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Sarasota

A travel blog entry by gregd999

Hard to believe rally. Yesterday we were rugged up in down jackets trudging through the snow, and today we are walking around in sungalsses and short sleeves. A beautiful morning in Tampa, so we went for a long walk in the sunshine to the Hyde Street market where we sat outside and enjoyed a juice and muffin. Then it was a drive of half an hour or …

The realities of homecoming!

A travel blog entry by margogoes

We have one week under our belts at home in Florida. The joys of travel and homecoming have now faded with the reality of taking care of business.

As I wrote last week we did some pressing essentials right away but instead of decreasing, our "to do" list seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. This morning I scheduled appointments for repairs to our dishwasher, ice maker and wine fridge. They all decided to let us know they been missing us!

We ...

Home sweet home

A travel blog entry by margogoes

I wanted to write an entry while I'm still mentally between continents and homes.

It was wonderful to return to Sarasota and we've spent this week reviving our routines and catching up with details that needed attention once we were back.

My first order of business was the renewal of an expiring driver's license. Of course it was more complicated that I expected. I couldn't ...

Pottering

A travel blog entry by laura.hailes

... of people don't have a very good pension (apparently state pensions don't really exist- at least not like they do in the UK-where most people can live off it). So a lot of the local businesses are staffed by people trying to supplement their retirement income. It's a bit odd to see. The man who packed my bag in the supermarket today looked like he was late 70s (not even joking). He offered to carry it to my car for me. I felt like he was a patient. I ...

Birthday bliss

A travel blog entry by laura.hailes

... around the shops and stopped for a coffee and to open my birthday cards. It's so warm, it really doesn't feel like my birthday -apparently its snowing at home-Luton airport has had to close! Was lovely to open some cards. My best friend jess (who gave me a card in aug-that's ridiculous planning!) always puts confetti in her cards-but for some reason, I forgot this. I opened the card whilst sat outside the cafe, and it exploded glittery champagne glasses all over me! Made ...

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