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Soft Luxe Travels: Batangas and Tagaytay Wrap-Up, Good Shepherd, and The Journey Home

 

The Starbucks Tagaytay branch is beautiful and has beautiful views

After buying to our heart's content from Amira's, we headed home. There were a few fruit stalls that we passed by and my sister asked if I wanted to buy. I said yes. Kuya Fil looked for a good vendor. This one had a lot of pineapples. Pineapples are one of the premier fruits of Tagaytay. 



Kuya Fil choosing pineapples for me. I couldnt go out of the car because of that dog! But eventually, I was able to go out. Kuya Fil got 3 pineapples for me. 

Bahay Pastulan (Good Shepherd Tagaytay)

After buying, we looked to our left and there was Good Shepherd! We asked each other if we wanted buy anything there. I contemplated whether I should still buy ube because I already bought some in Taal. But the pull of Good Shepherd ube was strong and we ended up going there! 













I got the big tub of ube, a small bottle of adobo peanuts, and a bottle of burong mangga

Found a papaya tree! 

After Kuya's quick coffee break, we headed home. 









The PNP in Tagaytay is huge! 



I got hungry somewhere along the way and mom offered the chicken empanadas from Amira's. It tasted strongly of kinchay (chinese celery) and I had to spit it out. I'm allergic to celery. I had to endure the hunger as I didn't want to eat anything sweet. 



This huge truck was on our right. I am very fascinated with drivers who can drive big rigs and trucks like these. I wanted to open the window and yell, "Kuya! Where did you learn how to drive that and how do you park that? Can you parallel park it?" 🤣




Finally, we're back in Manila with its rains!



Finally Home and Some Dinner

We got home around past 8 pm. I was debating in the car whether we'd order in or if I'll cook. I decided to cook some bulgogi. I used sukiyaki cut beef. 


I made some sukjunamul-muchim a few days back and that went perfectly with the bulgogi

I also cooked some Shin Ramyun. I didn't make it fancy anymore like I always do as I'm tired and hungry. 

For dessert, we had the first tray of leche flan from Amira's. 


This is the end of our Batangas-Taal soft luxe travel. Missed a stop in our journey? Catch up on the whole series here::

Soft Luxe Travels:  Batangas - Journey to Taal

Soft Luxe Travels: Taal, Batangas - Finding Treasures in the Palengke (Market)

Soft Luxe Travels: Taal, Batangas - Cuchara y Tenedor


Soft Luxe Travels: Taal Batangas -  Shopping at Amira's Tagaytay


Every post is a glimpse into how I embrace soft luxe living through food, travel, and simple joys. 💖



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