• Rotterdam for the first time
    • Home base
    • September 28, 2020-September 20, 2021 (10 am)
  • Amsterdam, pt. 1
    • October 10-11, 2020
    • Went to borrow Tito Boy's rice cooker and kettle, got drunk, visited the Rijksmuseum the next day
  • The Hague, pt. 1
    • December 23-26, 2020
    • Cold beach with the Filipino Network
    • Christmas dinner with the De Leon's
  • Utrecht, pt. 1
    • New Year's Eve 2021
  • Utrecht, pt. 2
    • January 3, 2021
  • Kinderdijk
    • January 6, 2021
  • Delft, pt. 1
    • January 9-10, 2020
    • To be 28 and to have a room of one's own
  • Nijmegen and Arnhem
    • March 1, 2021
    • Briefly crossed to the German border and passed by a pond at Krakenburg
    • Shout out sa Versailles liquor store
  • Dordrecht
    • March 3, 2021
    • Shout out sa Nobel's Brood
  • Maastricht
    • April 7, 2021
    • A DIY spa
    • Shout out sa Local Cafe for recommending Blanche Dael for coffee beans and Drankenshop Bams for the genever
    • To be in the company of real friends
  • Noordwijkerhout
    • April 17, 2021
    • For the tulips
    • First time on a fixed gear bike
    • A beautiful day to lose an earring
  • Amsterdam, pt. 2
    • May 24-30, 2021
    • Amsterdam in an emergency
    • A spring of becoming
  • Amsterdam, pt. 3
    • June 12, 2021
    • Watched a play, Playboy of the Western World
    • Still very much in love and it hurts
  • Berlin
    • June 17-29, 2021
    • "You're in Berlin because you feel like a failure." (Dead Ladies Project, Jessa Crispin)
    • Rehearsing death, learning to be free. Rock bottom to gay renaissance. Dalawang tibo sa Berlin!
    • Realization in retrospect: I needed to be able to look myself in the mirror. In Berlin, I wrote into my wounds and suffered for it. Self-knowledge is no walk in the park.
  • Malta, pt. 1
    • July 12-17, 2021
    • Hot Maltese Summer
    • "Travel only with those you love." (Ernest Hemingway)
    • A beautiful trip to lose my Conjugal Dictatorship tee to
  • Malta, pt. 2
    • July 17-22, 2021
    • Only slightly adventurous, regained my solitude
    • From a wine bottle which I will always remember: "The gods brought me to the island Ogygia, where Calypso lives, she received me and loved me excessively and care for me."
  • Amsterdam, pt. 4
    • July 31, 2021
    • Came to Amsterdam to visit a friend, left with my teenage insecurities at the start of Pride month
  • Leiden
    • August 3, 2021
    • Hortus Botanicus Leiden
    • Therapy session number 2 and the process of trying to be okay
    • Happy birthday Mommy Ester! Thank you for the strength to book my flight home home
  • The Hague, pt. 2
    • August 7, 2021
    • Happy birthday, Kitkat!
    • Visited the only Filipino restaurant in the Netherlands and the food was meh
  • Delft, pt. 2
    • August 12, 2021
    • Finally met Maita and checked out some Delfts blue pottery, sourdough, coffee, alak walking tour
    • Be the Filipino restaurant you want to see in this world!
  • The Hague, pt. 3
    • August 26-27, 2021
    • Sleepover at Ishka's! Nijmegin night!
    • Home cooked meals, a lot of walking including for cigarettes at midnight which ended in a juts run instead; Den Haagse market and the Hague Antique and Book Market
  • Amsterdam, pt. 5
    • August 29- September 2, 2021
    • Amsterdam not in an emergency. A gay Quintos reunion!
    • Finished re-reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin, PH-Latin American Brunch, visited the Van Gogh Museum and a music store, chilled, cooked, rested
  • Amsterdam, pt. 6
    • September 10-15, 2021
    • Weekend before graduation retreat sa Tagaytay
    • Tito in Sicily; bumisita si Mareng Juhee
    • Finally got a work of art from the flea market + a Le Creuset braadpan
  • Katwijk
    • September 12, 2021
    • The Sea Near Katwijk by Jan Toorop with Ishka
  • Amsterdam as base
    • Home base from September 20, 2021-November 16, 2021
  • Rotterdam as visitor, pt. 1
    • September 24-25, 2021
    • Met Miguel after 2 years (!)
    • Made it to Gaby's birthday lunch (almost didn't, glad I did, missed my best friend)
  • Malmö, pt. 1
    • October 5-7, 2021
    • Visited Kiel for warmth
  • Stockholm
    • October 7-8, 2021
    • Alone and lonely in a strange city; relearning how to live with loneliness and watching a movie to soothe anxiety
    • Swedish music tour! From the ABBA Museum to a live music show at the mall
  • Malmö, pt. 2
    • October 8-11, 2021
    • Met the Filipino community with some honorary Filipinos; dinner and random yayaan night
    • #np Tanging Yaman by Kiel Suarez
  • Köln
    • October 11-15,2021
    • Visited Tita P, went on a romp through family history, and it felt like 2 weeks
    • At least nasimulan ang F building cookbook and was reminded that life is too short for bad company
  • The Hague, pt. 4
    • October 15-16
    • Reunion with the Filipino Network + lunch with UP alum at the De Leon's
    • Finally, Mauritshuis to visit Rachel Ruysch
    • Time with Ishka: brunch, beer, dropped by Pinoy store
    • "Here's to moving slowly" (random sign at the mall)
    • Zuid-Holland is in the heart
  • Rotterdam as visitor, pt. 2
    • October 16-17, 2021
    • Is it the place or the friends that make a place a home?
    • Dinner with old friends Diana, Byron, and Ember + stayed with Ember and Momo
  • Lisbon, pt. 1
    • October 20-October 23, 2021
    • Alone for a bit, moved hotels way too much, saw Tito Boy for dinner, spent time with friends in Lisbon
  • Caldas das Rainha
    • October 24-October 28, 2021
    • Fatima to buy the statue, country home living, saw some waves at Nazare, Juhee arrives from Paris
    • Traveling fatigue fully hit
  • Lisbon, pt. 2
    • October 28-November 2,2021
    • I enjoyed the city much more the second time
    • Most expensive meal of the year!
  • Barcelona
    • November 2-9, 2021
    • Big city vibe, briefly opened my thesis, visited Camp Nou and saw Xavi
  • Paris, pt. 2
    • November 10, 2021
    • Quite easily one of my favorite cities
  • Amsterdam, pt. 6
    • Amsterdam as Filipino in distress from November 16-24, 2021
  • Rotterdam as visitor, pt. 3
    • November 23, 2021
    • Visited Kunsthal Museum for the Ballroom Culture Exhibit
  • Ortigas in quarantine
    • November 25-December 5, 2021
    • Last stop before Quezon City
  • Quezon City, the city of my final destination
    • December 5 onwards
dec 27 2020 ∞
apr 10 2022 +