Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival… Final Week!
May 10, 2010 Comments Off on Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival… Final Week!Epcot is one of the attraction parks I always enjoy visiting and it was nice to get back there yesterday for Mother’s Day and take a look around at the International Flower & Garden Festival. For someone like me, who suffers from hay fever, there’s always some anxiety about coming down with an attack on […]
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Last weekend I decided to give the hard working Elmo a break from his normal routine at Sesame Street Safari of Fun at Busch Gardens, Tampa and took him on my trip to Dallas. Elmo had a lot of fun meeting all kinds of people and he did a couple of special things , like […]
Continue reading …Immigration Protest or Hotel Protest?
May 3, 2010 Comments Off on Immigration Protest or Hotel Protest?I was in Dallas this weekend….I was trying to work out whether it was an immigration protest or a protest against staying in hotels…
Continue reading …Trip to Dallas…and a revisit to history.
April 30, 2010 Comments Off on Trip to Dallas…and a revisit to history.Sometimes it’s nice to have a change, get a break and go and do something different. This week I’ve been to Dallas for a convention and I always like to go a little early so I can explore the local area a little. On this trip I discovered the Sixth Floor Museum and having not […]
Continue reading …Yesterday we explored the beaches on the West Coast of Florida and today it’s the turn of the East Coast. The East coast beaches are markedly different to the gulf-side ones. Generally they are cooler, have more active water and generally darker and grittier sand. Just over an hour from Orlando you can enjoy some […]
Continue reading …Orlando and Central Florida are famous for their attractions and theme parks but sometimes it’s just nice to get away from all the hustle and bustle for the day and have some beach time. Florida’s beaches are constantly rated among the best in the nation and the combination of sandy shorelines and sparkling water makes […]
Continue reading …I was reading the VisitFlorida.com publication “Florida Insider” over the weekend and I came across an unusual article written by Idoia Gorosabel Gkikas on “Florida Myths and Legends“. The article touched on some of the bizarre myths and haunting legends that surround the great state of Florida. Legends such as the Florida Skunk Ape. Apparently […]
Continue reading …Hotel fakeout photos … deceit by omission
April 26, 2010 Comments Off on Hotel fakeout photos … deceit by omissionSometime last week I came across an article called “Hotel fakeout photos can lure you and your money” and it talked about some of the things that hotels did…or rather did not do, in order to lure unsuspecting travelers to their hotels. The article, written by Aaron Crowe, touched on the value of a web […]
Continue reading …International Cricket Coming To Florida
April 25, 2010 Comments Off on International Cricket Coming To FloridaTwenty20 cricket is coming to Florida. Let me just say that again… Twenty20 cricket is coming to Florida. Given how long it’s taken football (ok… soccer) to establish itself in American culture then I’m a little amazed to learn that Florida actually has an International Cricket Council approved cricket stadium. It’s actually the only one […]
Continue reading …ESPN Moves In At Walt Disney World’s Sports Complex
April 24, 2010 Comments Off on ESPN Moves In At Walt Disney World’s Sports ComplexThere’s some new livery at Walt Disney Wide World of Sports as ESPN has moved in. The fabulous sports complex has now been renamed the ESPN Wide World of Sports . Disney’s Wide World of Sports initially opened in 1997, and has annually stagedg over 200 events in 60 different sports from baseball, basketball, and […]
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