And … RELAX!
Author: Adrian
Its been a mental month or so recently. We’ve both been way too busy with work and other stuff, and on top of that have been snowed under with a lot of Flying Club work. In one way, this little holiday came at a really bad time. But in many other ways, an ideal time.
This holiday was intended to look for a villa to buy in the USA, but the exchange rate has taken another plummeting and the house prices haven’t fallen by enough to make economic sense, so we decided to just come out and relax. No flying planned, lots of days by the pool and a bit of Disney as well.
We flew out to Orlando on Sunday and are once again staying in Brusons Retreat on Cumbrian Lakes. Arriving on Sunday evening (an hour late thanks once again to the Bearded Pullover) it was great to be able to come to somewhere we knew that was very smart, clean and relaxing. A quick trip to the local supermarket to get some essentials and we were set.
The first two days of our break have been spent chilling out. Both mornings we just relaxed by the pool and in the sun, then ambled off to do some shopping in the afternoon.
On Tuesday evening we decided to head into Epcot for the International Food and Wine Festival. Held around the Showcase Lagoon this is basically lots of small stalls selling food samples from all over the world. There are about 24 stalls in total, selling food from Wellington (NZ) through to Buenos Aires (Argentina). We had some empanadas from Argentina, and some Pot Stickers from China. On top of the food there are lots of local wines and beers to be tried. Linda had a Samuel Adams Cream Stout to try, but at $6 a pint its a bit steep. Didn’t seem to stop many people being a bit bladdered around the Lagoon though. We skipped Illuminations this time and wandered off for an ice cream sundae to finish the evening at one of the Disney hotels near Epcot.
Today we’re off to the Magic Kingdom for our first full day in a theme park. You can tell we’re getting old though – we aren’t leaving the villa until lunchtime whereas a few years ago we’d have been in the park for rope drop!
