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Cebu City side trips: La Vie Parisienne Resto and Temple of Leah

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  In-house made wines and cheeses are the cups of tea of La Vie Parisienne but the place offers varied food favorites from pasta, sausages and pizza. The place is cozy and a dinner in the place is highly recommended because the al fresco dining experience offers a beautifully-lit garden and nice cozy roof decks. It drizzled when I got there last July 2018 with a friend whom I shared with the book-hunting experience at the Big Bad Wolf in Cebu City. I bought Syrah wine some standard wines and some cheeses.   ***   ***   ***   *** \ I love this door! *** I'm not a fan but since we headed to Sirao Garden , we just passed by the Temple of Leah since they are located on the same way. I really don't like the concept which is a trying-hard copycat of some Greek Temple f gods and goddesses, and the gold image of Leah, and even the fact of calling it a temple. But then, it is admittedly, a pretty instagrammable place....

Find flowers other than Tulips in the Little Amsterdam of Sirao, Cebu

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  Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Andersen Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/flower         "Just living is not enough," said the Butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower," is one of the popular quotes from The Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. When I see flowers, I feel that either I am the butterfly in the story or I am the storyteller Andersen's reincarnation. And I think, I am not alone in that kind of feeling. No wonder that the hillside flower garden of Sirao, Cebu now mushroomed as tourists flock the picturesque hillside after the first flower garden called "Little Amsterdam" became popular. Who does not love flowers, anyway?              What I love about the gardens of Sirao is the growing of native flowers like that scarlet red candle flame-like plant and the colorful...