another weekend in florida

for the long weekend, i went to florida (again) to see my ninang aida. this time, i visited her where she lives - in jacksonville. tina accompanied me and greyhound took us to our destination. i booked tickets online and only paid $192 for the two of us - round trip. companion fare at 50% off is a really good deal.

our bus leaves at 1230am so we left for downtown atlanta a little before 10pm friday night - we already expected that we'd take the wrong exits. of course we had a hard time finding the greyhound station but we still made it on time to pick up our tickets (an hour before our scheduled departure). whew!

the atlanta station was chaotic. i was surprised to see a lot (and i mean a lot) of people late in the evening. it seems everyone was going somewhere for the long weekend. well, after 8 hours, we were in jacksonville. ninang aida picked us up and we went to their place to freshen up.. then we went to st. augustine (yup, the one with the haunted bed and breakfast inns). unluckily (or maybe luckily), i wasn't able to join any of the ghost tours. they start at 8pm or later i believe.. and that's too late already since we still have plans to check out the st. augustine premium outlet. i don't have any regrets. i realized the ghost tour might be too much for me.. and, i also got a lot of good stuff for my little babylogs at gymboree.

the historical tour around the city

st. george st. on our way to A1A for lunch

lunch time..

ninang's mailbox.. a few minutes before we left for atlanta (sunday)

we enjoyed our first long weekend in florida.. and we ate a loooot too! i'll post more pictures from tina's camera soon.. you'll see our little filipino fiesta! oh, and my prayers to have longganisa for breakfast was answered!