We just had a beach day today, although it wasn't too hot, and there were a few clouds in the sky. When it started to get a bit too cold, we walked to Whole Foods, where I had a dinner of kale, cranberry and dried apple salad, lobster soup and strange tasting almond milk yoghurt. It was yummy but a bit pricey! I also brought some kale chips, tomatoes, veggie burgers and coconut water, and as we were passing the other (cheaper, less healthy) supermarket, brought s...

Mark (the man we met last night from New York) told us that there was an outlet shopping centre, so we got the hour long bus to get there, only to find that it wasn't an outlet, just normal priced clothes. We met a girl who was wearing a playsuit from Forever 21 in Las Vegas, and so we were excited to have our first shop in there- the bottom floor wasn't too good, but upstairs I found a few pieces to try on, although I really needed a wee when I was trying them o...

After checking in and getting through security, I went to find something to eat and found... shrimp and grits! Even though I didn't think the grits weren't that nice the other day, I had that, and it came with a biscuit (scone). Landing in Charlotte was really painful as I have a cold, and so my ears didn't equalize properly. The woman on the next flight told me to get better once we'd landed, but was met by someone with a wheelchair for her! We got the bus to...

Alice got Samantha, the girl in our room, to sing a birthday message to Flo, and posted it on YouTube, and then we walked into town, and had a Starbucks, so Alice could Skype him. I went to have a look at the Nike shoe shops, and to see if anywhere had any nice purses, without success. Because we were a bit hungry, and wanted to try one before we left, we went back to Mother's, to get a sweet potato pie, and then walked back to near where the hostel was, to Paras...

First trip of the day was to 'Mardi Gras World'- the workshop were the artists are currently making the floats and props for next year, and where you can walk around and see a very small percentage of past props. We got a beaded necklace with our ticket (because part of the reason the parade is so special is because the floats threw out lots of presents, including lots of these necklaces), and then went into a cinema room where we were allowed to try on genuine M...