Weekend Road trip

We went for a little road trip this Sunday. It was in the same providence we live but almost a 2 hour drive. Bodrum is especially a popular vacation destination for locals as there is an airport close by, lots of beaches and an active night life in the Summer. 

But now in March it was perfect, we came across these Flamingos in the wetlands.

With all the hate, war and craziness in the world, I too wish I could stick my head underwater and only focus on food and nothing else. 

It was all very peaceful as they are quiet birds.

We also went to a Flea market, picked up some cool Facebook Marketplace finds and even saw a boat race.

The castle in the middle of the city gave some magical vibes.

And I loved coming across this beautiful old carousel.

We had perfect Spring weather with 20 degrees celsius, and felt rejuvenated but tired at the end of the day :)

Newly Listed: Sea Urchin Pearl Ring

Sea Urchin Pearl Ring, Pale Pink Duo Ring US size 7 by StaroftheEast
Fairy Tale Woodland Photo "Baby Birch" Ethereal Forest - Fine Art Photograph Print by missquitecontrary
Large ocean wall art Water landscape photography prints, Sea wave art print, nautical decor by RivuletPhotography
Nature Photography, Tree Photo, Spring Landscape, Pastel Pink, Dreamy, Wall Art by KateRyanFineArt

Merry Christmas!

We wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! The pottery above is made by the owners of the house we are watching. The weather is fantastic here today so we'll have a nice walk in a park today as it is our last day in Tallahassee.

Tallahassee is a very green and widespread city. It is safe and lovely but not a tourist destination at all. If it hadn't been for the house/ pet sit we wouldn't have stayed longer than a day or two but the 10 days flew by and we enjoyed ourselves a lot here.

We visited several cute little historic towns throughout our stay here is the town Havana, a tiny little town, very southern, very quiet.

Like always we visited a few thrift stores, the more isolated places often have the best finds!

The Old Spanish Trail from San Diego, California to St. Augustine -hee painted on the wall- would be great to do, we might do it in the future, we actually have done it partially last year from St. Augustine to New Orleans, but that is just a fraction of this long road!

America is huge and as soon as you are not in a city there is a lot of space, farms, and woods.

We can't get enough of the huge oaks here in the South, some parts are so thickly covered with trees that you can't see the sun, it's quite magical especially when they are adorned with Spanish moss.

This building reminded me of oxidized copper, which I absolutely love.

An old ad, back when Cola was 5cents.

The historic parts are often just one main street as the towns were small, to begin with, and some big houses clearly of rich people. This is the Historic district of Quincy.

At the end of the day, we had an amazing sunset which I, unfortunately, could not really capture.

The next day we went to the St.Marks National Wildlife Refuge. 5$ to enter with a car, 1$ by bike and absolutely amazing. It was very large and everyone there was there to enjoy the birds and nature (lots of bird watchers). You could stop to take pictures as everyone was driving very slow and as the weather wasn't perfect it wasn't crowded.

It was a magical place and very calming.

Lots of birds, a cool Belted Kingfisher on a dried-out tree.

This bird stayed like this, I think it wanted to make itself look big towards us, not sure.

Apparently, there had been a fire a while back as a part showed remains of that, I guess at a very dry time as it was very wet there now.

Remainings of a pier had become a hotspot for pelicans.

 Walking among the dunes where the smaller birds were.

The St.Marks Lighthouse.
The lighthouse and this area have quite the history, if interested you can read it here.

Someone had taken the time to make the deer signs into Rudolf signs for Christmas which was really funny in the mostly very natural environment.

All roads around here are various stages of green, even in the city of Tallahassee, we love it.

An abandoned fairytale-like house.

With even an abandoned car, I wonder what happened there.

We came across this beautiful river while driving back to Tallahassee.

And some quirky garden ornaments.

Merry Christmas again, I hope you enjoyed our trip :)!