Day two in Philly was by far the longest day I ever had on vacation. We got up at 6:45 a.m. Saturday and didn’t go to bed till 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. LOL. Apparently I always do this to myself when I travel – I pack in too much. =P We got breakfast in the hotel lobby to start off our morning. After we finished checking out, we headed straight to the Independence Visitor Center to pick up our vouchers…
Philly was another one of my sporadic weekend trips to the U.S. Even though it wasn’t our main destination, there was so much the city had to offer. Of course, if I had done proper research prior to going, I might have actually gotten a better idea of all its attractions and historic significance. However, I was perfectly fine discovering those on my own. =P Friday morning we took off for the airport. As luck would have it, the taxi I…
I somehow managed to luck out at TIFF this year because all my films were absolutely amazing. In the 10 years I’ve been going to the festival, I’m usually disappointed by at least one film. However, there must be some magic in the air because I really really enjoyed all five of my selections. The first movie I saw at TIFF was Like Father, Like Son. It was by the same director as Nobody Knows, which I had also seen…
Since we had done all the obligatory touristy stuff the previous days, for our last day in Vegas we took it easy. First order of business was getting checked out. Then we walked over to the Strip and bought our bus passes to take us to the outlet mall. The northern outlet was supposedly the better one with more brand name shops. Since we didn’t have any breakfast that day, we first got something to eat in the food court…
Day 3 in Vegas. We made sure we got plenty of rest after the exhausting day at the Grand Canyon the day before. We took it a easy in the morning and decided to venture to the pool for some R&R. The MGM is touted as having one of the best lazy rivers on the Strip. Initially I wanted to try the lazy river too, but after seeing the tube rentals priced at $18 a day, we decided it would…