January 5 - Wandering St. Augustine

We are loving our time in St. Augustine.  There is so much to see and explorer.  
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Loved all the old gates and fences. 
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We saw lots of old and/or historical buildings.
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Some of the old buildings had interesting "cloisters" and patios and we even were able to visit the inside of some historical building museums.
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We stopped at the Flagler College,
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and  later took a tour of the Whetstone Chocolates factory.  They had a recreation of the chocolate line featured in an old I Love Lucy episode.
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We also saw the Bridge of Lions (the lions are copies of the Medici Lions in Rome), 
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While there the ridge opened to allow boat traffic through.  
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We also saw the oldest wooden School House in the US.    
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Today the weather was sunny so we decided to spend more time at the Castillo De San Marcos where we hoped to get better pictures.
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We had good views of the nearby wetland. 
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And wandered around the old town
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and the waterfront. 
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