Etecsa Telecommunications Building, Downtown Havana, Thursday, April 13, 2005, 3:32 pm I really gotta hurry, I only have about 28 minutes left on my Internet card so I am going to try to be brief here The last few days have been extremely interesting

One of my husband's favourite places is Florida, since he is an avid golfer and likes to get away from the cold Canadian winter for his birthday in early December For a while now we had planned to visit Orlando, but neither one of us are into theme parks

After I had received a general overview of the history of the Orlando area in the Orange County Regional History Center, I wanted to delve a little deeper into the social history of the Orlando area, and the Wells Built Museum of African American History and Culture was going to give me a more in-depth look into Orlando's African American history

Just a few minutes north of downtown Orlando awaits Winter Park, a charming picturesque suburb steeped in history After my excursion on the Scenic Boat Tour, my local expert Wanda Salerno took me on a little walk through town past beautiful historic neighbourhoods

On this overcast day we decided to explore other areas of Orlando in more detail About 10 minutes north of downtown Orlando is Loch Haven Park, an area that holds a number of major attractions, including theOrlando Museum of Art, the Mennello Museum of American Art as well as the Orlando Repertory Theatre, the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orlando Science Center

Florida has a great amount of biodiversity and nature lovers will enjoy the great variety of plants found in the Sunshine State On our recent trip to Orlando we had a chance to visit several locations with a beautiful parks and gardens, such as the Harry P

On our way home from Orlando, a little more than an hour into our 20+ hour road trip back to Toronto, we stopped in St Augustine, "the nation's oldest city", just north of Jacksonville - indeed the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the United States, having been founded by the Spanish in 1565

My husband loves playing golf and I am myself am pretty decent at the sport So it was a given that we would be playing a few rounds in Orlando

For a real links-style golf experience we discovered the Royal St Cloud Golf Links, located in St

There is no denying it: Ottawa is known is one of the coldest capitals in the world (only as far as temperatures are concerned though) But does that mean you stay at home during the winter and mope