Sometimes I don’t make the best travel decisions. Sometimes the money factor outweighs the value of time. Sometimes I’m too tired or excited to think rationally before I purchase a ticket. I am in possession of a plane ticket with a 12 hour stop-over, though the flight itself only amounts to 3 hours. This […]
Category: Florida
Bienvenido a Miami
Going to explore a town known for its beach and abs isn’t on my list of adventures, but I can’t say no when my uncle proposes I join in on a road trip to Miami, a city bleached by the sun and warmed by the Florida Current off the Gulf Stream. Cold alerts glaze the […]
To laze and gaze in Florida
The New Year’s Eve festivities at St. Augustine beach end at 10pm, I suspect to give people enough time to find their own festivities for the final minutes of the year. The night ends with a long queue waiting for a school bus to take everyone back to the city; arriving here in a car […]
The European charm of St. Augustine, Florida
On past road trips I’ve driven close to Florida, but never had an itch to drive into and around it. The peninsular state has never crept into my imagination, and although once a fan of Disney, and familiar with Will Smith’s ‘Miami,’ I was never hooked. Many Canadians, especially the older ones who no longer […]