In Siesta Key we met the Lumiukko Family: Aquilo, Glacia and their daughter Stella-Maris. They belong to a minority of snowmen and -women in Florida. There aren’t many left in this region of the United States and those who remain have managed to adapt to the harsh climate. 300 years ago lots of snowmen and -women emigrated from Iceland and Greenland to the United States searching for a better life. Most of them stayed in Alaska or moved to Canada, but…
We’ve spent the last four days in Siesta Key close to Sarasota. A beautiful little island with the most perfect beaches we’ve seen so far. Very broad and with sand like powdered sugar – so white, it almost looks like snow. With lots of wildlife to watch, funny shorebirds running around. And a sunset that’s breathtaking. There is also a small village with cute little cafés, shops and restaurants. Quite touristy, but not exaggerated like Key West. All in all a…
leaf We spent the night before our visit in the Giant Forest in a small gateway town called Vaseline. We had never heard to it before, nor did our Lonelyplanet tell us anything about it. A bit like the Bielefeldverschwörung (Bielefeld conspiracy) but the other way around. For those of you how don’t know the Bielefeld conspiracy, Bielefeld is a City in Germany that doesn’t exist, everybody seems to know somebody that has been there, but haven’t been there themselves, and…