View Poll Results: Key West -- Your Opinion
Really Like Key West
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Not fond of Key West
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Key West -- Your Opinion
If you wish, PLEASE take a few minutes to give your reasons. They could be be quite helpful to people who have never been and are considering going.
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LuLu ... Visit SOUTH CAROLINA Crown Princess Island Pricess B2B Ft.Lauderdale to Acapulco and back (total 20 days)
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Funky is what Key West is! So different from the rest of Florida. Mallory Square is THE place to be at sundown! Non stop party if that is what you want, or take the trolly to see the hight points of Key West and get off where you want to. Not a cheap port, but fun!
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Hemmingway House is WONderful!!!
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If you are a cat lover, be SURE to see the Hemmingway House while in Key West.
Ernest Hemmingway kept cats (a NUMBER of cats)... one in particular had extra toes, which is apparently considered good luck by some sailors. EH was an avid boater, and took that particular kitty with him on the water.
The Hemmingway estate maintains Hemmingway House,and you can tour it and see where Papa Hemmingway lived and wrote...
You can also see, and even PET, the direct descendents of his very cats!
The cats live within the confines of the walled 1 acre compound. They are extremely well cared for, with a vet who visits weekly. The females are spayed after giving birth to one litter, and only one or two males are 'reproduce-ready' at any given time. This way, the population is limited to around 70 (the number that the staff calculates is optimum to ensure proper care), and the bloodline has actually been tracked and maintained from the original pets of the great writer.
Within this particular feline population, understandably enough, the incidence of cats with extra toes is several times higher that that of the general cat population.
Of the ones we met when we were there, most had very recognizable names, like Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo. Several were real pros at posing to have their pictures taken.
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Some pics of Hemmingway House AND Hemmingway Cats
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Key west is awesome, but stick to the main streets around Mallory Square, there are some very bad areas away from the square than can, and have been dangerous, Never walk away by yourself, stay where the crowds are!!
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One of my all-time favorite places.
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Agree with all above! We always LOVE going to Key West!
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LuLu ... Visit SOUTH CAROLINA Crown Princess Island Pricess B2B Ft.Lauderdale to Acapulco and back (total 20 days)
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OVER 40 (started young) Princess, Celebrity, RCCL, HAL, NCL, Costa, Disney, Carnival, Sitmar (Princess bought), and (a very long time ago) SS Bahama Star
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Now that is what I call laidback, my wife say she can live there.
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Now that is what I call laidback, my wife said she can live there.
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Here's some updated information (2/2/09) for itinerary-planning for anyone stopping at Key West--my favorite funky fun place to visit!
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