After having travelled once around the whole country of America and now being for three months in Florida, first to relax and just "live the American dream" and afterwards to start thinking what to do next and where to go with our future life. It was exactly in that last timeframe, when Sarah got offered a... Continue Reading →

After the Keys we drove back on the West (Gulf) coast of Florida to Chokoloskee, a small island in the Gulf of Mexico, bordering the Everglades National Park (and Everglades city) and the Ten Thousand Islands, which is merely known for fishing and kayaking. As we don't fish and do not have a boat, we... Continue Reading →

After staying a long time in Central and West Florida, we drove down US 1 to the "Southern Most Point" of the contiguous US to Key West, in the Florida Keys, 145 km north of Kuba. Key West is famous for its open lifestyle and its many bars and restaurants in Duval Street. Lots of... Continue Reading →

We did a lot of kayaking tours during our year of travel through the USA. But nothing compared to this! We've never seen so much wildlife on a trip and never such beautiful water like in Wekiwa Springs State Park. The water was so clear, you could see everything from fauna to animals down to the... Continue Reading →

As we have been for such a long time in Florida, mainly Fort Myers, we needed to do a short trip to Orlando, to the "Theme Park Capital fo the World". Orlando attracts over 70 million visitors per year and belongs to one of the world's most visited tourist destinations, due to the famous Walt... Continue Reading →

We were so happy, that Dominik's godson ("Göttibueb") and his mum, Dominik's sister, could make it to come visiting us in Florida. We of course wanted it to be the trip of a lifetime for the almost 10 year old boy, so we planned long ahead an exquisite trip through central Florida with visits to... Continue Reading →

Fort Myers and Cape Coral are two towns on the West coast of Florida. In Fort Myers we started off our trip. It's a comfy town, with tons of Germans and Swiss, we even met a friend of Dominik in Publix (grocery store) while shopping! We enjoyed some fun events such as the Cape Bike... Continue Reading →

Myakka River State Park is a huge state park near Sarasota, Florida. It's full with day tourists over the winter months as it's easy accessible from the interstate and all holiday destinations around such as Orlando, Tampa, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Cape Coral etc. The park shows the typical southern vegetation with oak trees, Spanish moss,... Continue Reading →