Thursday The Harn Art Museum was partially closed for renovations during our visit, but several galleries were still open. The museum is free to visit and made for a pleasant hour. We especially...
Blog posts from Florida
Florida 2026: Gainesville food & drink
Wednesday Humble Pie Wood Fired Pizza - Ordered two pizzas for takeaway, which were delivered to our table at the brewery next door. Nice! We got one margherita and one with walnuts and pesto. Crust...
Florida 2026: Sun Coast breweries and restaurants
Corporate Ladder - one of our favorite breweries, we visited twice. 1st visit! I got the coconut and chocolate Doppel Monitor (doppelbock) and Eric had a small pour of the Cherry Amaretti Cookie...
Florida 2026: Sun Coast sites
Celery Fields - one of our favorite places to view birds, this free park has a few boardwalks into the wetlands and lots of parking. On this visit we saw a huge group of very noisy Nanday parakeets,...
Florida 2026: introduction
We generally like to visit Florida sometime in the winter, and this year we stayed at a friend's house to pet sit for part of our time. The weather was up-and-down, but it was always better than the...
Street art and sculpture in Miami
On our return to the US after two weeks in Argentina we had a day in Miami to explore some art and visit with friends. We were supposed to land at 5am(!) but our flight was delayed almost two hours,...
Weekend in Florida: St. Pete street art
We last explored the murals of downtown St. Pete in 2022, so before this trip, I checked out the Shine Mural Festival website and added a bunch of new and unseen murals to our Google map. Below are...
Weekend in Florida: food and drink
Restaurants I really wanted a Cuban sandwich so the first stop after getting our rental car was West Tampa Sandwich Shop. We each got the 'regular' size which was plenty. I got the honey (Obama...
Weekend in Florida: a bird sanctuary, beaches and nature parks
To pass some time between lunch and when we could check into our apartment, we stopped at Weedon Island Preserve and walked the boardwalks to a few overlooks. Didn't see a lot of wildlife or birds...
Weekend in Florida: overview and where we stayed
For years we have been taking a trip to Florida's Gulf Coast area in the January / February time frame to visit family, usually driving and staying for 1-2 weeks. This time we found some good...
Florida’s Sun Coast: Sarasota sights
During our two weeks in Sarasota we were a 10 minute walk from Crescent Beach so we visited multiple evenings. Even when the color wasn't great we were entertained watching the pelicans and terns...
Florida’s Sun Coast: restaurants
During our two week stay we tried lots of restaurants, ranging from classic breakfasts to a beach cocktail spot, and from in-restaurant to take-away. Breakfast Original Word of Mouth - Quite busy on...
Florida’s Sun Coast: breweries
With two weeks on the west coast of Florida we had multiple opportunities to explore local breweries. First up was Corporate Ladder, our favorite brewery in central Florida - we stopped by three...
Orlando 2023: EPCOT
Sunday was our day at EPCOT. I set an alarm for 6:55am to join the first virtual queue for Guardians of the Galaxy but didn't get in. We slept a bit longer and while enjoying my fancy cold brew, I...
Orlando 2023: Mills 50
On Saturday we didn't want to stay in the hotel room (or at Disney Springs) the entire day, so we took an Uber to the Mills 50 area to check out the street art. While we did find a few murals to...
Orlando 2023: Disney Springs
Our hotel was an easy 8 minute walk to Disney Springs, so the first night we went exploring. The temps were on the chilly side but most places with outdoor seating had heaters set up. After...
Orlando 2023: intro
I had intended to visit Disneyworld with my sister's family in 2021 but that trip was unfortunately cancelled, leaving me with an unused 2-day ticket. After perusing forums and making several calls...
Manny’s Memorial Weekend
We traveled to Florida (my fourth trip in less than three months) in mid-September for my Dad's Memorial service. I am not going to get into too much detail here but we made it through the...
Our Itinerary
2026 Trips
Parrish, FL (Jan)
Medellin, Colombia (Feb)
Wilmington, NC (Apr)
Asturias, Spain (May)
Galicia, Spain (Jun)
Galway, Ireland (Aug)
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina + Brazil (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Doha, Qatar (May)
Bristol + London, UK (Jul)
Long Island, NY (Jul)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
day trips from Bologna (Oct)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
Greensboro, NC (Nov)
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London + Manchester, UK (Dec)