{"id":363,"date":"2018-01-02T20:42:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T20:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mustbeenplaces.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2018-01-05T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T17:00:21","slug":"florida-in-august-surreal-journey-episode-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mustbeenplaces.com\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"Florida in August – Surreal Journey # Episode 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a nice Breakfast at one of the local “Waffle House” Restaurants near Disney Springs, we drove via Tampa to our new destination – St. Pete Beach.<\/p>\n

First and Foremost – We are no big fans of picture loaded museums.<\/p>\n

There’s one exception. The Dali Museum<\/a> in St. Pete. We have seen the old one during the 90s and have this on our bucket list – just to recapture the feeling and see what has changed over the years.<\/p>\n

But first, we need to get to our Hotel – which is located on one of the finest beaches in Florida – St. Pete Beach. We had chosen the Beachcomber<\/a> to stay for the next three nights to have Culture and Ocean.<\/p>\n

The best of it, it has a nice Beach Front Dining – Jimmy B\u00b4s Beach Bar<\/a> attached.<\/p>\n

When you enter St. Pete Beach – you’ll see one of the most “Kitsch”-Hotels – from outside, I have ever seen (The Don Cesar<\/a>) – and then turn right to the less expensive, but also “directly attached to the beach”-Hotels and Motels.<\/p>\n

My daughter loves american style Doughnuts and we were lucky to find a Donut Shop just across the street from our Hotel Lobby.<\/p>\n

It\u00b4s not that we don’t have Donut Shops in Germany, but it\u00b4s definitely a longer ride to visit one of those as many of our bakeries don’t have authentic stuff rather than our traditional bakery things.<\/p>\n

Coming back to our Hotel: our room was a nice small room with an extra living room (enough place for a couch, fridge and an extra TV), two small beds and a not very spacious bathroom – but enough for two nights. Clean – and near the beach.<\/p>\n

After first acclimatisation, we started to have a short walk along the beach and then entering the Hotel\u00b4s restaurant for something to eat.<\/p>\n

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Jimmy B\u00b4s Bar – located at St. Pete Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We can highly recommend the Burgers and also the Beer battered shrimps. Cocktails and cold drinks are really great here!<\/p>\n

Later on, when darkness rolled in from the sea, we had a little walk on the beach.
\nIt was warm and we could listen to the waves roll in, putting our toes in the warm sand. Relaxing place.<\/p>\n

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Next day we wanted to get some culture. <\/strong><\/p>\n

If you don’t know Salvador Dali\u00b4s Art, you first need to know, it\u00b4s kind of special. Dali was one of the major surrealistic Artists of his time – beneath Miro and Picasso.<\/p>\n

He was a master of a kind and did more than just painting pictures.<\/p>\n

Dali was a brilliant Designer. Did you know that Dali designed the Chuppa Chups<\/a> Logo? Now you know!
\n(If you have the opportunity, visit Dali\u00b4s Place in Spain<\/a> and his wife’s castle “El Pubol”)<\/p>\n

The last time, we visited “The Dali” was in 1998 and the Museum then resided in a refurbished Storage Hall half a mile down the road where it is now.<\/p>\n

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View to St. Pete Yacht Harbour from “The Dali”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“The Dali” Museum, St. Petersburg, FL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Dali\u00b4s Painting “Gala watching the mediterranean Sea from her Window” – Dali painted his wife – but if you have a closer look from far away – you will recognise that this picture shows President Abraham Lincoln with a 128 Pixel Setup. Sorry for nudity in this picture – but it\u00b4s Art!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can see Abraham Lincoln if you close your eyes to a certain extinct – just like you are looking into very very intense light – do you see Mr. Lincoln? We did!<\/p>\n

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The upper floor at the “Dali”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Later on we took the Trolley Tour through St. Pete and this was really fun.<\/p>\n

We understand that the average American Citizen is proud of his country and especially the surroundings older than 50 years. For us european guys it might be a little bizarre, as soon as the tour guide mentions that the church, we are seeing now is old.<\/p>\n

My question: “What to you mean by ‘old’ ?” He counters: “I mean really old, really, really old! This church is from 1913!” – (Sorry folks, I need to disappoint my friends in the US – you can find churches in the old world – England, Ireland, France, Germany and other countries – that are more than thousand years old. This is old.)<\/p>\n

Anyhow – we had fun and we learned at least something from this Tour: Where to find the next german Beergarden in St. Pete<\/strong>! –>\u00a0hofbrauhausstpetersburg.com<\/a><\/p>\n

I had a look on the Menu and it didn’t shock me too much.<\/p>\n

Recommendation for my english speaking friends when entering this place<\/strong>:
\nIf you are going for a German Weisswurst – you find it on the Bavarian Platter – (rather than grilling it – more authentic is to have it as a pair, served in bowl of – hot – bot not boiling – water with a german Weissbeer and a Pretzel as kind of Breakfast or Brunch. And you definitely need to have it before noon)<\/p>\n

Nuernberg Rostbratwurst needs to be grilled – and that’s ok! Have it with hot mustard or better Horseraddish to eat authentic.<\/p>\n

(We have not visited the Hofbrauhaus and our recommendation about bavarian style food is more a general one. If you want to have a try – enter at own risk!)<\/p>\n

Next Stop: Ft. Myers Beach, Sanibel and Captiva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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