Now in Orlando- the home of theme parks! Here for 3 nights- already booked into one of the Disney parks, which involved me having to choose a Disney character to wear on a lanyard.... So I picked Mickey Mouse! The tour finishes on Monday but I am staying an extra night, the flying to Venice, via Frankfurt on Tuesday. So I am get some museum tickets and walking tours organised. Still having a great time - this is the start of week 10. The only bad thing is tha...

Wanted to buy a pair of cowboy boots in Nashville but didn't think they would fit in my suitcase!! Nashville was very interesting. We went to the Grand Old Opry - which I knew nothing about but was a fantastic country music extravaganza! We had a bit of excitement on the tour today - our bus broke down and we were 2 hours out of Altanta and 2 hours out of Savannah- so we had to wait for a new bus to arrive and we transferred all the cases etc. and re started o...

This is outside Elvis's house! We spent 4 hours at Gracelands today and it was amazing. You cannot believe all the different Elvis's memorabilia you can get here! So we are now on our way to Nashville where we spend 2 nights and get to hear lots of country music. The tour is going well and everyone is friendly.

Now into the next part of my journey - New Orleans and tomorrow starts the next tour called The Old South and Florida. Slight drama checking in at JFK - my luggage was 55 pounds- and the guy made me take some shoes out and put in my carry on, which made that extremely heavy too! Luckily I had posted 20 pounds home the day before, otherwise there would have been an overweight luggage fine. I am staying at the Sheraton as it is part of the tour. My room has 2 dou...

This ticket says it all- New York is the centre of the world!! I have 4 days left here and am making sure I have seen and done everything I wanted to. I also managed to buy 2 more pairs of shoes! The box I am posting home is going to cost a fortune! Managed to get to the hairdresser today so that was a great relief! I went to see a fantastic musical last night based on the life of Carole King which was fantastic. The girl playing Carole got a standing ovation- ...