Visita Iglesia 2017.

Every year I see to it that I will not miss Visita Iglesia. It has been a yearly tradition of me and my family. There were also times wherein I would do Visita Iglesia with family during the morning and then with friends during the evening. It is something that I don't want to miss every Holy Week.

This year's Visita Iglesia was quite different. My family could no longer accompany me and I could not join my friends. So Mic joined me in this year's Visita Iglesia. It was his first time to do it here in Manila since they would always go home to their province every Holy Week. But this year, he wasn't able to go home because he would be the one to accompany his father here in Manila. So there, he was the one who initiated our Visita Iglesia to be done in the morning since I also have to go to Ortigas after.

We kinda started late., at around 10:30am. Our plan was to go to 14 Churches. 1 Church = 1 Station of the Cross. We haven't really planned out the Churches we will go to but I already had an idea for some of them. From our house, we walked to our first Church which is St. Anthony de Padua Parish in Singalong, Manila which is really close to my heart. I spent 12 years in St. Anthony ❤ From preschool to elementary to high school ❤

Then, our second Church was Malate Church. 

Saw this while walking from Malate Church to Ermita Church. 

Third, Ermita Church.

Fourth, St. Vincent de Paul Church.

Adamsons's Walkway. 

Inside the Church.

Fifth, St. Mary Goretti Parish

Sixth, Quiapo Church.

Seventh, Sta. Cruz Church.

This could've been better without all the cables :(

At around 2pm, we were already hungry and tired from all the walking. So we decided to have our lunch. I suggested the place where we could eat : at Estero Fastfood in Binondo since we were already around the place. Me and my family love to eat there. Mura na masarap pa 😁 

I've been telling him about the place and finally we got the chance to eat there. Mas natutuloy kapag biglaan hahaha!! Eating there kinda consumed our time 'coz they have a lot of customers that day. After having our lunch, we walked to our eighth Church which is Binondo Church. I just thought of that Church while we were eating and I'm glad I did. :) 

After, we again walked through the street of Ongpin and we stopped to buy some sugarcane juice. :) 

Sharing this 'coz I love the photo hihi.
Well..I love all his photos❤

Then off to our ninth Church which is the Manila Cathedral. Among all the Churches, this was the most crowded one. Well, it is THE Manila Cathedral. 

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Just outside Manila Cathedral.

The tenth Church was San Agustin Church which was just a few steps from Manila Cathedral. 

While walking towards our next Church, he saw how great the light was. And you know what happened next... 

I'm still in awe with every photo he captures. ❤

Hahaha I tried my best. 

Next, for our eleventh Church was San Sebastian Church. I really like this Church, the facade and the altar itself. 

Again, this would look better without the cables :/

Twelfth Church was the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat which was also close to my heart 'coz as you all know I studied in San Beda for a year. Every morning before class, I see to it that I drop by that Church 😊 If it's open 😂hehe. 

So beautiful.

Next, our thirteenth Church was San Miguel Church. We were already dragging our feet while going here 'coz we're really tired. ✌ But we just kept on saying that everything was worth it. 

And we're off to our last Church, National Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus as our fourteenth Church. We decided to make it our last because it holds a special place in our hearts since our Thursdays are reserved for St. Jude❤ 

As a reward for more than 9 hours of walking, we had takoyaki and an oreo milktea at our favorite  place infront of St. Jude 😀

Our usual order :)

The feeling I always get after doing Visita Iglesia is still the same. There's this feeling of fulfillment 😊 I'm glad Mic enjoyed his first Visita Iglesia in Manila. He really did a great job with the pictures.   As usual. Hahaha. This Visita Iglesia became a photowalk as well haha. Thanks Mic for the great photos. ❤👍 So if you have any occasions you want to be covered you can contact him or me hahaha shameless plugging 😂 but I'm serious with that. 😉😊 Chos hahaha!!

Again, I'm really glad we got the chance to do this together. Next year again? Maybe. 😂

Hey. Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. 'Till my next one! ❤❤❤


**credits to Michelangelo Pabon for all the photos in this blog entry ❤