We SO deserved a vacation! Actually, we realized that our trip to Tampa Bay was the first vacation we spent as a family since Samu's birth. It was wonderful and just what we needed! From now on, we plan to do this every year.
When we arrived, it was warm but rainy. We didn't mind and started to explore the surroundings of the hotel in Downtown Tampa.
In front of the University of Tampa (!)
View from our balcony
The next day was planned around Samu. We wanted to offer him something special, so we took him to the nearby Children's Museum. On two floors, children were invited to be cityplanners, pilots, chefs, contractors, vets, diner owners, shop assistants, scientists, artists, actors/actresses, technicians, filmmakers, TV hosts and much, much more - or just climb around and play with endless amounts of sand and water in all shapes. It was almost a bit overwhelming for Samu, so we picked a few activities for him that he could focus on.
City planning
Fireman Samu to the rescue!
Without a doubt, the Children's Museum was a highlight, but we needed some adult program afterwards. Marko headed out to explore Ybor City, the center of cigar manufacturers that was founded by immigrants from Cuba, Spain and Italy.
And Hanna spent a lot of time reading (e.g. by the hotel pool) - for pleasure!
Of course we did some animal watching as well, since that's something all of us enjoy.
By then summer temperatures had arrived and we drove to our first beach: Clearwater.
It was just a perfect day - and the last day of 2012.
We were so excited to see a beautiful sunset ... and we thought this was great:
We had no idea what was about to come. The sunset we saw left us breathless. These pictures need no words.
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