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Bloody Hell, have you lot got nothing better to do, were trying to travel across America here.....ha ha, just kidding thanks alot for all the messages although they did start to get a tad harsh as it went on, dont know whether to be offended or emotional cos you miss us......I will let you know when I decide :D
So where to start since we last blogged, Clare has said most of what we done since last time but in not near enough detail, you can't just say it like that ha ha, you got to go into more detail, sort it out for next time Clare.
Well you will all be glad to know, there hasn't been a day it hasnt rained so far, and I dont mean a slight drizzle I mean proper lashed down, when it rains it rains, more worried about drowning than sun stroke but never mind......as much as you might be getting the sun, you are certainly not doing the things we are doing ha ha, its been AWESOME!!!!!!
So, last time I said anything we had just arrived got over the time difference tried not to die to much on the freeways (you be glad to know am used to them now, we have had a little bump but I will get to that) and were basically finding our feet, alot has happened since then. :D
First thing we did was a airboat tour in the everglades, it was proper deep south of Miami but was so good, it had rained all morning and the moment we arrived it stopped, so off we went on the airboat and the guide just kept stopping every two seconds to say, there is an alligator, there is an alligator....so on and so on.....there everywhere, nothing to big but big enough that I didnt wanna go for a dip, got within about 6ft, for everyone who cares more about Annmarie than me, you will be glad to know she made sure I was on the outside, she aint soft. After that they put on a little show for us, he wrestled for a bit with a 8ft one brought around a 10 month old one, still a fiesty little so and so and then to top it off you get the chance to hold a 4ft one. Annmarie bottled it but I got to hold it, it weighed proper loads, am only weak, thought I was gonna drop the b*****, was so cool to hold a live Alligator though and live to talk about it ha ha........and thats only day one ha ha. :D
The next day we went for a little drive to Kennedy space centre, little it was 3 hours ha ha, but we timed it proper perfectly, got there about 3, nosed about the site, its nothing amazing, pretty cheesy but everything here is........just as we finished the tour though, they told us there was going to be a launch in about an hour......how cool is that, a real life rocket launch, its geeky but who cares it was awesome, proper loud considering the closest we could get is 3 miles away, there is a video that I will hopefully put on here.
Back to Miami and we went and got eaten alive in the Seaquarium, I still have the marks to prove it, my ankle has been swollen to twice the size for about 3 days, nurse Annmarie has happily been putting Ice on it to fix it, for anyone that doesnt know, Ice is bloody cold.......despite the bites though the seaquarium was defo worth it, there was a show with seals, a show with dolphins and a show with a killer whale were one woman, who was blatantly not dressed to get wet sat right at the front, just two seconds later the Killer Whale wagged his fin a bit and she was drenched for head to toe ha ha, classic, she moved seats proper not happy and the whale soaked that seat two minutes later ha ha, was hilarious love it. The best bit though we were watching the dolphins from downstairs, so you can see them swimming around.....generally thats all they do swim around, past the window and keep doing that so everyone gets a look, was awesome to see how fast they are but out of the blue this one dolphin stops and literally comes up to our window and stares at us for about 2 minutes, people came over to where we were it was that amazing........it just stayed there floating staring straight at us, even typing it now 4 days later I still cant believe it, was proper awesome.....:D
We did the three hour drive to Orlando the next day, nice and easy seems as we had already done it, getting the hand of all the driving, well at least i thought that until we got to Orlando, parked up checked in and then we were going for a tea, I reversed while I was sorting the sat nav and then this Palm Tree like a suicide bomber came out of nowwhere and jumped into the back of the car, b*****........so we have a nice little Orlando memory on the back bumper......and annmarie has a little bout of whiplash, which is nice for her......or not.......:D......dont worry though where fine and am going slower than ever, American's seem to enjoy me going slow because they all beep when they go past...:D lol.........
We then did universal studious Orlando, which is awesome to say the least, however old you are, go here, its amazing,........Rachel I know you be reading, we thought about you, because everytime we moved somewhere a ride came on, was just like "nemesis is on, nemesis is on.......!!!" lol........it was lashing down all day but we looked lovely in our Ponchos, there all the rage over here ha ha........one ride called the Hulk, is the best ride we both ever been on, so fast, so long......millions of twists and turns, was awesome.....everyone go!!!! Annmarie loved the 4d ones they are pretty cool, spiderman, simpsons, men in black.....more aimed towards the kids but forget them, it was awesome........
Then whats probably been the biggest let down so far, Disney World......although in case you dont know, Disney world is the collective term for all of the areas, Magic Kingdom is where the castle and the characters are.......see am always thinking of you all. :D
We both laughed cos the day was summed up in the first five minutes, this girl was stroking a wild squirrel now nuts, no nothing the squirrel just came up to her and said hello, how disney is that, straight out of snow white that....then it turned around scratched her and she ran away not happy.......real life...........well Magic Kingdom was magic for about half an hour and then got really dull.......its like 27 shops to every one ride.....there are onlyl 2 rides for adults the rest are for kids, what a let down........still.....the castle is awesome and there is alot of cool stuff to buy...:D
Well thats up to date, we been eating like bigs cos they dont do normal food only fast food, even places you would think are normal arent.....no wonder there all fat........its nice and sunny today, so where going to go try and catch some sun......still not happy its so hot there. : (
Any sports fans reading this, any updates always welcome, keep a close eye on Murray whenever Annmarie lets me......not very often, but Semi finals, he is gonna win it !!! come on!! ha ha, sorry about that.......
Gonna use the rest of my hour to put some pix on now, so speak to you soon....:D
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