On The Road Again with Don and Eileen travel blog

Looking up the 219 St. Augustine lighthouse stairs

The lighthouse keeper's home - from the top of the lighthouse

Tom and Dorothy

View from the lighthouse

View of St. Augustine from the lighthouse

Looking down the lighthouse stairs

The lighthouse

The lighthouse from a convex mirror on the grounds

Eileen, Dorothy, and Tom at our lunch stop

The courtyard of the Ponce de Leon Hotel - now Flagler College

 

Looking up at the Tiffany Dome in the Hotel lobby

The "band plays on" from here - 2 bands actually - on...

One of many Tiffany windows in the dining room

Ponce de Leon - the ladies' parlor

Edison Clock. He signed each of his clocks with a unique signature....

Looking up at a Tiffany chandelier

 

Entrance to the dining room

Presbyterian Church near Flagler College

Presbyterian Church entrance door

Domed ceiling in the church

 

Presbyterian Church windows

 

St. Augustine Cathedral ceiling

St. Augustine Cathedral ceiling

A St. Augustine street scene

Peaceful. Relaxing. St. Augustine Beach

Eileen's cousin, Dan, his wife, Debbie, Eileen and Don

Dan and Debbie

Eileen and her Uncle Arty

Our campsite


We've moved on to St. Augustine on the Atlantic side of Florida. The city is rich with history, nice restaurants, and beautiful beaches. It also offered us a chance to visit with some more of Eileen's family and to meet up with former neighbors of ours from MA, who were visiting for a couple of days.

We toured the Lighthouse, as we had done on a previous visit, walking up the 219 metal, circular stairs. The views from the top are outstanding.

We also toured the historic Ponce de Leon Hotel, which is now Flagler College. We were fascinated with the murals, Tiffany glass, tile, marble and opulence. The hotel rooms are now female dorms. Since the hotel was only one of two with electricity at the time of construction, there were light bulbs in the most interesting places.

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