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Real Name: Emilie-Noelle
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Holiday in the Sun

by emilienoelle - last update: Dec 11, 2004

Tampa

Fountain in Old Hyde Park Village
Our last trip to Tampa, Florida was for Thanksgiving 2004. We went to stay with family for the holiday, but it turned out to be so much more. It was lush with gorgeous vegetation everywhere one turned at a time of year when everything in New England is long dead. The warm air and sunlight was just the thing to bring us back to life after the dark and cold of Boston.
Church and Palm
In the process of traveling to Tampa we also got to experience the services of Song airlines, Delta's new low-cost carrier. They were great, providing the only non-stop service from Boston, with each passenger having access to his or her own personal television screen where it was possible to watch live television via sattlelite, buy movies, play music trivia with other passengers and listen to one of several music stations. This feature as well as the friendly attitude of the staff made the trip a very nice one.
Besides the great weather we found that one of the nicer things about Tampa was all of its beautiful, old homes. Most of the houses in the older part of the city were built in the 1920's in the Bunglalow Style with wide farmers' porches. The house where we stayed was like this, the interior with it's gorgeous woodwork being almost as lovely as the tropical flowers and banana trees outside of our bedroom window.
Tampa Bungalow Home

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Pros:"Inexpenisve, warm, and pleasant"
Cons:"Lots of one-way streets make driving difficult at times"
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Comments for emilienoelle about Tampa
Pawtuxet Tue Feb 3, 2009 21:35 UTC
 Sea World is a must when you have kids in Fla. We always enjoyed. Yrs. later my son swam w/ the manatese when he was in college down there. Wonderful creatures. Tampa coastline is a beauty.
Jim_Eliason Thu May 1, 2008 14:48 UTC
 Nice page, we have those little lizards all over down here too! its our version of squirrels.
Happytimeguy Thu Mar 6, 2008 16:20 UTC
 I believe these are the snowy egrets but its difficult to tell from your pictures but, I am confident because of your description. : )
funnybeee Tue Jan 17, 2006 19:24 UTC
 Nice pages, finally I see who Ms M is... I arrived in TPA yesterday, thanks for the tips. BTW I think Katmo painted one of the birds. Aren't they called herons? Hugs, Beee
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