Trip to Tampa

Last weekend we had the privilege of attending our nephews wedding. It was at the beautiful Davis Island Garden club. It was right on an inlet on Tampa Bay. It was beautiful!

We had lunch at the original Columbia restaurant. The food was amazing. We ate tapas, cesar salad with grilled chicken, The Caesar dressing was made from scratch and you could taste the anchovies and Parmesan, lobster enchiladas, spinach artichoke and Parmesan stuffed mushrooms, and my husband had a ropa vieja(pull beef student onions Green peppers and tomatoes with a side of yellow rice and peas ), and the icing on the cake was the scallops Casimiro. Delicious!

Then we went to the Tahitian hotel. The room was spacious and clean. However the shower did not work, and the noise from the hall and in the room was very loud because everything was tile and there was no carpet. We slept fairly well. However at 8 AM the music by the pool was blaring, and even after putting the do not disturb sign on the door the maid knocked to see if we needed anything. I was tired from the wedding the night before and could not believe that this person not only knocked on the door she proceeded to laugh at me when I told her how rude I thought it was. I went and complained to the manager and his comment to me was oh well. Needless to say we will never stay there again.

Sunday afternoon we went to the MOSI Museum of science. That was also a wonderful experience. There is far more to do then even one day can entail. They have a ropes course and a zip line, they have IMAX theater, and they have various displays at come and go throughout the entire year. Our daughters favorite part was the butterfly garden. I highly recommend a visit to this museum if you have the chance. If you have a science center membership  elsewhere in Florida the MOSI museum is included in that reciprocal membership program.

Our Safari is over for now. I look forward to sharing what happens on our next adventure.