This will be my final post on Florida ! You can find the various posts about Florida on this page. I am a big Harry Potter fan ! I loved the Harry Potter books and movies. So it made sense that I would visit Universal Studios when I was in Orlando ! We booked our tickets through the Universal website. As the website highlights you have to buy a park to park admission to be able to ride on the…
We were in Miami for only one day. We drove to Miami from Keywest. We stayed in a hotel on Collins Avenue which is a block from Ocean Drive and the Beach ! We were in the South Beach area. I loved Miami and wish we had allocated more time there. It is definitely a place I would go back to visit for a longer stretch ! We stayed at Nassau Suite Hotel on Collins avenue. When we checked into…
Key West is the southern most area of the Keys and the southern most point of the United States. It is about 90 miles from Cuba. I had previously wrote about my experience in the middle Keys and what drove me to the Keys. When we reached Key West we were excited. We had read about Key West and was looking forward to exploring the city ! We stayed on Duval Street – This is one of the main streets…
As part of my vacation to Florida I knew I wanted to be near the sea for a portion of it. During my research the Keys came up. I have heard about the Keys before, but didn’t realize it is about 800 islands with the larger islands connected by bridges. We drove all the way from Orlando to the middle keys . We stayed at the Tranquility Bay Resort in Marathon. This was a beautiful resort with luxurious rooms !…
Disney Parks The Disney Parks can be overwhelming! Especially if you had never thought about it or looked into it before. So when we started planning for our Florida trip I knew I wanted to visit the Disney Parks , especially the blue and white castle, however I didn’t know much about it. I talked to a few people who had been to the park to understand what the park was all about and I used Google for research! Is…
Few books I read as a child had the Florida Everglades as the setting. At that time I was intrigued by the description of the Everglades, and had associated Florida with the Everglades in my mind. When I found a $100 plane ticket to Florida, I knew one of the things I wanted to do there was to see the Everglades. Specifically, I wanted to ride the airboat thorough the Everglades like “Horatio” in CSI: Miami. Near the end of…
Florida is known as the land of the Marshes. What comes to mind when I think of my vacation to Florida – the drive down to the Keys with the an amazing breeze through out the drive, the sea grass filled beaches in the Keys, closely grown lush green vegetation , creepy iguanas , the beautiful world famous Miami beach, coconut trees, the thrilling ride on an airboat through the Everglades, the incredible pre Christmas deals at the Sawgrass Mills…