Gasparilla

So friends, I have now experienced my first Gasparilla party.









It all starts with the Tampa city getting invated by pirates.






And then they walk the streets of Tampa in a parade. A parade that went on for about 3 hours. Wow!
You are not just supposed to look at the parade, you are supposed to gather a treasure, and the treasure is beads that will be thrown to you. Beads in different colours, shapes and lengths. And you have to earn your beads, which is hard work!! I have not been flirting so hard with that many guys in that short amount of time to get that cheap jewelery in my life before. But it was an experience, and so much fun :)
After earing our beads (pain in our necks of the weight) we went for some tapas. And after that it was time for some partying. The night ended at Jackson's at Harbour Island with a couple of drinks. Great drinks by the way... It feelt strange going home at 10 in the evening, but we did start with the first beer at 2. :)

In all, a great day with some serious hard work.

(I know, it looks like I have had one or two many beers to drink. Acctually my first. )

Valentines jewelery

Manatee

This is our little friend that we got the opportunity to pet. He is so cute! Our new pet. :)

Weekly report

So my first week has passed, and everything is just great here.
I have tried to see what Tampa has to offer if you don't have a car, and it is not totaly impossible to get around. I have been to Ybor City, which is the Cuban part of Tampa, and Harbour City, which is a little bit like Östermalm (all of you from Sweden knows what I mean :))

Some of you have asked about picuters of the house that we have our appartment in and some pictures of the appartment. I have still not taken any of the appartment but I will happily attach some pictures of the Harbour Island and the house that we live in. (live in the yellow house)

We did a excursion this weekend, to something called Crystal River. We swan with the manatees and did also have the possibility to pet them. Eventhoug I was realy scared, it was a great feeling!! Can still not imagine that I did it.

After the swiming, which by the way was way to cold, we went to Rainbow River, canoing. Which became another great experience. There were alot of sea-turles and other animals. The water was, as it should have been in Crystal River, crystal clear. You could see everything.

So all in all, I have had a great first week.
Miss you all!

Finally I'm here!

Finally I got to Tampa, it took me a while. Delays in flights and many questions in imigration. But I'm here, and enjoying every minute of it.

The appartment is great, and ofcourse Pontus had filled the fridge with all kind of good things for the first breakfast (as you can see...)


We have had time to see some new made friends of Pontus. They took us to a place called Shell Island yesterday. It was great! The sun was shining, 30 degrees, and we enjoyed with some cold beers in the sun. Could not be better!

I will be back with you shortly with some new updates.