Americans love their grim descriptions of things and places. It’s in films, magazines and movies. And just take a sample of some of Netflix’s titles. Need we say more? It’s a national obsession.
And it’s not new. In 1936, on the occasion of a speech by the nationalist Gen. Millan Astray at the University of Salamanca in Spain, the hall thundered with the general’s favorite motto, “Viva la muerte!” “Long live death!” When the speech was over, Miguel de Unamuno, rector of the university, rose and said: “Just now I heard a necrophilous and senseless cry . . . this outlandish paradox is repellent to me.”
Yet the cry that was repellent to the philosopher was the passion of the Falangists and has revived in America as the lurid and decisive undertone for far too many people. The Chicago Tribune has more about this phenomenon – read more here.
But here’s dead of a different kind: the I-4 Dead Zone in Sanford, Florida. This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over. Atlas Obscura have more here….
Florida is fun and it’s not all grim. Sanford: Try the Mastodon Springs and Wekiva River Guided Kayak Tour courtesy of GetYourGuide. Explore the Wekiva River on guided kayaking tour to the Mastodon Springs from Sandford. Snorkel through the spring’s crystal-clear water looking for fossils and enjoy a delicious lunch along the way. Click here to look and book.
Relax at the comfortable and centrally located Comfort Inn & Suites Orlando North. Click here to book.
It’s the USA. You’ll need a car. Hertz have them, all around the country. Click here to book.
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