Florida Culture for the Week of July 23 by Josh Garrick
Now through August 5 – The 6th Annual Target Family Theatre Festival
The London Olympics are around the corner and some of you reading this may just be in situ to enjoy them. If you are looking for activities other than sport whilst in England and happen to be a wine lover too, then don’t feel you have to hop over the English channel to satisfy your wine travel lust. You can stay right there in England and be in for a treat, even on an easy day trip from London.
“Las Tortugas” that’s what Christopher Columbus first called three islands he spotted in the Caribbean Sea May 10, 1503. He recorded that the islands were “full of tortoises, as was the sea about, inasmuch as they looked like little rocks.” Turtles were so plentiful on the islands, that legend has it sailors avoided them, thinking they were haunted: Apparently, there were so many turtles along the shores and banks of the islands that from a distance the land appeared to be moving.
Iceland is a unique and exotic destination. Settled by Vikings thousands of years ago, the country is a natural treasure trove. She has weaved her way in and out of history, starting of course with the Viking settling, playing a small role in WWII (housing the British), and is also home to singer Bjork. Largely though, Iceland has been out of the way, isolated way up north.
A MOST IM-PORT-ANT CITY
Oh, I delight in English weather
Just in case there’s any doubt,
If not for all the wind and rain
There’s naught else, to talk about.
If your summer travel plans include taking your pet along on road trips, hikes or even walks through city centers, it is important to be aware that heatstroke is a real risk.
I write this outside on the floor of my old porch, wind tugging at
the trees, shadows playing on the grass. I moved into a new house
yesterday but there’s no internet there yet.
It was the quintessential summer evening - the gloaming coming on slowly, tinting the sky with pinks and oranges. The rise and fall of the cricket chorus. A warm night, with a slight breeze. The buzz of a small biplane, going by. And, of course, outdoor theatre!