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The Sunshine City – Saint Petersburg, Florida – an attractive place to live in

We moved to Florida in the early spring of year 2002 and the first destination to check out was Tampa. Since we loved to have beaches nearby and the city of Tampa seemed to have pretty much ocean water around. The next morning after our arrival I bought a detailed map of the city and for my big surprise I did not find beaches almost anywhere on Tampa Bay. So, that was the end of our search for a new place to live in here.

This is how we went on south and stopped in Sarasota – nice and clean city with some of the finest beaches.

During the winter of 2002/2003 while watching the weather forecast on the TV one thing caught my attention. Anytime the temperature showed for Saint Petersburg, which is 40 miles north of Sarasota, was up to several degrees higher than in Sarasota.

Then we decided to take a day or two and visit Saint Petersburg.
…. and we ended up in one one of the most beautiful places in Florida to make it our new home.

Saint Petersburg is situated at the southern part of Pinellas Peninsula, on Florida West Coast.
St.Pete Google map

Surrounded by the waters of Tampa Bay and Gulf of Mexico the city has 244 miles shoreline and intracoastal waterways.

This perfect location also determines the very specific climate conditions – constant breeze cooling down the land summertime and mild winter.

The name Sunshine City comes from one very impressive record in Guinness World Record Book – most consecutive days of sunshine – 768 days that began in 1967.

With its many parks and some of the nicest beaches Saint Petersburg is an ideal place for sport and outdoor recreation.

Some information can be found at the city’s web site St. Pete

Topic to be continued on this blog with facts, information and photos from our home city – Saint Petersburg.

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The Reserve at Lake Pointe, Saint Petersburg, Florida – a perfect example how to preserve nature in our living environment

The urban style of life in the cities isolates us from the nature – from forests, birds, animals and flowers – from the source of life, God gave us for healing and recreation.
Yet some places in Florida still manage to protect the nature as much as possible and preserve the vegetation, maintain the landscape and lakes and protect the birds and animals, including huge alligators.
One such beautiful place is the Reserve at Lake Pointe in Saint Petersburg – Florida.
Along the lakes groups of ibises walk around digging the ground in the search of food, ducks take their morning bath enjoying the water, mother ducks teach baby ducks to swim and great herons are hunting around.

The patios are all decorated with blossoming bushes and huge variety of flowers. Pretty bright colored hibiscuses are seen everywhere because they are better adapted to the dry sandy soil.
For a happy family life a healthy natural environment is the best for adults to get easily rid of the stress after work and for the kids to play outside in the nature and grow up strong and healthy!

It is a real pleasure to live in Florida and enjoy all the beauty of this subtropical country

• Sunny days all year around,
• warm mild climate,
• fresh breeze
• and the song of many birds.
• Many beaches with very fine white like sugar sand
• and warm clear sea water with a nice turquoise color.

The most beautiful flowers blossoming for many months – like Hibiscus, Plumeria tree, Orchid tree, Oleanders, Gardenias and huge variety of many other flowers.

There are many tropical jungle parks in Florida with rare birds and animals – like huge alligators, pink flamingos.

One of the natural wonders of Florida are Florida’s springs with the purest, crystal clear water and rich exotic flora and fauna – ideal for canoing, boating, scuba diving and snorkeling.

Florida is a real tropical paradise!