Florida, USA (2023)

Whenever we are in Orlando, Florida we visit the Orlando Wetlands Park in the nearby town of Christmas. It's great to enjoy nature and have a great walk at the same time. The new boardwalk certainly made things a bit more interesting.

We met this scary dude while walking around in the Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida. The park is a vast nature reserve with many species of birds and alligators. Luckily it wasn't hungry!

Fort Christmas in Christmas, Florida is a large open air museum showing how people lived in the early days in the are around Orlando. The museum is free to visit for everyone and many original homes can be found here. This is the porch of the Simmons 3 House.

Fort Christmas in Christmas, Florida is a large open air museum showing how people lived in the early days in the are around Orlando. The museum is free to visit for everyone and many original homes can be found here. This is an example of a large family home in the early 1900s.

While on a scenic boat tour in Winter Park, Florida we admired the many beautiful mansions built along the shores of Lake Osceola, Lake Virginia and Lake Maitland. This here is a Tuscany style mansion on Lake Maitland, Winter Park, Florida.

While visiting Winter Park, near Orlando, Florida we went on a scenic boat tour around a few of the lakes. Many multi-million dollar homes are built along the shores of Lake Osceola, Lake Virginia and Lake Maitland. This here is just the guest house of one of the mansions.

It was a beautiful day for a lovely walk in the Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida. While admiring the rose garden we found this cute resting place.

We went for a lovely walk in the Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida. This here is the so-called trellis area. Very nice to have on a wall and pretend you could walk into the forest.

Whenever we are in Orlando, Florida we always visit Winter Park. It's an arts- and culture-filled city with a European feel to it. The SunRail train passes this city and here we are crossing the tracks at the railway station.

After staying the night in Miami Beach we went to the beach for an early morning walk. We liked this colourful lifeguard tower and discovered that every one of them is different.

The Overseas Highway used to drive to get to Key West in Florida is beautiful, but long. In need for a drink we decided to stop at Gilbert's resort in Key Largo. Great spot next to this jetty.

Me and my wife were totally in love with this cute house in Key West, Florida. Since it was for sale we looked it up and it was really gorgeous inside too. Only one point three million dollars and it would have been ours.

Walking around in Key West, Florida on a bautiful and sunny day. Given all the pretty decorations, the people living in this cute little house are crazy about the upcoming Valentine's Day.

We had a great time walking around the streets of Key West, Florida. All houses are just so cute and well maintained. The typical colours that are used so much in Caribbean can be found here too. This here is the Bourbon bar.

Many different species of birds can be admired while driving along the Overseas Highway in Florida, USA. This here is an Eastern brown pelican flying over.

Driving on the Overseas Highway in Florida, USA was quite the experience. It connects the mainland of Florida from Miami to Key West. This here is the Edgewater Lodge along the highway.

The Mall at Millenia in Orlando, Florida is a huge luxureous mall where many of the luxury brands have a store. Louis Vuitton is just one of them.

The boat trip on the St. Johns River in the Blue Spring State Park, Florida revealed a lot of pretty large alligators. This alligator was hiding in the green and may have had a bunch of little ones to take care of.

There must have been some kind of bird conference, as there were so many ibises huddling together in the Blue Spring State Park, Florida.

There are so many birds to admire in the Blue Spring State Park in Florida, USA. This here is an anhinga which is sometimes called the piano bird.

While on a boat ride in the Blue Spring State Park, Florida we saw many turtles, but this particular one was so funny doing its balancing act on a log.

This pretty big alligator was resting nicely on a log when we passed it while on a boat ride in the Blue Spring State Park, Florida.

Blue Spring State Park in Florida, USA was so full of ibises that they needed every branch available to them. In this tree they couldn't get much higher. They do look beautiful against that blue sky.

Years ago when we were in St. Augustine, Florida we found the perfect coffee place. We wanted to find it again and were happy to see it was still there. The coffee was still as good as before.

Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida is quite accessible even if you're not actually studying there. I spent quite some time exploring the buildings and gardens around them. Here I am at one of the inner courtyards.

Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida is one of the most beautiful colleges I have seen. Both the buildings and the gardens around them are fabulous. Here I am walking past the palm garden.

I had a lovely walk by myself in St. Augustine, Florida and passed the memorial Presbyterian church. This historic church was constructed in 1889 by American industrialist Henry Morrison Flagler. It was dedicated to the memory of his daughter Jennie Louise Benedict.

At the end of our walking tour in St. Augustine, Florida we had to pass the Bridge of Lions. Since a yacht needed to pass they opened the bridge and we got this lovely view on the bridge.

While on a sightseeing tour in Savannah, Georgia we passed Forsyth Park with this wonderful fountain. The beautiful Forsyth Park fountain is one of Savannah's most well-known icons.

We went for a sightseeing river cruise on The Georgia Queen in Savannah, Georgia. Despite that it looks like a paddle steamer but in really isn't, as the paddles didn't even move, it was lovely to have been on it.

Watching the historic trade buildings on River Street (Savannah, Georgia, USA) from the Georgia Queen ship. The area at the Savannah waterfront is thoroughly restored and now hosts restaurants and souvenir shops.

There is something about cemeteries that draws me to them. This on, Colonial Park Cemetery, in Savannah, Georgia I liked because of the centuries old and weathered graves that we seemingly ramdomly scattered all over the place. Fascinating to see graves from as far back as the eighteenth century.