visit unique places in Florida

We visited Morikami Museum And Japanese Gardens on Mother’s Day.

I recommend it highly especially if you are interested in Japanese culture. Every step brings something new and beautiful to see. Definitely get the hand-held tour “guide”. Learning about the philosophy of the gardens and the steps taken to create them adds a lot to the experience.

I’m going to start with locations in Miami. The first on the list is the Cloisters of the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux.

According to the book, this is a Spanish Monastery shipped to the U.S. by William Randolph Hearst. It was destined for his San Simeon castle in California, but the customs agents in Florida would not release the 10,751 crates because they were worried about hoof-and-mouth bacteria in the packing hay.

The history 

I found this book in my pile of books to give away! I think I remember buying it back when I first got divorced and thought now I’ll be able, finally, to visit some of the places I’ve wanted to see, and go to other interesting places.

Unfortunately, I haven’t overcome this reluctance to go places alone, and there hasn’t been anyone to go with. I dated people but none of them seemed to want to go anywhere.

So, now that’s all going to change if I can help it…. which I should be able to!

The book is broken up by section so SouthEast Florida will be first.