Day 23: St Augustine and Atlantic Beach
July 29th 2011 Today we drove about 20miles south to St Augustine, the oldest town in the USA. It was originally a Spanish military settlement, until Spain swapped Florida for Cuba with the British (and then France gave them Louisiana as a consolation prize). First stop we visited the old town fort, Castillo de San Marcos, built in 1672. It was really interesting, although there was a fair amount of 'look at
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