http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/ Summer Fling--A Travel Blog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:10:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2008. Travel Photography Art http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/archive/50.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:09:30 GMT I haven't written lately, on this blog (and on many other blogs, to be honest). However, it doesn't mean that I've been sitting at home, twiddling my thumbs. Here are the trips I've taken, which will be elaborated on when I have the time: 2007 Summer Vacation Southeast Asia: Bangkok, Thailand Bali, Indonesia Christmas Vacation Shanghai, China It was a brief trip, but all of us were together. (Wow, Amazing.) While there wasn't much to see during the trip, there was a lot of shopping. I finally got to buy a trenchcoat! We didn't travel much that... (more) http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/comments?id=50 http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/archive/49.html Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:55:57 GMT URGH. I haven't updated this site in two years. I apologize for the excess coquettry and overweaning...ewan. Basta, maarte. :D I've got a couple of updates to make, but my schedule is swamped. So, until my sister emails us the pictures from our latest "jaunt", I'm stuck. (It could also be because I looked hideously fat in Thailand, but I deny everything. HA. And HA). http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/comments?id=49 http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/archive/44.html Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:09:46 GMT &nbsp Hello there! Welcome to my humble (cough) travel site, born out of boredom, an overdose of geekiness, and excess camwhorage. &nbsp I've toyed with the idea for quite a while, but only really got into it after my '06 summer vacation. Hence, earlier adventures are going to be considerably vaguer. I do hope this pans out. Stats: Dana has... tripped in 21 countries been suspected a terrorist 5 times seen royalty once lost an earring twice had embarassing wardrobe malfunctions 3 times gotten fat(ter) on a cruise thrice sung off-key in 4 continents http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/comments?id=44 http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/archive/17.html Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:30:55 GMT Thanks for dropping by my site. The things is, however, it's far from complete (Blame my natural propensity for proncastination. Big grin.) Since as of the moment I'm only halfway done, here's the rundown of the itinerary of April 2006: Eurotrip II! Date Location Date Location April 9 Amsterdam, Holland April 17 Monte Carlo, Monaco; Grasse, France; and Nice, France April 10 Savona (and Costa Romantica) April 18 Nice, France; St. Tropez, France; Cannes, France; Vaullaris, France April 11 ... (more) http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/comments?id=17 http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/archive/48.html Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:30:13 GMT At 1930 we trooped to the Victoria Palace Theatre to watch Billy Elliot. Alas, we weren’t able to get a discount. The musical wasn’t as good as We Will Rock You—nothing is—but I nevertheless enjoyed it. Billy Elliot is set in Margaret Thatcher London, and blue-collar people are as miserable as they come. Growing up in this dismal atmosphere is Billy, forced to learn boxing with his best friend Michael. One day, forced to lock up after class, Billy happens to see the ballet class. And so begins Billy’s love affair with dance. The language they... (more) http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/comments?id=48 http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/archive/47.html Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:41:08 GMT &nbsp We arrived at the world-renown British Museum at 1510. However, this WAS the last day of our trip, and have visited more than ten (thirteen, I think is the exact count) exhibits of varying originality and knowledge. Excuse us, then, of quickly lapsing into boredom. There were a couple of sections that managed to snag my interest, though. The Egyptian mummies especially. The 6th Sense jokes aside, the mummies were awe-inspiring, and just a little bit this side of creepy. Mom refused to go in, saying she got thoroughly freaked out the first time she... (more) http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/comments?id=47 http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/archive/46.html Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:05:14 GMT Tower(s) of London. (Warning: Geek overload) Our day started at 1025, at Tower Hill. Walking towards the Tower of London, we saw the Wakefield Gardens and a really funky sundial commemorating London’s (England’s?) Jubilee. When we reached the Tower, Dad rented the audioguide. We started walking. Outside the Tower First of all—whoah. There was a moat! Without water, true, but an actual moat made the medieval geek in me giddy. We saw the St. Thomas Tower, built in 1280, where the prisoners with traitors’ brands were set free. The... (more) http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/comments?id=46 http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/archive/43.html Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:59:49 GMT Inside, I screamed like a little fangirl. We Will Rock You was scheduled at 730, so we had to go to the Oh-so-famous Harrods. And whoah. A while ago, V&A was a museum-gone-fashion store. This was a department-store-gone-museum. Mikki and Dad thought it was overdone, and it probably was; still, I thought it was the prettiest department store…evah. Besides the rooms that perfectly matched their wares, there were also themed escalators (the Egyptian one was covered in hieroglyphics, and mannequins peered out from the balconies), and poignant Diana memorials. We didn’t... (more) http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/comments?id=43 http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/archive/42.html Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:04:39 GMT Moo-see-ums. The day started ominously. I woke up blearily and ate sparingly, yet this didn’t prevent me from having extremely disgusting gastrointestinal pain. Thanks to imps jumping up and down my stomach, Mom and I had to catch up with Dad and my sisters in the Museum of Natural History (MNH). Fun, though, once we managed to catch up with them. T-rex and Pterodactyl and Mastodon bones, oh my! The mammal section had a huge, life-size replica of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera Muscolus), which would be roughly equivalent to 2000 times Mikki’s weight. Whoah. The main... (more) http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/comments?id=42 http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/archive/40.html Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:18:46 GMT We actually were contemplating to not go to mass, you know. The only services Tita Grace knew in London were in the morning, and you know how fast we are in getting ready. But Mom wouldn’t hear of it (she reminded Dad of the confession two years ago), and so we were ushered off sleepily to Westminster Cathedral. For those of you who might be confused (Heck, I know I was), Westminster Abbey, is the famous church, not Westminster Cathedral. After all, England’s official religion is Protestant, not Catholic (for ramblings about the blithering idiocy and senselessness of... (more) http://summerfling-main.blogdrive.com/comments?id=40