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Home for holidays
For the holidays I am back in my personal "city by the bay", Tampa,Fl.. I'm sure you know it for its beaches, busch gardens, and all that other touristy stuff. But I am more into the lesser known, so I am here today to tell you that Tampa is home to the longest continuous, unbroken sidewalk in ...
Pottering
... 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
Today's my 26th birthday...in order to commiserate the fact that I'm now that much closer to 30, I've taken a few days off and have headed to Anna-Maria island. It's a beautiful place on the gulf of Mexico. My host has a condo (holiday home) here and has very kindly let me stay in it :) I've got my own wheels again now too! Drove from Sarasota to the island-without getting lost or using the gps (they don't call it a sat nav)! Stopped at arrmands circle on the way, had a ...
Arrivée Florida - Tampa vers Clearwater
Le vol s'est bien déroulé. Montréal Cleaveland Tampa Bay. Notre voiture de location nous attendait. Ils l'ont l'affaire les amaricains! Donc notre énorme voiture américaine nous attendais. Ford Mustang!!! Ben non. Plutôt une petite Ford Fiesta rouge tomate (et non rouge feu explosif).
Clearwater est bien. Belles plages. Jolie petite ville. Nous sommes allés aussi ...
Port Richey FL to Pinellas Park FL
... ONLY another half-mile' down the road. Looking back with regret, we had two other options for transportation, AND Dave even offered us his van! That misadventure took up the entire evening; we got back to the house around 10:30, about fifteen minutes before Leslie and Dave. We stayed up and talked for a short while, then off to bed without yet another day of doing a 'Log ...