I can't believe we have been here in Naples for a week already. Naples is located on the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida and is known for it's relatively temperate climate and warm sunny winter days. Now I know you have had some pretty cold weather back home but we have had some freaky weather here too!! The average day time temperature in December is 77 degrees and rarely falls below the 50s even at night. It was so cold here last night that they opened ...

Sorry for the big delay in updating the blog, we have been busy having fun and travelling!!! So here is an update on what we have been doing for the last few days. When we left Baton Rouge on Sunday, we decided to take a tour through the lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans - the area worst hit by Hurricane Katrina. I had heard and read reports that it was still pretty bad there so I was pleasantly surprised to see quite a lot of new houses and a lot of construction ...