Back In Key West

For our anniversary and Bruce’s birthday, we booked what they call back to back cruises. The first one was four days and the second was three days.

We are still on Celebrity Reflection and have our original stateroom. For our anniversary and Bruce’s birthday the ship gave us wine and sweets.

We stopped by Truman’s Little White House. Although we did not take the tour it was very interesting.

It was interesting reading about Truman. I did not know that FDR did not tell his Vice President about the Manhattan Project – developing the atomic bonb. He found out the day he was sworn in.

There are so many interesting homes in Key West.

We stopped at the Wicked Lick for ice cream, coffee and banana bread. Bruce had Mexican Vanilla., which means the vanilla beans came from Mexico.

Daniel owns Doing Work Coffee and he shared with us his love of coffee as well as serving foods on and in biodegradable vessels.

The banana bread was the best I ever had and if you are on Duval Street, you must try a delicious piece.

By the way, the fork is made of corn. It is very solid but will break down in a short period of time.

Of course, no visit to a city is complete without a church. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Key West is located on Duval.

After church and lighting a candle we made our way to the Ernest Hemingway House. Known for the polydactyl cats having an extra claw, there are supposedly 57 cats many of which have the extra claw, on the estate.

We took a short tour in the house.

Ernest Hemingways writing room contained the typewriter he wrote many of his books on.

The grounds were lovely with an Olympic size pool.

The cost to tour the home and grounds was $17.

Interesting homes and buildings along the way. One being the Enchanted Tiki Home.

Before we headed back to the ship we stopped in First Flight for some conch fritters. They were pretty good and the service was great.

Key West is really a cool place to visit with lots to do!

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