Just another day in paradise...

At the beach, just another day in paradise!



Hello my friends,

This is a picture to warm up your hearts, to enjoy and to dream about your next vacation. I have captured this photo at one of the beaches in Key West on a perfect day.

Actually, all the days are perfect down there - or almost perfect if there are no Hurricanes and other bad weather. I loved Key West very much, I was living there for more than 7 years and I've enjoyed my life on the island.

Thank you so much for your comments to my post of that Capricorn from yesterday.
See you here again tomorrow?

Susanne


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Key West Caleidoscope

The charming architecture of Key West

Bougainvilleas and palm trees

A blue house on Flagler Avenue

Dog's Beach

90 Miles to Cuba

The Southernmost Point is a very busy spot, hard to get a picture there - without people!

The wonderful Southernmost Hotel

The Southernmost Hotel and Museum

The Southernmost Beach

Tennessee Williams was here too...

Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville Restaurant and shop on Duval

Parrotheads know this song...right?

The motto of Key West is this one!

A street artist is selling his work

To get easy around in Key West is the best to rent a bike.....

...or to ride the scooter.

I hope I could show you some new impressions of this little island. Tomorrow I will show you a little bit of the "crazy" site of the town. Stay tuned..... I'll be back. :)

Thank you for all your comment, my friends!

We arrived in Key West - again!

After leaving Titusville FL and spending a night on a parking lot of a Wal-Mart in Florida-City, we arrived in the Florida Keys.
And this is now the breathtaking, turquoise color of the Gulf of Mexico in the Keys! Every time I see it it's more overwhelming for me - it is so beautiful and the colors are real my friends and no Photoshop at all! It IS that beautiful!!!

Driving over the Seven-Mile-Bridge is always very impressiv,
to the left the is the deep blue Atlantic and on the other site the turqouise blue
Gulf of Mexico.
To the right you can see some of the old Seven-Mile-Bridge.

After a 150 miles drive from the mainland you'll arrive in Key West and you will see this welcome sign entering the island.

And of course, our first stop was on Memorial Beach to "suck in" the beauty of this carribean island! :)

The next morning we got up early again to see the stunning sunrise in Key West. And we were not the only one there. As you can see it in the picture, there were some "love birds" already enjoying each other in the rising sunlight. :)

I know now how beautiful sunrises are!

Morning has broken.... what a beautiful morning!

And there were also "other birds" enjoying the warm sunbeams.

We are now visiting good old friends here in Key West, that's why I'm able to post some pictures again to share with you all the beauty. Thank you Susan (my best friend in Key West!) for your great hospitality!!

I will show you later maybe more photos about this little crazy island Key West - I did a lot of them....LOL... they will be good picture material for my next book. :)

The Beach and a Great Restaurant

Dog’s Beach – Louie’s Backyard

OK, its a small chunk of beach right beside Louie's Backyard, but its a great place to let your dog swim. You will meet many locals who bring their pets for a daily swim. This land is city owned and cleaned only by the responsible pet owners who use it - so remember to clean up after your dog and maybe after someone else who forgot :-) !

NOTE: Louie's Backyard bar called the Afterdeck is pet friendly up until 5pm when dinner is served. This is my favorite Sunday afternoon cocktail hangout! Enjoy!

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Louie's Backyard or The Afterdeck

Nestled amid blooming bougainvillea on a lush slice of the Gulf, Louie's remains one of the most romantic restaurants on earth. Famed chef Norman Van Aiken of Norman's in Miami brought his talents farther south and started what has become one of the finest dining spots in the Keys. As a result, this is one of the hardest places to score a reservation: Either call way in advance or hope that your hotel concierge has some pull. After dinner, sit at the dockside bar and watch the waves crash, almost touching your feet, while enjoying a cocktail at sunset. You can't go wrong with the fresh catch of the day, or any seafood dish, for that matter. The weekend brunches are also great. If you can't stay for dinner, go for lunch; this is one dining experience you won't want to miss.

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A visit to the Beach

A visit to the Beach

Higgs Beach in Old Town Key West is a favorite hangout for locals. Although it is probably not the best swimming beach on the island, it has all the other nostalgic charm of a laid back Key West setting. There are beach chair and umbrella rentals available. There is also a bar and restaurant on the beach, volleyball courts, grills for cookouts,
famous sunning pier and free tennis courts.

Tropical Beach Scenes

I'm back to my "good old" Palm pictures again.... The pictures are new, but the subject is "old". And I have to tell you again: I love palm trees!

Single palm at Smather's Beach on a cloudy day

That looks like rain out there on the horizon!

Smather's beach is normally empty on a day like this....

...except a sleeping beach bum who is dreaming there on the bench, probably about some better days he had in the past.

Beaches and Palms

Single palm tree in evening light

Empty beach - where are all the tourists gone?

At noon in Fort Zachary Taylor.

Look up to the sky - but watch out for falling cocos nuts.

Palm group at Smather's Beach in the last sunbeams of a hot and humid day in paradise.

What a beautiful Day!

It's just another day in paradise!

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Beach View in Pastel

Beach view at Smathers Beach in lovely pastel colors after sunset.

Eine in ein liebliches Pastell getuenchte Strandlandschaft an Smather's Beach, nach Sonnenuntergang.

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Romantic Sunset...

A romantic sunset at Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West.

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Up up to the Sky...

Look up in the sky and see all the palms in the Florida clouds - this is a tropical view at Smathers Beach in a warm, Sunday evening sunset light. This is the picture of Florida that I always have in my mind.

Wenn ich an Florida denke, kommt mir dieses Bild in den Sinn: Palmen die sich wiegen im Abendlicht und die so typischen Floridawolken am Himmel, alles abgestimmt in einer farblichen Harmonie.

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Sunset at Smather's Beach

Pastel colors, captured in the very last sunbeams at Smathers Beach in Key West. I call this picture "Palm Cuortains".

Ich nenne dieses in schoenen Pastelltoenen gehaltene Bild "Palmen-Vorhang". Es entstand in den allerletzten Sonnenstrahlen an Smather's Beach, nachdem die Sonne bereits seit einigen Minuten untergegangen war.

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Burning Sky

It's like heaven on earth.... a after sunset picture at Fort Zachary Taylor

Himmel auf Erden oder brennender Horizont. Fotografiert nach Sonnenuntergang draussen im Fort Zachary Taylor.

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Palms, Palms, Palms

Palms at Smather's Beach

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Morning breeze...

Can you hear the morning breeze...?

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Key West Beach

Sunday Morning at Smather's Beach

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Touring around in Key West

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Conch train tours in Key West is a must to do. This will give you a small impression about our pretty island with all the pretty conch houses and the beaches, the small pittoresque lanes, the landmarks of Key West and of course all the famous bars on Duval Street. Everything what you have to see in a short time you will get it.

Dieser kleine "Conch Train" faehrt rund um die Insel mit Stops an diversen Sehenswuerdigkeiten und Kuriositaeten, vorbei an den schoenen so typischen Key West "Conch-Haeusern" runter zu den Beaches, durch all die kleinen schmalen sehenswerten Gassen und natuerlich darf auch Duvalstrasse nicht fehlen, dort wo all die Bars und Vergnuegunslokale sind. Alles was man in einer kurzer Zeit sehen moechte, bekommt man in einer 90 minuetigen und interessanten Fahrt zu sehen.