Florida Holocaust Museum

St Petersburg, Florida -  One of my bucket list is to visit this Florida Holocaust Museum.  With an entrance fee of USD 16 for such a small museum it was very expensive.   Furthermore, the 2nd floor was undergoing renovations.

Florida Holocaust Museum

Nazi in Power

Wannsee Conference

Conference to coordinate the extermination of Jews in Europe.  Before WWII there were 9 million Jews and 6 million Jews were executed by Germans.

Carriage that brought the Jews to their death

You are my Witness

Artwork on the 3rd floor

Lunch @ 400 Beach Seafood and Tapa

St Petersburg, Florida - I asked the tour counter of Dali Museum where to get good seafood and she recommended highly 400 Beach Seafood and Tapa restaurant.   This restaurant had good reviews and they seem to market pretty well, even has a spot on the tourist guide & map.   If this is the best St Pete have, then they have not tried Dunedin's seafood restaurants.

Clam Chowder

Jumbo prawns meal

The Jumbo prawns was grilled tasted fresh and really good.  The rice was very dry and the vegetables are blanched and not really tasted.   For a seafood restaurant, I would expect that they would have a number of fish dishes on their lunch menu but was told that it's only available for dinner.

Dali Museum

St Petersburg, Florida - The art pieces by Salvator Dali was amazing - a must visit by everyone to St Petes.   I was fortunate to arrive at a timing when a free conducted tour was going on and it brought a meaning to the art pieces.

Dali Museum

“Modesty is not my specialty. Dalí is only good because the other painters are so bad." -  Salvador Dali 

Lincoln in Dalivision

Dali painted a portrait of a naked lady back looking out through a window but when I took the picture, it was pixel into a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

With the conducted tour guide it was so interesting and he dwell into the genius of this artist.  Every aspect of the artwork has a meaning.

Desceration

The Average Bureaucrat

The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus

The Hallucinogenic Toreador

This was one of Dali's masterpiece which took more than a year to complete.
To me this was an amazing piece of art, it was surreal to me upfront.
Right at the bottom is the dog.
Slightly up is the bull.
The faces of the matador is within the shades of green and red.

The Three Ages

The first face has an old lady and an old man
The 2nd has a teenager
The 3rd is an infant

An amazing exhibition...

St Petersburg

St Petersburg, Florida -  Today, I decided to go to St Pete (that's what the local call this city) because my colleagues and people I meet say you have to go there.   First of all, I like to know where this city go its name.  I asked a Uber driver that lives there and he had no idea....so I asked Google!

St Pete borrowed it's name from the original St Petersburg in Russia.  St. Petersburg was founded in 1888 by John C. Williams, who purchased the land, and by Peter Demens (was a Russian immigrant), who brought the railroad industry into the area.  As a part of a coin toss bet, the winner, Peter Demens, named the land after Saint Petersburg, Russia,

It took 30 mins by Uber to reach St Petes via the highway and once you reached the city beauty surrounds you with manicured parks, beautiful trees, piers, yachts, etc...since it is a city you have the high rise condos along the waterfront.

My original intention to come so early and participate in the St Petes Saturday morning market but did not realise that it was closed during summer.   My colleagues and strangers are not aware that it was closed except an old man selling drinks beside the park whom I asked.

Plan B was to go to Dali Museum about a 10 minutes from where I was..

Dinner @ Phoedin restaurant

Dunedin, Florida - I was hankering for something new and maybe Asian.  I browse the restaurant list and came across Phoedin - hmmm sounds Vietnamese & Dunedin.   Also this restaurant is very near my hotel.

Phoedin 

The sun was so hot today and I was sweating when I ordered my dinner.  A very limited list of menu, some Japanese dishes like Edamame or Gyoza.  Also have Korean and Chinese dishes.

I just ordered Vietnamese good because the owner and daughters are Vietnamese.   I ordered 2 fresh spring rolls @ USD2 each and Bun Cha.   Both dishes tasted really good.

Bun Cha

Lunch @ Mana Mana Middle Eastern

Clearwater, Florida - Just around the corner of my office is a small Middle Eastern restaurant called Mana Mana.  Today will be my second time eating middle eastern food at this restaurant.  I tried Falafel Pita the last time and it really tasted very good - it has so much flavour.

Falafel is a deep-fried ball, doughnut or patty made from ground chickpeas, fava beans, or both. Falafel is a traditional Middle Eastern food and commonly served in a pita, which acts as a pocket, or wrapped in a flatbread known as taboon; "falafel" also frequently refers to a wrapped sandwich that is prepared in this way.

Shawarma in a Pita

But today, I tried Shawarma Pita (is a soft, slightly leavened flatbread baked from wheat flour).  Shawarma are thin cuts of lamb, chicken, turkey, beef, veal, or mixed meats are stacked in a cone-like shape on a vertical rotisserie. As it rotates and the outside cooks continuously, thin slices are shaved off.   I ate everything as it was really tasty.

Sunset @ Dunedin Marina

Dunedin, Florida - After my dinner, I walked to the pier and watch the sunset over the horizon.   It was a beautiful sight.

Sunset on the horizon

Beautiful sunset