by leandra | Feb 5, 2025 | street art, Travel, USA Travel
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 some of our favorites. Woes Martin, 2021 (2343 Emerson Ave. S., viewed...
by leandra | Feb 4, 2025 | Food & Drink, Travel, USA Travel
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 version) and Eric got the standard. The bread was on point but...
by leandra | Feb 3, 2025 | Travel, USA Travel
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 but it was a nice leg stretcher with views of Old Tampa Bay. Our...
by leandra | Feb 1, 2025 | Travel, USA Travel
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 flights on Southwest for the weekend after MLK, Jr weekend so we...
by leandra | Dec 31, 2024 | International Travel, Travel
Martha and I decided to head to Liverpool for the day. Easy enough to catch a train from Manchester Oxford Road station direct to Liverpool Lime Street. Immediately after exiting the station we saw a Christmas market in front of St George’s Hall, so we wandered...