Friday in St Pete Grandma’s Birthday! We started the morning with breakfast at our hotel. After getting organized for the day we drove downtown. We explored the neighborhood a bit since last time we couldn’t get parking with the race in town. Then when went to the Dalí museum. The museum was really cool. The building was built to withstand a category 5 hurricane. All of the artwork is on the 3rd floor and the first floor has a cafe that served Spanish food and a gift shop. The collection of about 1500 works primarily by one couple that was friends with him. We took a tour with a voluntary docent and it was great to hear about the evolution of his art and his life. We took a break and had tapas which were delicious and then went into the 360 experience. The 360 experience animated his paintings and told his story on a big dome. There was also an exhibit we enjoyed that was murals inspired by Dalí. After the museum we had an amazing dinner and went back to the hotel. We have eaten very well this trip.
We had dinner at Taverna Costale downtown. It was so good. We had Caesar salad and meatballs to start. Grandma got Rigatoni Bolognese and I had rigatoni tartuffo (truffle cream sauce with sausage) and Brussel sprouts. Mom got a cippino as her entree. For dessert we had limoncello crème brûlée, caramel gelato and affogato.
