Tarpon Springs was once known as the Sponge Capital of the world because of the harvesting and processing of natural sponges from the gulf. To create a successful business in the area, many Greeks experienced in the sponge business were enticed to move to the area. With the large Greek population comes EXCELLENT food!!! I had the best gyro I had ever had at Helles in Tarpon Springs. The pasteries for sale in the bakery were also fantastic.
While in Tarpon Springs, we went on a nature cruise with Sun Line Cruises. It was a fun and inexpensive way to get a cruise on the gulf and watch the bottlenose dolphins. This cruise is highly recommended because of the naturalist on board.
What is the shipwreck in the first picture?
ReplyDeleteThe wrecked shrimping boats were victims of hurricane Katrina. They were moved to Tarpon Springs for repair. The owner did not come up with money for repair so they are sitting in the harbor collecting "tickets" for being illegally parked. The "tickets" are $25/day and so far they have accumulated $75k in tickets. It would probably be cheaper to fix them :)
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That seems kind of unfair! : (
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