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…
Some time ago, I went on a trip to California. I went to San Fransico and the surrounding area , I also drove down Highway 1 through Big Sur to LA. One of my main reasons to go to California was to experience the highway 1 drive. I have wrote some other postings about California, but was saving the best posting for last! Also the experience was so incredible I didn’t know how to capture it in words! You can…
We reached Santorini from Athens by a Ryanair flight. Please see the following link if you need details on how to get to Santorini from Athens or more details on Athens itself: Athens Tips We had arranged a minivan to pick us up through our hotel by email ahead of time. When we arrived at the airport (Santorini airport is really small) – there was our van driver waiting for us with a sign with our names. He was very…
One of my cousin always wanted to go to Greece. She has not been on vacation in some time and her request was to go to Greece. I was helping them plan the trip – I enjoy planning trips! The places she wanted to go to in Greece were Athens, Santorini and Mykonos. Athens is the mainland of Greece connected to Europe, and the rest of Greece is thousands of islands scattered throughout the Aegean Sea. Santorini is one such…
A friend recently asked for recommendations of places to see in Paris, France. Usually I pass on my blog postings on specific cities when people ask me for travel suggestions. At the time I visited Paris, I wasn’t blogging about my travels. Paris was a place I loved too much, and as such I decided to write about it before my memory became foggy! I stayed for 10 days in Paris! I was there from Dec 13th 2014 to Dec…
One of the tours we did in Mexico was a trip to Chichen Itza. We knew we wanted to visit Mayan Ruins and one of the most famous ones near Cancun was Chichen Itza. It is the 2nd most visited archaeological site in Mexico and is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World! We booked a tour which included pickup from our hotel, lunch, swim in a cenote, and a guided tour of Chichen Itza. The drive to…