It has been a crazy and wonderful time, since Nelson and I have moved to the Orlando area. We have been finding our way around which is very important when you leave a place you have lived and worked for many years and start your life some place new.
We have joined both the Lake Nona Regional Chamber of Commerce and the East Orlando Chamber of Commerce, if you take a look at our website you will see our links to these organizations. Many of you already know that we are very involved in the communities that we live, and try and work hard to give back as well. Those that are new to us, we are very busy involved with many organizations that support the areas where we live.
Being a member of the National Federation of the Blind since 2006, being the past president of our Travel & Tourism Division and also the Vice President of the Greater Long Island Chapter, so it was normal for us to join the Central Florida Chapter. We will be bringing you more information on these great organizations in the future.
So why do the subject of this email have to do with being involved in the community where you live. Well, it means we also the company of those that belong to these groups, we have the same interests, and a lot of the times enjoy doing the same hobbies, foods and possibly want to learn more about what the others can bring to the "soup", as we like to call it. If you are a child of the 70s and 80s like myself, in school we always read about the story "Stone Soup" where a stranger came to a town that was poor and no one would help with maybe a piece of bread or meat to help for his dinner, so the stranger took a stone threw it in a pot of hot water and started to say Oh my stone soup, if I only had meat, then it would be just wonderful, and the first person thought they were nuts for putting a stone in the soup, came over to try it, thought the stranger was nuts and said, I found some meat for your soup, it will give it more taste, and the stranger said thank you, wont you join with me for dinner, and then the next person gave vegetables, and the next person gave salt and spices etc. And finally it was a soup enough for all the people who gave to the soup and more!
Well when you put your part of the trip into the tour that wasn't on the paper itinerary of the trip, it makes it even more fun.
These same people like to travel again and again with us, and we are always like to add others to the pot. So anyone interested in traveling with us, please do so. We only ask that you are over 21 and that we hope you bring a spouse and friend or another family to join us. No one likes to travel alone or we will ask one of our people if they are willing to share their room, it will also cut down on the single occupancy rate over the double occupancy rate.
See our trips upcoming for 2017: Please click the links for full description of the tours. If you are also interested in our live events in the Orlando area, please contact us at reservations@echevarriatravel.com, we are planning even more trips, or we can plan your trips.
Initial deposits due by February 1, 2017 for our tour of the National Parks October 1-6, 2017
1st deposit of $50 per person due by January 15, 2017 for our 7 Day Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral, FL November 25-December 2, 2017
Bus Trip to Savannah, GA being planned for April 2017, we are looking around $550 per person double occupancy, this is an estimate based on 2016 rates. Please contact us at reservations@echevarriatravel.com if you are interested. This will be a 5 day/4 night bus trip leaving for the Orlando area, if you would like to join us and do not live in FL, come on down or up or from the West or East to Join us!
During your Guided Tour of Savannah discover forts, gracious homes and Savannah’s Riverfront area as you travel the unique layout of Savannah and learn about the stories, people and legends that make this coastal city so appealing.
Savannah Historic District
Discover how Savannah’s historic homes have been renovated and restored by the Historic Savannah Foundation as you make your way through the district. Your step-on-guide will share interesting information about the architects of the historic homes and the architecture that gives the city its lovely ambience.
Savannah’s Impact on the Film Industry
One of the most beautiful cities in the world, Savannah’s cobblestone streets, mansions with manicured lawns, oak-shaded parks and famous forts of the Revolutionary and Civil War eras brings the movie production companies to Savannah. Learn about the movies which have been influenced by Savannah. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is just one story which explores the traditions of Savannah that have been handed down from generation to generation.
Savannah’s Traditions
Savannah’s traditions which are often explored in film date back to the colonial period. Learn about the history of Savannah, its environs and how it grew together. The lives of slaves and their contributions to Savannah will unfold before your eyes as you learn about cotton and other crops which supported rural Georgia until the Industrial Revolution arrived in the South and as you see the cotton warehouses on River Street.
River Street
A glittering, multi-faceted gem along the broad Savannah River, River Street was once the biggest cotton brokerage in the South. Lined with century old buildings that were used as cotton warehouses, River Street’s buildings have since been converted into antique shops, distinctive boutiques, art galleries, pubs, restaurants and nightspots.
Savannah’s Colonial Cemetery
Your tour will come to an end at Savannah’s Colonial Cemetery. Enlarged in 1789 to become the cemetery for people of all denominations, notable figures including Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and other distinguished Savannahians can be found buried at Savannah’s Colonial Cemetery.
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