Tampa
Travel Blogs from Tampa, United States
Tango on Down the Road
It was to be expected, with Jose Luis' Argentine heritage, that sooner or later we would head the car over the bridge to check out one of the handful of Argentine Restaurants, touting the allmighty Parillada, and so El Puerto in Ybor City became our ...
It Had to Happen!!!
A screw up was inevitable, while reconnecting the fifth wheel to the truck BRENT made the mistake of removing the chocks from the wheels before he hitched up, that little mistake meant that when the truck nudged the trailer , the trailer moved more ...
Ybor City, Outback Parade, and the Bowl Game
We visited the historic part of Tampa known as Ybor City, where we enjoyed the sights, great Cuban sandwiches, and the big parade. The next day was off to the first bowl game of the new year. The fighting birds (Gamecocks) were entirely outclassed ...
Hotel arrival
Nothing like a welcome drink to take the edge off of jet lag!! We'll, maybe a welcome snack, but that wasn't offered.Sent from my iPhone; please forgive brevity, spelling errors, and grammar errors. ...
More humid than Atlanta
I didn't think it existed, but I have found a place more humid than Atlanta. The afternoon thunderstorms don't help either. In fact, they make it even more humid. One less place to consider for ...
Tampa
Rozpoczal się trzeci tydzien naszej wyprawy. Choc to nie pierwszy nasz tak dlugi urlop, jest to pierwszy raz, gdy tak dlugo jestesmy w jednej podrozy. To fantastyczne uczucie, gdy po dwoch tygodniach w drodze nadal nie musimy jeszcze myslec o ...
Going to Tampa....
Rivers, condeminniums, rivers and aligators. Nice friends of P. from england rebuilding a cottage. Oh yes - there are mosquitos down ...
travel details
The four of us flew into Tampa and drove to Orlando for a 4 night Disney vacation. We stayed 2 nights at the Contemporary Resort and 2 nights at the Wilderness Lodge. When everything was done, we drove down to Cape Coral where I stayed a couple ...
Hypack 2007
... we watched the National Championship game in the sports bar in the convention hotel (Florida won by the way), one night we went to a Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Hockey game. That was a personal first for me. I didn't see the fight that I was expecting but I ...
Tampa airport
... some more. They closed the airport and we continued to set for another 2 hours while the storm continued to dump on Tampa International Airport and surrounding areas. We watched the radar on my phone only to see the storm just set ...
Back in the USA
... to Mexico city, a three hour layover in Mex, a three hour flight to Miami, a one hour taxi to Ft Lauderdale to pick up our rental car and a five hour drive to Tampa for a night with Suzy & Chip, we were beat!!! But so happy to be back in the ...
Channel Side is the Right Side
I had never planned on visiting Tampa but went there for a Physical Education conference. I was pleasantly surprised. The weather was nice, it rained in the morning but cleared up well before noon. The people were nice and there were a ...
Dim is the Sum of all Total
... and the traditional way, in carts, we ran out the door last Sunday night, like bats out of hell and crossed the Howard Frankland into Tampa. If per chance there is a sole reader who does not know what Dim Sum is, it literally means "touch the heart" or ...
Preparing For the HONEYMOON Cruise!!
... & cruise). Sunday we bought all our last minute travel accessories and toiletries. We will be departing in three days time from Tampa Airport direct to LAX! It is suppose to be cloudy :( and 72 degrees when we arrive. Patricia has our LA itinerary ...
Day 1.5 - The Arrival
... they let me check my bag as they were close to starting to board the flight. Though I wondered if my bags would make it to Tampa... Go to the gate to start boarding and then I realize that I am not sitting with Tim and Thad...since Tim bought the tickets ...
Over to Mom's to drop off Yopi &catch our flight
... trips to the car! Donned by raincoat and headed out into the elements. Deposited all the trash and loaded the car. Headed to Tampa. Arrived at Mom's at about 10:30. Got Yopi all settled and got cleaned up and ready to head to the airport. Now ...
Adjustment Day
We flew out of Flint this time because Lisa's trying to get as many segments as she can to get to the next level elite (now it's Medallion I guess). We both got upgraded to first class, which was nice. Chris picked us up at the airport. It's always such ...
rain rain go away
Dreary, humid and wet was the sight that greeted us this morning; the day we HAD to go to Adventure Island before my ticket ran out. After browsing the weather channel and checking that the park would indeed be open we decided the go anyway. We ...
Tampa Trip
This is my first time to Tampa to visit my cousin, Joel. While there, I visited Busch Gardens, Tampa. A very nice amusement park. I went on all of their roller coaster multiple time. All except one. There is a double wooden ...
Awaiting the Flight
It is currently 9:15am 10 May 2011 So Shay and I have made it to TPA and are now waiting for flight 1786 to New York. We arrived at the American Airlines terminal, grabbed our bags from the back of my grandfather's truck and went up to ...
Orlando to Tampa
... the passenger seat at the front, being the navigator, and mum and I sat back on the couches. We drove 90 miles to Tampa and stayed in a nice park there. Mike managed to park the van and then he and dad proceeded to put the sides ...
Jim & June's Odyssey 091214 - Tampa, FL
... visor. · There are lots of “street legal” golf carts in downtown Tampa. Things we Learned: · Tampa has been an active merchandizing area since the ...
Family holiday in Florida
... or so to St.Pete's Beach Florida, with the help of a GPS unit. The distance from Orlando to St.Pete's Beach (in the Tampa Bay area) was about an hour and a half. We arrived at our hotel 'Alden Beach Resort' on the Gulf of Mexico ...
Back to Reality
... named "Marissa Cessna". Through a haze of exhaustion, I was overjoyed to see my parents waiting for me just outside the tram in Tampa! I couldn't have been happier to see Bill and Shari's smiling faces. Even my loyal Honda Civic, Freddy, made the trip to ...

