Before Suen's parents came to visit us, we had no idea about the existence of St Augustine.
Thinking back, we must have been crazy!
If you ever go to Florida, don't ever miss out on visiting St Augustine, also known as the Ancient City or the Nation's Oldest City.
St Augustine has such a long history but I would try to explain briefly (hopefully accurately as well) so that you all won't get too bored. hehe!
Hundreds of years ago, a hot Spanish guy, Ponce De Leon, was on a quest to find for the Fountain of Youth. It was believed that anyone who drank the water from the fountain would never grow old.
In his search, Ponce de Leon stumbled upon the first city of Florida, St Augustine. Being a blurhead, he didn't know that he landed in North America, he thought he landed on some island that had lots of flowers. Also not very creative, he named the island 'La Florida' which meant 'Land of Flowers' in Spanish.
Because hundreds of years ago there was no such thing as DOTA, the old boys got bored easily and found joy sailing from one place to another to bomb and attack each other. Somehow the French boys managed to establish a fort in St Augustine, driving the Spain people out of their territory. And as usual, the Spanish people decided to fight back to protect their land and after bombing here and there, the French people got fried.
However, thats not the end yet. The Bristish people, who enjoy being in every history textbook, decided to cause some trouble and established colonies in Georgia and the Carolinas. To protect Florida from the Brits, Spain authorized the building of a stone fort which has a really u-la-la name, Castillo de San Marcos.
Don't ask me what happened after that cos we had to leave St Augustine which is 3 hours away from Orlando... and... if we were late Krispy Kreme would be out of Glazed Doughnuts. YUM!
haha..
Fountain of Youth
Bluff you-la, it was some random fountain Castillo de San Marcos
Some locals that brought history out to life and some banglas that had no life.
The Old Schoolhouse - boring place
Looks like a cowboy town ya?
Ponce de Leon, founder of La Florida!!
Yo, Leon, how's tha weather up there??Wax statutes that were rejected and left outside the shop
The lighthouse which we circled 3 times wishing for CAP 5
