The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida

Dining room at The Breakers.

One of the highlights of our recent trip to Florida was a visit to the famous hotel, The Breakers, in Palm Beach.  I'll share some of the photos with you.

My three cousins in front of the Hotel.

Beautiful floral arrangement in entry way.

Handpainted ceiling.

Lovely fountains.

Cousins looking out over the beach.

Me having a rest.

Lovely walkway along the sea wall.

Sitting area overlooking the green.

Now I've added to my "bucket list", a night at The Breakers with Dan.

Visiting Banjo in West Palm Beach

Elizabeth's dog, Banjo.

Two of my cousins from Maryland, Joan and her son Rick, came down south to visit us in Raleigh, and the three of us made a quick trip down to visit Joan's granddaughter, Elizabeth, in West Palm Beach.  I never know quite how to indicate the relationship of cousins.  I know that Joan is my first cousin, so I think that makes Rick my first cousin once removed and Elizabeth my first cousin twice removed.  At any rate I call them all my cousins.

Elizabeth and Banjo.

We drove down in one very long day.  The trip was uneventful until just after Jacksonville where we ran into a terrible rain storm that continued all the way to West Palm.  Rick and I alternated driving, but I happened to be driving that last leg and it was quite stressful in the rain.  But we arrived safely.

View from Elizabeth's townhouse.

Elizabeth's office door.

Elizabeth is finishing her first year teaching at  Palm Beach Atlantic University.  We visited the campus which is quite beautiful.

Photo from Wikipedia.

Photo from the Palm Beach Atlantic University website.

Stay tuned for other blogs about our fun visit to West Palm Beach.

The Water Taxi in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Dan says that to him Fort Lauderdale is a cross between Las Vegas and Venice, Italy, and today we explored the "Venice" aspect of it. I might add that Dan likes Venice.   A cruise down the Intracoastal Waterway in the Water Taxi with the possibility of hopping on and off with our day tickets provided several hours of nice scenery, pleasant weather and good food. 

The Water Taxi.

Lots of highrises.

Beautiful homes.

Patrick enjoying the cruise.

Broiled red snapper for lunch.at the Bahia Cabana.

Key lime pie for dessert.

Pat with this "handsome dude". He almost looks real.

Lots of really big yachts.

Dan waiting for the Water Taxi as we headed back to our hotel.

Tomorrow we head for Naples and the west coast of Florida crossing over the Everglades which I've never seen.  Stay tuned.