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Casablanca Inn on the Bay - A Lovely Old Inn in America's Oldest City

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On a recent short trip down to visit a friend in Orlando, Florida I had the opportunity to spend one night in America's oldest city - Saint Augustine - when the friend that I was visiting asked if I'd like to jaunt up there to visit the Saint Augustine Lighthouse and Museum while I was in the state. Are you kidding me? Lighthouse? One that I could actually go in and climb?  Oh heck yea - let's do it! Once the decision was made, it was also decided that we'd spend one night of my vacation in Saint Augustine before wending our way back to Orlando via Ponce de Leon Inlet where another lighthouse - Florida's tallest - could be found. That made me double-excited as I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to lighthouses but putting all that aside, first things first - where were we going to stay? Quick! To the internet! After looking at a few different hotels and the like in the area (Morgen on his end in Florida and me on mine in Connecticut), we finally stumbl...