Currently sitting in Tallahassee, Florida, and as the last week has been crazy busy we are a bit behind in this, so what follows is a speedy summary of our southward journey from NYC to Orlando, Florida!
Some highlights have been seeing the incredible monuments of Washington DC, the charming towns of the old south like Charleston, Savannah & St Augustine with Spanish Moss drooping from their Oak trees and 18th Century houses, and amazing food! In Savannah, Georgia, we had lunch at a place that served an entire table of southern home style thanksgiving food that you'd share with other people, there was fried chicken, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes, and a heap of salads and sides, we needed a nap afterwards.
Florida has been interesting, a varied mixture of style of cities from European, beachie, touristy, and plastic (Miami). The NASA space center was pretty incredible, the original Saturn V rocket is on display there and is enormous! Miami was nice but a lot of people living there seemed to epitomise the stereotypical American, arrogant, superficial and showy... but the Art Deco buildings and mansions were interesting to look at. We went to a basketball game between Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers which was fun, as part of the singing of the national anthem they had clips of eagles flying, space shuttles launching, mountain vistas and the flag waving on the video screens which was very American.
The Happiest Place on Earth (Disney) was a pretty incredible place to visit, the grounds were immaculately kept, attention to detail on the rides was impeccable, and waiting in line for an hour is considered normal! Well worth it though as was Universal studios with their Harry Potter world and crazy roller coasters.
We are now on our way to much anticipated New Orleans so will share an update on that in the next few days.
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