A Break from the TRIP—-Just a bit of my Bits and Pieces—-a hogpog of places to see & THings to Do.

Key West Attractions

Main Pcture:  Key West

The UK Trip (Day 6:  a day in Bath) will be available on Friday.

 

Key West home tours offer a peek into island lives

 

 

 

 

www.premiumtours.co.uk

 

 

 https://www.premiumtours.co.uk/en/windsor-castle-stonehenge-and-bath

 

The George Inn:   https://www.georgeinnlacock.co.uk/

 

Scottish B&B crowned among best in world by TripAdvisor – full list of top hotels

 

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OK Corral

20 Real Old Wild West Attractions You Have to See to Believe

One aspect of the frontier has been dodged persistently to satisfy the vagaries of folk drama:  the isolation and loneliness of families who lived there.  There was no place lonelier then the frontier.  The legal requirements that a homesteader stay on his claim–often extending for miles around–practically excluded human contacts.  There was nowhere to go, no one to see; no casual visitors, no passers-by.  The prairie itself, a bleak flat expanse unrelieved by so much as a single tree, emphasized the settlers’ sense of physial seperation from the human community.

The Good Old Days—They Were Terrible

by

Otto IL. Bettmann

 

The Real Wild West: A History of The American Frontier | Documentary

 

 

10 Secret (Must-Visit!) Places in Florida That Only Locals Know

 

What is the most popular mode of transportation for tourists to Florida?

A. Since 1988–more fly than drive

 

 

Florida Vacation Travel Video Guide • Great Destinations

CentralHomesRoofing.com

 

Over 30 (AMAZING) Free Things to Do in Gainesville and Alachua County

There is an area west of Gaineville, Fl., which is known for it pure white rattlesnakes.  About one albino rattler is found in each ten year period.  While the unusual white snakes are as pisonous as any other rattler, thehy are a little easier to see.

 

Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Gainesville expands offerings with new electric tram

LaFonda Restaurant 

Berenice III was the first queen of Egypt to rule without a consort in over a millennium.  Though her reign was brief, her example inspired her descendant Cleopatra to also  also rule alone.  Improbably, neither Queen possessed Egyptian blood.  Berenice did not even speak Egyptian, she considered Greek her lingua frenea.

Doomed Queens

By

Kris Waldherr

 

Art & History Museums of Maitland | History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places Smithsonian Magazine

 

First there was a lake frequented to the native dwellers of the area–who called it Fumechillga (Place of the Mukmelons)

 

Things to Do in Maitland

 

Then came the Fort (on the west shore of Lake Maitland)  It was a rest stop between Ft. Mellon and Fort Gatlin:  Now that was where we got the name for Ft. Maitland named after

Capt. Wm. S. Maitland and built

in 1838.    Then there was a town which took its name from the lake (infact it was Lake Maitland until 1905) and was settled some time before the Civil War and after 1838

 

Places to visit about 10 miles from Maitland, FL

Maitland is one of the oldest incorporated towns in Central Florida.

Maitland’s Main Attraction:

 

Bald Eagle

Audubon’s Center for BIrds of Prey

 which open in 1979 and which I highly recommendt with its eagles, hawks, owls, falcons, kites and vultures—all birds that fully recover are returned to the wild (release rate average 39%), those that can’t live out their lives in comfort and safety at the site

 

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They also have wildlife rehab facilities—and the Center has a lakeside exhibit aviary which houses non-releasable raptors of 20 species.  And don’t miss the Audubon Birding Store.

Copper Rocket Pub

 

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Maitland Historical Society and Museums

 

Holocaust Center

This is a center that exhibits “the most devastating example of genocide in the history of the civilized world—the result of hatred, prejudice, ignorance, and indiffeence.”  This center’s goal is to prevent it in the future through education.

Key events and documentary evidence present in multi-media form and integrated into the Exhibit.  These include material from Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, and personal histories told by local survivors and liberators.

It was founded in 1980, when the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando and Valencia Community College pledged their support to initiate a comprehensive program of Holocaust education ad consciousness-raising in the community.

 

Events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thurston House B&B

Built 1885

Located on 5 aces of wooded land overlooking Lake Eulalia.

 

WATER SPORTS NEAR MAITLAND FL

 

This house was the winter get-away for Cyrus B. Thurston (Minneapolis)

4 guest rooms with king size beds, private bath , reading area, desk with private phone, each of the rooms are named after the 4 families that previously owned the house.

Expanded continental breakfst served by candlelight in restored  dining room.

Relax sipping wine onthe porch overlooking the lake.

Stroll the grounds with over an acre of fruit trees, flowering bushes, herb garden and flower gardens.  Bench hidden away throughout the yard.  Or you can play croque, fish from the banks of Lake Eulalia or stroll through the Camilla bushes

 

Restaurants in Maitland

10 of the most beautiful places in Cornwall

 

 

Troll in the cloisters? The UK’s most beautiful cathedrals used in famous films

 

 

 

Pirate Vacation, Ahoy! 7 Swashbuckling Destinations In The US And Caribbean

 

Exploring Tortuga Island

Lost Worlds: Pirates of the Caribbean – Full Episode (S2, E17) | History

In 1630 a group of French and English buccaners (privateers who preyed on mostly Spanish Ships, established a base at Tortugor, rocky island off the coast of Hispniola in the Carbbean.  It would becme a major haven for pirates and smugglers over the coming years.

A Century of Terror

by

Emma Slattery

St. Augustine Pirate Museum: Fun for history lovers and kids

 

 

Places to see in the UK associated with Queen Victoria

 

 

fla-keys.com 

Cygnets on board: the cygnets took a break from paddling and hopped on their mother's back

The youngsters then sat back as their mum took them down the River Cam in Cambridge 

Abbotsbury Swannery

A natural history paradise.  Over 600 free flying swans.  Cygnet seaon and May – end June.  Oldest working duck decoy.  Children’s Ugly Duckling Trail.

 

Discover William the Conqueror in Normandy

1066-87 William the Conquerer

Edward the Confessor’s French cousin decides to fight for England.  He wins and is crowned in Western Abbey.  He begins building the Tower of London.

 

William the Conqueror | Full Action Movie

 

Commercial property for sale in 252, Walworth Road, London, SE17 1JE, SE17

House Prices in King Street, Hammersmith, West London, W6

King Street London

Notable occupiers include the principal London premises of the auctioneers Christie’s and Palamon Capital Partners.

The street is presumed to be named in honor of Charles II,and first appears in the rate books of the parish of St. Martin in 1673:  it was previously Charles Street like the street on the other side of the square.  The ground on the south side of the street formed part of the freehold granted by the Crown to the Earl of St. Albans’s trustees in 1665,  as did the ground on the north side, between St. James Square and Duke Street.  The remainder on the north side was part of the land leased in 1661 by Henrietta Maria’s trustees to the Earl of St. Albans’s trustees for 30 years subsequent grants extended this term to 1740.  This part of the street is still the freehold property of the Crown.

Freehold (law)

 

 

Tkts.co.uk

 

OK back by Friday for Day 6—a day trip to Bath……..

 

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