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This week I’ll be presenting a Fun Food Friday of an excellent Thai restaurant Ursula discovered on this trip, so many of today’s images will be a bit more Fun Photo Friday artsy. I hope you don’t mind. And since I gave you a description of this place in Monday’s article, today I’m going to be a little less talkative. Nevertheless, I will give some commmentary, such as on this next image. You may recall that one of the names given Coral Castle is Rock Gate, which is the original name given it by its creator, Edward “Ed” Leedskalnin. Why Rock Gate? Because of the engineering marvel below. That massive rock “gate” no longer works, but when it did it was cleverly crafted and balanced that you could move it with just one finger and very little effort. Impressive!

While the Rock Gate once served as the main entrance, that is no longer the case. You now enter the castle from the west. The entrance is directly across from the curved structure to the left:

What’s a castle without a moat? Or, in this case, a pool:

On this visit the Moon put on a show as well:

Same subject, different composition:

On Monday I showed you Ed’s workshop. That workshop is housed inside the castle’s tower:

A brief history of the place:

• Made 1928
• Moved 1939
• Born 1887
• Latvia
• E L

Time to say goodbye to the local residents:

Слава Україні! (Slava Ukraini!)