Love and Liberty

Bradenton Beach Beauties (continued)

Bradenton Beach

Siesta Key Beach

Turtle Beach

Money is taken out of all machines daily

Washing our stuff somewhere at a coin laundry in Bradenton ...

Still a Dutch girl

The house where Melissa now stays is further on the campus from the courts and the school (more than half an hour walking, it is a big campus). Although there is a tram and golf carts are driving around, as a real Dutch girl (with an American accent) she prefers to do that by bike!

Manatee County

Bradenton is part of Manatee County, and Manatee County is more or less Bradenton (and Bradenton is by the way not so much more than Nick Bolletteiri's academy ...). I had no idea what a manatee is (in Dutch we call these animals zeekoeien - "sea cows") and always thought you would only find them in the Indian Ocean. But, Melissa is living in Sea Cow County!

Bradenton Beach Beauty

Without comment, I present you:

Back to Nick Bollettieri

Melissa is back again in Bradenton. Late Saturday evening we arrived the three at Tampa Airport and drove to Bradenton. Ivone and I liked very much to see the academy and the school; we saw more tennis courts in one day than ever before in our lives ... Melissa is now living in a very nice villa on the campus (they call it APV - Academy Park Villas) as you can see on the pictures.

With Cassie (Thanksgiving Holiday in West-Virginia)








Last forms (medicals ...) being filled out at the kitchen table ...

With Gaby (her room mate)