Blogs from Florida, United States, North America - page 531

Good morning from sunny Florida!! Yaay! I am SO happy to be here right now. Where is here? Orlando, FL baby! We are staying at The Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando until tomorrow (May 8 -- Happy Birth Mom and Happy Mother's Day) and then checking into Universal Orlando's Royal Pacific Resort until May 14! :) After a looooooooooooong drive from North Carolina to Orlando we were VERY excited to check into the luxurious, yet WAY relaxed, Portofino. Just driving down Universal Blvd still gives me butterflies! The whole area is just so massive and beautiful and most importantly -- FUN! We made a right turn down Portofino's winding drive and was greeted by the impressive layout of the resort. A replica of the REAL Portofino in Italy. They did a WONDERFUL job. Since ... read more

I am gathering info for an extended trip beginging in Australia around August. I hope to then travel north into SE Asia, India, Europe. I care more about the duration of the trip then the actual location. People are wonderful everywhere, so time with them matters, not there location. So far I have joined Couchsurfer.com Hospitallityclub.org helpexchange , evolunteer and this one. soon i will join wwoof, hostelworld.com, place2stay, and any other travel forum that I come across in the next two months. If any readers have reconmendations please contact me. Any help on organizations, places to visit or just encouragement will be appreciated. Thank you and have fun... read more

This area is around a four hour drive from Orlando (home for me). Certainly quite different and unique from other areas of Florida. Good and bad, I suppose......... read more

I left Atlanta with Kevin and Brittany around 7am on Friday and rolled into PCB around 1pm or so, so we made fairly good time. I have a bunch of friends from the area, so after going to the beach for a little while, we went to dinner and then on to Club la Vela where we danced for a while and even hung out in the pussy cat lounge. Saturday we returned to the beach, in addition to hanging out poolside at Club La Vela and watching the competitions there. (Bikini and Male Hard-body.) After we got cleaned up for the evening, we went to one of my favorite places to eat there: Pompanos! They have amazing plum wine, steak sushi, and scallops! Afterwards it was on to Spinnakers for more dancing and hanging out ... read more

Today is Pete's last day at work. Wow, 30 years went by...Pension starts in April. But he was offered a contract. so postpone real retirement for 6 weeks, April 29 will be it.... read more