Courtyard By Marriott St Petersburg Downtown Saint Petersburg

... of beer and wine could calm us down :-)<br><br>So, Palm Harbor is the beautiful suburb in (or just outside?) Tampa where some of my family have settled. The life that Americans seem to live is a good one (speaking from a Floridian point of view of course cos thats all we have seen of the states so far). People are friendly, happy, relaxed and helpful and most want to know where in the South of Africa we are from as they know some one in the North of Africa (!) HAHA Shame that ...

... to customs. After successfully going through customs, we passed our baggage on to the connecting flight. As we rounded the corner from that, Conrad got ******. This was the time when he realized that his bottle of anise was still in his backpack! This was not going to make it through security!! It didn't dawn on him (or me, b/c I had forgotten that he had bought it) to put it into the checked luggage after customs but before the connecting ...

After a long day of work for both of us, we finally hit the road at 0630 pm. The dogs were less than happy with us, as evidenced by the pictures. They knew once all of the luggage was in the living room that something was up. Chloe was actually trembling! But, Marv will take good care of them, as well as good care of my ...

... Watchers friendly but I&#8217;ll probably break down and eat in lieu of spending money on breakfast when I arrive in Dublin.<br><br>While I&#8217;m blogging about flight quality because I have no real juicy stories yet, I was also quite impressed with my Jet Blue flight from TPA to JFK this morning. As I typically fly Delta or American and sometimes Southwest (only if it&#8217;s a really good deal), I&#8217;ve never had the Jet Blue experience before ...

Visited Fort San Marcos.,an old Spanish Fort.The guards have Spanish costumes.<br>Some of the walls are made of coquina.(shells and lime)<br>Visited again the Lightner Museum and visited the floor we missed yesterday.<br>Drove to Sun City,Florida.Ate at Sonny's Barbecue restaurant.<br>Stayed at Dr T's house in Sun City,Fla.

"On every journey there is something waiting for you. Something specific. When you find it, you will think it just happened to be there, but in fact it was there only for you. It is not a coincidence. If you had not found it, it would not have been there." To Timbuktu<br>

... weeks is about my limit...which means there are no 'round-the-world cruises in my future. Deb has a different take on things...and they follow. Ahoy! That shirt got a lot of attention, too. Most of it approving! Now come on, admit it: I don't think there was a dry eye anywhere after the projections called it for Obama. You, too, I know it! Crikey, that image of Jesse Jackson in the crowd, openly sobbing ... makes me tear up even now. Interestingly, nobody (at ...

... including Manchego and a blue, jamon serrano, a scrumptious creamy pate, fruits, as well as the ubiquitous but well worthwhile tortilla, albeit a bit burnt in one corner. The skewer of beef, although served medium rare was a bit chewy and not one we would order again, but the shrimp hit the spot. The Sardines were nowhere to be found on the menu and when we asked, were told that they had been elimiated from the menu several months ago, having had problems obtaining them ...

... or the miniature meatballs, that pop with flavor, are featured, we feel that we are getting our money's worth. We have found that many restaurants slight the vegetarians and so even in our restaurant we do all possible to not only accommodate these guests, but Jose Luis will attempt to create dishes that spur them on to return time and time again. Vegetarians can rejoice at India Grill, with usually 3 to 4 items appealing to ...

... and Sign cards in hand. We were then instructed to wait in the boarding area in a large room with at least 1000 other guests. The room was kept cool and there were plenty of drinks and snacks available if you wanted them. We kept ourselves amused and in no time our group number was called to board the ship.<br> <br>When we made it on board, the first thing I wanted to do was see my ...