2012 January | Freelance Tourist: Travel Tips

Pirate’s Adventure Free Birthday Dinner

Posted by freelancetourist, on January 28th, 2012

Travel Tips: Love Delightful Birthday Present

Entering dinner theater Pirates dinner adventure Photographer Eileen Ludwig

Great way to celebrate Birthday weekend with a few Pirates, wenches, a ship like stage, and dinner. New show was fun and entertaining. This is a very interactive show with audience participation encouraged. Audience is divided into teams by color. The purple team did not fair well. Throwing the bundles up to the pirates was an epic Fail.

Purple team pirate introduction Pirates dinner adventure Photographer Eileen Ludwig

The stage show is active and going on the whole time you eat with damsels or as they called them wenches in . . . → Read More: Pirate’s Adventure Free Birthday Dinner

Reading Travel Bloggers – a few at a time

Posted by freelancetourist, on January 27th, 2012

Travel Tips: Pick a few bloggers to read most for a year

There are so many great travel writers out on the Internet. Are there really top travel bloggers? No! I say now but when I started I thought there were. Now I just pick a few to follow for some time. How do you pick a few? For me, I looked back at whose sites I seemed to go to regularly and want to go read. There is limited time each week so finding only a few keeps me busy. These travel bloggers each setup up their site differently with pictures and stories mixed my eye can wander when short on time or spend time reading. We have shared many sunsets.

There a tons of terrific travel bloggers beyond this short list. Find the ones you like this year and let us know. Or tell us who you like to follow and why? Introduce us to new travel bloggers!

Perkins Restaurant Free Birthday Breakfast

Posted by freelancetourist, on January 26th, 2012

Travel Tips: Free Birthday Food during birthday month extends celebration

Perkin’s is a place I associate with French Silk Pie so smooth and chocolate delicious. Signed up for emails and got invite for Breakfast Free Magnificent Seven. The Magnificent Seven is their lowest cost breakfast at $4.99.

Magnificent Seven Perkin’s Restaurant and Bakery Photographer Eileen Ludwig

Two eggs, three fluffy pancakes, 2 bacon or sausage and that makes seven. Very special is the syrup is served warm, yes, warm like you were in Vermont or something. The eggs were lovely and not dry. The bacon was nice and crisp. Those pancakes with the warm syrup means I will have to return.

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Artsfest FREE Ticketed Non-Ticketed Florida

Posted by freelancetourist, on January 23rd, 2012

Freelance Tourist: Travel Tips Free cultural events are worth the effort

ArtsFest logo Courtesy of ArtsFest

Arts festival FREE worth the effort to go. For ticketed limited events there is a lottery. For no-shows be there a half hour before to see if no one shows up. For non- ticketed events just show up. These events are held across four counties over the month of February every year. The lottery is new this year. Last year the computers crashed and most tickets were gone in the first few minutes if you could be online.

Video on YouTube advertising the ArtsFest

As you decide on events and register, remember the concerts at the theme parks start in February. Last year I forgot and signed up for one ticketed event I had to cancel because I was going to a great concert at SeaWorld and . . . → Read More: Artsfest FREE Ticketed Non-Ticketed Florida

Outstanding Real Music Series Busch Gardens

Posted by freelancetourist, on January 22nd, 2012

Travel tips: Enjoy concerts, dancing, and walking

Real Music Series Stage Busch Gardens

Love the Real Music Series at Busch Gardens Tampa, Florida with a variety of bands spanning several decades over three months. The Real Music Concert Series presents notable names from music’s most memorable eras. From swingin’ big bands to sock-hop era idols, the lineup features something for everyone. Incredible sounds of swing, blues, jazz, pop, rock ‘n roll, and disco. Shows are held at 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday at the Stanleyville Theater.