St. Augustine, Florida

This old city, settled by the Spaniards in 1565, makes it the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in America.  We parked at the Visitors Center which is located near to old city gates.  We spent most of the day walking up and down the streets of the old town.  We stepped into a shop or two, a hotel, and a French bakery.  Generally we like to look in the old churches, as well, but being as Sunday services were in progress, we just enjoyed from the outside.  The farther we walked from the Visitor Center, the newer the town became.  It was all still old, but we left behind the original Spanish area and explored the homes, shops, and hotels of the 1700s.

Cordova Hotel, 4 stars

Instead of being real wordy today, I’m just going to let the pictures and their captions tell the story.

St Joseph Academy

The old public market is now Plaza Park

City Gates

An old teacher in front of an old schoolhouse

The old Government building is now the Visitor Center

We are pretty tired puppies this afternoon.  I bet we don’t do much but sit in our chairs this evening.  The weather will determine what we do tomorrow.

Enjoy the photos.