St. Augustine – North America’s oldest city
St. Augustine was founded in 1565 and has the title of the oldest city in North America. It is a fairly small city (population approx 30,000) and it is packed with historic buildings and sights.
We had originally planned to stay a week and spend our days surfing and sightseeing. A cold front blew in with very cool temps, high winds and rains so we dropped the surfing idea and packed in 2 very full days of sightseeing!
Over the two days we checked out the Visitors Centre, the Pirate Museum, the Government House, the Castillo de San Marcos, the Colonial Quarters and wandered around the old historic town checking out buildings and seeing the sights.
On Friday night we checked out the Light up the Nights display (on National Geographic’s Top 10 light display list), caught an outdoor magic show at the Colonial Quarters and wandered historic St. George Street checking out the cool shops and comparing weapons with other fellow pirates…
We also had fun experiencing different foods while here – we tried fried alligator, fried green tomatoes and chocolate covered bacon. Fried Alligator was a hit – almost like a white fish, definitely not like chicken. Fried Green tomatoes were “OK” – I had higher hopes for them. Chocolate covered bacon was a thumbs down, which was a surprise based on it combining 2 favourite things…
