [...]


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