John Gokongwei Quotes

Being in America isn't old-hat - it's where we're from - but I get excited to be in other parts of the world like Athens and Croatia, which were quite cool. I'm a sightseer. I go see the sights and museums. I'm into that kind of thing.

I do quite like sightseeing. I like churches, museums, galleries and all that stuff. I love the smell of a church in Italy or the smell of an old greasy spoon somewhere. I like markets and little funny shops in the backstreets of Florence.

People don't come to New York to ski. They cone for the arts.

When I'm in New York, my favorite place on the planet is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

My husband John's and my breaks are often very culture heavy. He cannot pass a museum without venturing inside, so we tend to see a lot of architecture and so-called places of interest.

I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm in. I can also be a beach bum - I like to laze in the shade of a palm tree with a good book or float in a warm sea at sundown.

I would like to see America some day.

We went to Denmark twice and Germany and also to the Canary Isles one year. I remember once when we were playing Dresden in Germany.

I am a keen medievalist and like going around museums and ruins and finding out about the people and local culture. I'm not one for sitting by a pool or lying on a beach. I also like to sketch while I'm on holiday, if I have time.

As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort. To have to do it at home would be beyond a joke.

I love England though; I've been back a few times and just love it. My favorite thing to do there is going to museums and all the castles. Oh, and my husband and I went mountain biking across England on our honeymoon!

There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.

Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

When I'm on the road, museums end up being a place I go to in different cities that is always interesting. Museums and independent record stores.

I really want to go on a tour in the U.S.

I want to travel all over India.

Living in L.A., it's such a big huge place and there's so much of it. It's so much fun to be in Chinatown, or Downtown L.A. I was in Lynnwood, I was in Huntington Beach. I was in Venice. It's an incredible place.

sight-seeing gratifies us in different ways. First, there is the pleasure of novelty; secondly, either that of admiration or fault-finding - the latter a very animated enjoyment.

I've only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy.

Sightseeing is the art of disappointment.

There are still many places I haven't seen that I'd like to travel to. I've never seen the Pyramids, and I'd love to explore the culture in North India. I think walking in the Andes would also be awesome.

When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York.

I don't often go to a place just to check out all the cultural sites of a city.

We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.

I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.