Drive into the country

We took our first weekend drive into the countryside on 12/17 - or at least our driver drove us through the countryside. We went to a little town south of Manila called Tagaytay City. The main attraction is the Taal Lake and dorminite volcano in the middle of the lake. It was about an 1 1/2 hour drive or 25 miles. Tagaytay is located in the mountains overlooking the lake so it is a bit cooler than Manila. All the locals were wearing jackets and talking about how cold it was, which was about 75 degrees. It was great!! We stopped and had lunch at one of the nice restaurants overlooking the lake. Amy had a whole lobster to herself. Below is a photo of Maria. Taal lake is in the background. It was raining on and off on this day so we could not get a great shot of the lake because it was behind the clouds most of the day.

Fruits and Flowers are all over the place in Tagaytay. We stopped to get a shot of Amy next to a beautiful Poinsettia plant