A fine day was had by all. It started out with the power going off and the host's mother standing on a stepladder in our kitchen flipping breakers on and off. That was a new experience for us. So we are starting a new list: total loss of power, water turned off, wrong soap in dishwasher gives foam overload, daily load shedding power outages, . But we have survived all of these things. I had put on all my gear to go out in the cold and rain to move the car. It was free parking on Sunday but starting 9 AM on Monday it is in a pay zone. At this point it was parked illegally for almost an hour so I had to leave in the middle of the power issues. On the street was trying to figure out the pay station and I look over to see the car getting ticketed. I call out to the meter man pantomiming my problems with the pay station. He stopped writing the ticket and came over to help me figure it out. Ticket avoided for another hour! I got back to find the power back on and our plan for the day back on track. We suited up for the cold, moved the car to the long term parking and went out into the world. 10 degrees C is pretty chilly for former Floridians so no layer was left unlayered. The sun was warm and we walked through the delightful old town. Many of the buildings were from 1813 time frame when the city was rebuilt after being demolished in the Peninsular War.
Tulips thick
A bit of rain in the early morning
A bead shop that I saw, will we visit?
Love the extensive floral beds
Classic buildings
No detail overlooked
Now this is just too much!
Floral overload!!!
Some urban art to distract me from the flowers
Massive cubes of rock, 3 meters by 3 meters by 3 meters, make up the sea wall
The Atlantic Ocean
Some Ruddy Turnstones
These stones are too big to turn over
No shortage of churches
The effort put into placing these daisy flowers 9 feet up in the air!
The bells, the bells
Plaza indeedo
More fresh flowers
The old theater building
A snack at the sushi bar
Salmon me Roy, is that some macerated tuna? Yeah yeah it was so fine...
The surf-decathlon?
Bike, surf and then run?
Some incredible detail can be found on every building
Pick your bread, 14 types to choose from
Great gate
Nice metal work
A vending machine for tiny canisters of pistachios, giant corn and su flower seeds
Bar dyslexia
Who loves olives?
Only the exterior shell of this building remained. The sky can be seen through the top windows and the next floor down is reflecting the golden sun
Great light
Silhouette selfie
We really appreciate the extended living spaces on the front of the buildings
A fine row of trees
Most decorative
Ornate and colorful
The building to the left looks odd, is it melting?
The hardest thing to photograph are these flowering trees
An excited dog
The fanciest houses are along the river
A stately promenade
Fixer upper on the riverside esplanade
Spooky beast on top
The witching hour
The moon is getting bigger each day
