With the New Year came Vicki's sister Marie for a week's visit, particularly beneficial for her knowledge of the area: she was a resident in nearby St. Cloud for some years before moving to Knoxville. We undertook a number of excursions to see the sights.
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Some vintage mid-century Florida architecture, Orange World; most
of these tourist traps have failed and the buildings have been abandoned...
but not Orange World... |
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Our visit to downtown Orlando began as a bus ride, the main purpose
of which was to get our senior citizen discount bus passes at the terminal;
from there we walked to the Lake |
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| Lots of Deco Echo to look at |
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| Also some arguably real if modest Art Deco |
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| Orange County; originally, Mosquito County, Marie said |
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| The Catholic cathedral |
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| Actual tympanum on one of the non-Catholic churches |
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| Greek Orthodox |
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| Appropriate frowny-faced Pantokrator |
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| Truly profound juxtaposition of religious symbols |
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| City Christmas tree (no oranges) |
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| On the shore of Lake Eola, Orlando's downtown lake |
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| Birds |
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The flying saucer that crashed here in 1948 (parts of the superstructure
are now at Space Mountain) |
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More Deco Echo, The Paramount on Lake Eola, with
a welcome Publix; the farthest extent of our walk;
built 2008 |
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| Egyptian Deco Echo? |
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| Found nearby |
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| More Echo |
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| More Deco; but enough for us |
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