Living in Palm Beach County is paradise. In the summer the ocean is warm for swimming 80-85 degrees. You can drift around in the water on a noodle or floatie and never get cold. No need to bring a towel – when you leave the water the sun keeps you warm and you dry off quickly. Bring a beach umbrella and a cover ups and pleanty of sunblock. A large brimmed hat and you can float in the ocean all day. Try and do that in the northern ocean water. Up there, even in summer you can’t stay in the water as long without turning blue.

When you live here you can drive all along Ocean Blvd and we get to enjoy all the wonderful beaches, Boynton Beach at the Inlet, Manalapan, Delray Beach are very popular, as are, Lantana Beach, and Ocean Ridge. The beaches in Palm Beach proper are nice and I have a favorite I can’t reveal, but I prefer the quieter beaches with the long stretches of beach to walk along the water and search for treasure or pretty stones and shells.

Today is warm and sunny. A great beach day. the kids went back to school last Monday. They had the next day off due to Tropical Storm Fay. Melbourne FL received over 30 inched of rain!

A best kept secret is how fantastic it is here in summer. If you are thinking of living in South Florida year ’round you won’t be disappointed. If you love the water and being outdoors, you love boating, fishing and plain ‘ol lying out in the sun and sand, then you will enjoy being here.

I live in Lake Worth, FL and here we have our own beach with casino and fishing pier. There is also a recently re-furbished Olympic pool right ther at the beach! Lake Worth is right next door to South Palm Beach. Along that stretch of South Palm are many lovely condominiums. Unlike Miami Beach and Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach has kept the hieght of these buildings lower. So that the typical condo building is more like 6-8 stories tall. You can actually drive along A1A along the Intracoastal and see the water. Something you can’t do in most of Florida uml;ess you get up around Daytona but the beach and the area there i not like here.

The condos in South Palm are plentiful and in this market we are seeing some terrific buys. One thing to keep in mind is this: if you are selling for less in this market you will also be purchasing for less! We as Realtors have to keep on making a point of this to our customers.

We had a quick lunch near the Ferry, then went to Snug Harbor Cultural Center and strolled in the gardens (http://www.snug-harbor.org/horticulture.html). It doesn’t feel like New York City–lush and green.

Another favorite place we didn’t have time for (it is, admittedly, in an out-of-the-way spot) is the Jacques Marchais Tibetan Museum (http://www.tibetanmuseum.org/exhibitions.htm). It’s not well known, but it is amazing! A world-class collection of Tibetan art perched on a hillside…. Not quite the Himalayas, but do wear comfortable shoes for climbing that hill!

This thread is story-rich, so many great stories.

I agree, LinkedIn is indeed wonderful for meeting professionals around the world.

I currently reside in Serbia temporarily, I am working on some projects in here, and I travel a lot all across Serbia, so I don’t stay at one place for too long. Serbia is country with a lot of beautiful places(lakes, forests, parks). From time to time, whenever I have a chance and a lot of work to finish, I take my laptop, go to nearby outdoors, and work in complete wilderness. Once, I was visiting eastern part of Serbia and place that Serbians call Stara Planina(or something like that), just like a tourist, it was summer, and I decided to go into outdoors and work a little(alone and on my own), so I took my laptop, packed up some food, blanket, a tent(just in case if I would need it) and I went toward nearby hilltops that are 4-5 km far from nearby villages( I am not afraid of getting lost, I love adventures!). I reached there, it is such a beautiful place, with no civilisation to be seen nearby. I unpacked, found some large rock, put blanket on it and sit down, relaxed a bit, and fully recovered from fresh air and bird tweets, and then I had a snack. Soon after, I took my laptop and I started working(I am graphic designer by the way). It is amazing how nature helps me to finish work fast, sometimes unexpectably fast. I was working and working, not tired at all, finally, I took energy drink and decided to get up a bit and stare around, and, as soon I got up, first thing that I spotted was big gray wolf right in front of me on some 50 meters staring directly at me and not moving. I was simply stunned, I felt adrenaline rushing, but I remained calm and I didn’t move, I stared at that wolf with both eyes wide open, frozen and a bit confused as to what will happen next, and what should I do. This lasted for some 2-3 minutes, when, on my luck, wolf turned its head on side and slowly walked away downhill, just like that nothing happens. I didn’t pack up and I didn’t run away from there after that event. Later, before evening, I packed up and started walking back toward nearby village where my transport was waiting. On the way down, I saw fox, 2 wild rabbits and 2 snakes(viper and one that I don’t know). What an adventure!

Nature is powerful indeed. When I was alone in there I felt like that nature is speaking to me, like that it is my home, such weird and unexplainable feeling, yet so magical. And yes, I still go in outdoors from time to time!

Regards.

http://www.staraplanina.eu

Here in Minneapolis it is known as the Mini apple. We are a lot like the Big apple, without the smog, traffic issues, and cost of living. We have theater, opera, art museums, sport teams, great colleges, and a safe environment to raise a family. We are very advanced with green living. Recycling, walkways throughout the downtown buildings,green roofs, and the beginnings of natural gas buses. We have lakes throughout the city, bike paths around all the city lakes and connecting St.Paul as well as the cities in the surrounding suburbs. Have I sold you yet? It’s beautiful April through December… but find a southern state to become a true snow bird from January through March. You’ll love Minneapolis and it will Love you. Come and visit or continue your career. We’ll be waiting.

From a loyal Minnesotan

Hope to see you soon

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