My My My My Manila!, Manila, Philippines

We had two stints in Manila. First, when we touched down in the capital city after our Cebu experience for the Christmas holidays and again after we returned from our time up north in Segada.

During both stints we got to enjoy time with Francesca's relatives on both sides of the family. Her father and his wife Karen were still with us and her father's brother, Uncle Chris and his wife Aunt Susan were in town as well for the year end Holidays. We had went to a Christmas party at the beautiful home of Paolo Costanza and counted down the new years with Hector's relatives at the Grand Hyatt Resort. 

We also met with Francesca's cousins on her mom's side, first for dinner and drinks with just the kids (who are all now adults) and then at her Uncle Boyette's lovely home where we enjoyed a delicious meal and some karaoke with 3 generations of Limons (Francesca's mom's maiden name). After we returned from Segada we met up again at the food court in a nearby mall for dinner and drinks and to say "goodbye".  ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).