Conexión Florida March 2018

Here’s our Conexión Florida article for March.

Don’t you just love tourists? Well, we probably should as not only do they provide income directly for many of us here along the northern Gulf Coast, but also contribute a huge amount in taxes to our areas. More than that, whenever we travel to a new area either on vacation or to visit friends and family, we take the role of tourists ourselves.

The first real tourists (as opposed to explorers, adventurers and other less desirable world wanderers!) were the children of wealthy families in Europe in the 1700s.  To keep them out of trouble and hopefully provide them with some classical education, they were sent off on what was termed The Grand Tour………….

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