04/02: Downtown St. Augustine .... again
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
This morning it was very foggy, so foggy that when I was walking on the beach I could either see the waves or see the buildings --- not both. We postponed our visit to downtown by a couple of hours in hopes the fog would lift.
When we drove in the harbor looked eerie, so the boys went and took a photo of the old Spanish ship. The first tourist attraction we saw when we came to town was the Fountain of Youth. When we bought our trolley package, tickets to the Fountain of Youth were included, so we here we are again.
There were two main attractions for the boys .... the cannon firing (they saw the cannon being fired three times) and the peacocks.
Don't I look beautiful, front ....
and back.
One place we haven't walked yet around was the Mission Nombre de Dios and Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche. As the fog had finally cleared we thought we'd stop and walk around.
The first thing we came to was a platform for a statue but without the statue .... so we made our own.
Borrowing some text from the their web page: Mission Nombre de Dios traces its origins to the founding of the City of St. Augustine, America’s oldest city, in 1565. On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed and proclaimed this site for Spain and the Church. It was here that Menéndez knelt to kiss a wooden cross presented to him by Father Francisco López de Mendoza Grajales, chaplain of his expedition. It was on these grounds that Fr. López would celebrate the first parish Mass and begin the work at America’s first mission. It was at this sacred spot that the Spanish settlers would begin the devotion to Our Lady of La Leche that continues into the present.
Chapel of Our Lady of Leche
We went to the Sunset Grill for dinner again --- third time in three weeks. We really enjoy this restaurant. Ed had the Sunset Grouper and I had Fish and Chips, with the coleslaw exchanged for a salad and the chips exchange for Spinach and Cheese Grits. Once again the food was delicious.
When we drove in the harbor looked eerie, so the boys went and took a photo of the old Spanish ship. The first tourist attraction we saw when we came to town was the Fountain of Youth. When we bought our trolley package, tickets to the Fountain of Youth were included, so we here we are again.
There were two main attractions for the boys .... the cannon firing (they saw the cannon being fired three times) and the peacocks.
Don't I look beautiful, front ....
and back.
One place we haven't walked yet around was the Mission Nombre de Dios and Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche. As the fog had finally cleared we thought we'd stop and walk around.
The first thing we came to was a platform for a statue but without the statue .... so we made our own.
Borrowing some text from the their web page: Mission Nombre de Dios traces its origins to the founding of the City of St. Augustine, America’s oldest city, in 1565. On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed and proclaimed this site for Spain and the Church. It was here that Menéndez knelt to kiss a wooden cross presented to him by Father Francisco López de Mendoza Grajales, chaplain of his expedition. It was on these grounds that Fr. López would celebrate the first parish Mass and begin the work at America’s first mission. It was at this sacred spot that the Spanish settlers would begin the devotion to Our Lady of La Leche that continues into the present.
Chapel of Our Lady of Leche
We went to the Sunset Grill for dinner again --- third time in three weeks. We really enjoy this restaurant. Ed had the Sunset Grouper and I had Fish and Chips, with the coleslaw exchanged for a salad and the chips exchange for Spinach and Cheese Grits. Once again the food was delicious.