Paris 4

Bercy Village

                                                    Charles de Gaulle airport restroom

Paris 3: Montmartre and the Sacre Coeur Basilica

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica (French: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, pronounced [sakʁe kœʁ]), is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the supposed excesses of the Second Empire and socialist Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.

The Sacré-Cœur Basilica was designed by Paul Abadie. Construction began in 1875 and was finished in 1914. It was consecrated after the end of World War I in 1919.

Hongkong in September 2011

From Paris, the 3 of us got off at Hongkong (Para, mama!) for 3 days just to break our long trip. Tito planed in from Manila to meet us. We didn't do anything new except for the Avenue of the Stars. Fun!

Paris 2: The Louvre

The Louvre

Paris 1

Lucerne, Switzerland

Where in the world is Liechstenstein?

The Principality of Liechtenstein (Listeni/ˈlɪktənstaɪn/ lik-tən-styn) is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over 160 square kilometres (62 sq mi), and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. Liechtenstein has the second highest gross domestic product per person in the world and has the world's lowest external debt.

Liechtenstein is the smallest yet the richest (by measure of GDP per capita) German-speaking country in the world and the only country to lie entirely within the Alps. It is the only predominantly German-speaking country not to share a common border with Germany and the only predominantly German-speaking nation to have a monarch. It is known as a principality as it is a constitutional monarchy headed by a prince. The country has a strong financial sector located in the capital, Vaduz, and has been identified as a tax haven.

Venezia

Tower Power

Postcard Rome

Castel Gandolfo, Italy

Castel Gandolfo (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈstɛl ɡanˈdɔlfo],[1] Latin: Castrum Gandulphi, colloquially Castello in the Castelli Romani dialects) is a small Italian town or comune in Lazio that occupies a height overlooking Lake Albano about 15 miles south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills. It is best known as the summer residence of the Pope.

The resort community includes almost the whole coastline of Lake Albano that is surrounded by many summer residences, villas and cottages built during the seventeenth century.

Assisi, Italy

Roma, on our own

August 24-28, 2011

Post-WYD Madrid

Powie in Madrid

August 2011

Days in the Diocese (Coria-Caceres)

The Family that PPCRVs together, stays together

That can be said for both my family and the Holy Family Parish!

San Pablo City Fiesta 2010

We hied off to San Pablo, Laguna to join in the celebration of the town fiesta and visit relatives and friends. Translation: Nakikain kami sa mga bahay ng mga kamag-anak namin! Sarap!

Sambang Umaga at CRL

Tito was coordinator for Dec. 22's Sambang Umaga at the UP Church of the Risen Lord. It was a family affair with him as liturgist, Miriam as pianist, and Powie as flutist for the 5:30 AM service.

Thank you, Steve!

Last Tuesday, November 10 2009, Jingle, Andong, Powie, and I distributed to the Grade 6 pupils of the General Roxas Elementary School the school supplies lovingly donated by Steve Lawie. With us was Ate Yangyang Lopez, Head of the Social Service Ministry of our parish, who coordinated with us and the principal to make this event possible. Thanks for your generous gift of time and resources , everyone!