http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Florida , Orlando en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:14:18 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:14:18 UTC I gr var det Thanksgiving her i statene og det mtte markeres nr vi frst er her. Hvert fall litt Jobben lagde mat til oss men kunne ikke sponse mat til over hundre ansatte alene uten at vi bidro enten med penger eller en liten matrett. S da jobben sto for kalkunen bestemte Renathe og jeg oss for sette i sammen en liten salat. Gjorde det enkelt og ringte mamsen og fikk oppskrift p den b http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-349508.html Da har jeg kjpt en god mengde godis i vendingmachin'a og er klar for komponeringen av mitt 2.. innlegg p bloggen. Nr det gjelder godiset skal jeg ikke bekrefte at jeg prver fre en sunn livsstil men skal vel heller ikke nekte for at jeg lever som en ekte amerikaner.. Men hvem er dere til dmme her er jeg helt alene i det store utland og noe m jeg gjre for f tankene over p andre http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-348586.html Hmmm SO Florida you say looks busy We are here and we are busy the kids hate Disney. Carter asked to go home about 136 times the first morning that was fun so we left and did some much needed shopping. It has taken a near act of God to get Carter on a ride and get him to like it. We finally hit the jackpot last night. With a pair of heavy duty construction like Ear Muffs from Home Depot. He l http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-346536.html Our Last Day OWell all we had to do today was spend some time in the pool clean carpet upholstery see the management company pay a cheque in the bank tidy up and leave.As we were up at 7am and didn't need to leave until 4pm we had loads of relaxing time......lol if onlyWe had to pop out to The Home Depot to pick up a few things for the Ensuite bathroom and a new gas cylinder from the http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-345678.html Our penultimate day here in Florida so what better way to spend it than......well erm...decorate. We decided to pay Dennis to tile our bathrooms and fit the 2nd bedroom carpet. While I got on and started painting the hall Coral popped out to Publix to hire a carpetupholstery cleaner for the master bedroom and family room furniture.Coral cooked a bacon cheese omelette with chips which smelt blo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-345668.html We decided to go to Universal Studios today but via Rooms To Go as we were after a piece of furniture for Bedroom 3. We gave up after a couple of hours driving around to their various stores to no avail O. Well at least it was some money saved rightWrongUniversal Studios caned us for 12 dollars to park the car and then 191 for two to enter the park....wow and half the day had gone alread http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-345653.html Another early start.....nothing new there OThe pool was steaming and looked very inviting so we jumped in O. We played for an hour the calm before the storm before we cracked on with yet more painting this time it was the doors and skirtings and anything else that didn't move....lol http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-345644.html Well it was an early start today as Man Utd were playing Arsenal at 7.45am. Utd lost 21 Nuff said about that game anyway it's the taking part that counts....lolAfter the game and a slap up breakfast we headed off to see Jenifer Dennis who were showing us around our local area today. We met up at The Loop which is a huge shopping outlet. J D brought along their grandaughter Savannah who is http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-345640.html Sat Nov 8 Animal KingdomBlizzard BeachEpcotI didn't expect great things from the Animal Kingdom but quite enjoyed it. The highlight was Everest the marquee coaster which wound through and around 'Mount Everest'. It didn't go upside down but backwards and forwards through light and dark. It was fun.Much of the park was like a big zoo so we saw a whole heap of animals. We did a 'safari' w http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-345183.html Thurs Nov 6 Universal StudiosIslands of AdventureUniversal Studios has two adjoining theme parks outside of the Disney compound. We started at US where we rode The Mummy another indoor coaster that in addition to the normal sharp turns and plummets also stopped and went backwards. Scared me enough to go straight back on for another ride. We loved it. Then we tried The Simpsons a very fu http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-345182.html Tuesday Nov 5 EpcotOur first day at the Yacht Club began with a perambulation along the pier followed by a short boat ride to Epcot. This is Disney's attempt at a world expo and is more interesting than it sounds. It is split into two Futureworld and World Showcase.We spent the morning in Futureworld which contains all the rides. Mission Space a space simulator and Spaceship Earth a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-345176.html Once again we were selected by our airline Northwest for extra security checks before we were allowed to board our flight to Orlando. These people seem out to get us.We arrived in Orlando at 7.40 and did the usual find baggage carousel collect baggage find transfer desk get tickets processed very slowly get directed to bus get on board bus get taken to resort. So that was 9.15. Excep http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-345121.html So I may never know for sure but I sure think we had a little earthquake about 3 am. I never did get back to sleep I am beat down tired. We are at the airport now is a lot harder without all the electronics to occupy the kids. We have only paper and crayons. Kiley has already asked no less than 16 times how much longer I am now saying 18 hours. Come on she thinks 10 min is a long time so the http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-344934.html After waiting for over a year the day finally arrived to paint the pool deck....yayAnd if I say so myself it looks bloody lovely O it took just over 3hrs to paint the majority of which was preparation. After cleaning up ourselves and the tools we went to Epcot.We had a fantastic day weather wise and it's a great place for interactive fun.We spent 9 12hrs there with a firework display final http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-342776.html Finally some sun........WahooAs it was sunny out we got up early about 7ish. Coral painted the front of the house whilst I fixed a few little jobs around the house. We met up with some good friends Jenifer Dennis Who were helping us pick up a door and carpet from Lowes in his pick up truck. They showed us around one of their homes.......OMG is it gorgeous or what just slightly out of our pr http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-342762.html Weather was overcast today no sun at all O although it was still quite warm. As the weather wasn't great we did some work around the house. Coral and I jet washed the pool deck took about 3 hrs in preparation for painting it. After that we ended up back in the pub to watch Man Utd. in the Champions League.After the match we put in some more plants in the front garden and jet washed the stone http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-342759.html I arrived in Orlando and at the hostel later than I was expecting so did not think I would go to a theme park today. Instead do some shopping and a couple of the smaller things. As it turned out I met this German guy in my dorm who was diving to Universal Studios and I couldn't pass up the opportunity for a free ride so I went along. We walked through the City Walk area passed the big Universal g http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-341910.html Etter tte r med den samme busken ble det i dag valgt en ny president for de forente stater av Amerika. Valget sto mellom McCain en noe eldre konservativ herremann og Obama en afroamerikaner med lfter om et bedre og endret USA. Tittet litt p den tvsendte opptellingen men resultatet fikk jeg hre da jeg gikk hjem fra Commens for ca en time siden. Whoooooo Obama Obama won Whooooooooo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-341794.html Well the furniture arrived on time and even better they put it all in place. We did our good deed of the day by donating all the old furniture to the Salvation Army........See we don't ebay everything o....lolThere is a communal yard sale on Sat. but at 715am we will be sitting in the pub preparing for the big match Man Utd v Arsenal. We'll only catch the second half of the sale so we'll jus http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-341723.html Did more shopping today but this time it was for jobs for the boys stuff We are doing some home improvements over the next few days.....pics to follow O Spent another 1 12hrs in the pool which was great.Didn't wanna do a lot late afternoon as we were both tired but Coral had a brainwave.......lets dig up the hedges at the front of the house so we ended up doing that....lol We brought this gr http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-341586.html Got up later today and decided to start the day off with a swim in the pool O My god is it warm 89 degrees and loving it OCoral and I spent about an hour and a half in there didn't look like prunes at all.....lolHad a relaxing day today went to Int. Drive and played more Golf 36 holes this time and Coral won the first 18 yet again and I won the second set of 18 holes.....finally and with th http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-341048.html Pinch Punch first day of the month OWell it was a very important day today........Man Utd were playing against Hull and the pub about a 10mins drive from us were showing it.....does it get any better......well it did we won 43 in a great game.It was only 10.45am so we had breakfast there O.After the match today was planned as another shopping day so off to the Plantation furniture company http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-341044.html Happy Halloween OOff to seaworld today......Wahoo Weather has improved from the last couple of days which were sunny but colder. Today is Sunny and bright mid 70's nice OSeaworld was great fun I went on the Kraken rollacoaster....alone...lol and Coral and I went on Atlantis which is a log ride with a twistSome construction is underway for a superb rollacoaster called Manta due summer 200 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-341029.html After a restless night's sleep........that Matress has gotta go....lol Coral decided to get up bearing in mind it was only 5am I decided that cos I was on holiday I would enjoy a lie in so got up at 6am...lol It may have had some to do with the daylight saving too. We are only 4hrs behind at the moment.Later on that morning we decided to do a shopping session at Coral's favourite little store. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-341024.html Back in Florida again OWe had a really good 9hr flight seems long but it was supposed to be 9 34hrs so it was a welcome surprise.About 35 min and 3 toll boothes later we arrived back home ODropped the luggage off and headed out to our new local supermarket Publix. As we were tired and didn't fancy cooking we got 2 fantastic tasting pizza's from Papa John's it was about 1230pm uk time. Loc http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Orlando/blog-341014.html