ST. AUGUSTINE, FL
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| Ken, Juan & Cathy |
Before leaving St. Augustine, we made one last tourist stop, Juan Ponce de Leon’s Fountain of Youth. We had blown it off as a weird little tourist trap but discovered it’s actually a significant archeological and historic village. It has historic presentations, a planetarium and some living history characters strolling through the park. However, we thought it comical that they offered senior citizen discounts. I mean, it’s the Fountain of Youth! Senior Citizens are your target audience!
Yes, we swallowed our pride and happily took the discount.
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| It was nice of Juan to leave the plastic cups for us! |
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
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| Yup, we're in Georgia |
On Saturday we took a hop-on hop-off tour of Savannah, GA. We learned that when the city was founded there were four prohibitions: No liquor, no slavery, no lawyers and no Catholics. Ironically, the highlight of the tour was St. John the Baptist Cathedral.
A half hour before Mass there were two priests hearing confessions. The line was at various times 8-10 people deep! When I asked a tour guide he told me that it was a little longer than usual. Savannah hosts the second largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the country. This gave the tour guide the opportunity to tell me about the time he was working at the Cathedral on a Saturday morning following a Friday St. Patrick’s Day. Nobody was going to
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The donor's are listed as
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confession. When he asked the priest why, the priest replied, “I don’t think they’re done sinning yet.”
Glad you enjoyed your trip to the home of Moon River, Leopolds and Midnight in the Garden of Hood and Evil.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not I have been there for St. Patrick's Day and it was AMAZING! They know how to celebrate. Walking along the waterfront three folks passed us wearing Kilts. I called out and asked what they wore under them. The guy hoisted up his kilt so display a bare butt. This was early in the day so I'm guessing he got more adventurous as the day wore on.
ReplyDeletesounds like a blast. glad you are there and not up here today. heavy wet snowfall - like shoveling wet concrete. when will you be home? Safe travels!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy following your adventures so much; maybe because Hal and I traveled in the places you two are exploring this winter. It brings back good memories.
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