Enough with the pancakes already! Our last day in Florida dawned bright and sunny and happily, the night had involved no cockroach intrusions. That we knew of anyway. I hunted high and low for the room's hairdryer but to no avail. Dare I go to the front desk and pester that grumpy chap for one? Hell yeah! I was almost disappointed when I found him not on duty. Instead there was an actual 'nice guy'. After a long discussion on the contents of every cupboard and...

Shiver me glass-bottomed timbers! After scoring nil point on both the sparrow and cuckoo front, Mr F was out today well before the early bird had even thought about brushing it's teeth. He returned at 9am to join me for breakfast, still sans sparrow & cuckoo so not a particularly happy bunny. The plan of attack for the day therefore, centred around getting at least the cuckoo in the bag. Not literally you understand though! After awarding top marks to Trav...

Snakes, sparrows, subway and sprinkles We had a full day planned so it meant a 6am start. I figured I'd got off pretty lightly so far on the whole early start front so decided not to complain too loudly. It was also time to sample the Travelodge's 'deluxe extended' breakfast so weirdly, I was the first one out of bed and ready to go. It wasn't a half bad spread as it turned out and the juice didn't come in thimbles either. I admit my choice of English muffins, ...

Bobby, Denny & me We're leaving the villa today for climes new i.e. a Travelodge in Homestead. To make up for this sad state of affairs, we decided to go via the Waffle House for breakfast. As Mr F made sarnies of our remaining bagels and salami, I started the first of many trips to the recycling bin. As I threw the 8th 2 litre juice bottle in, I was surprised that you couldn't hear us slosh as we moved. Did we really drink all that much liquid in 7 days? ...

The first rule of biology club is... After such an eventful previous day, it was time for a some quiet pool time. At least for me anyway. It was our last day at the villa and I intended to enjoy it's facilities to the full. In summary, I meant to get in as much swimming (aka bobbing) as possible. I'd taken a solo swim the night before to achieve my full pool value for money. The plan was to bob in the dark and admire the stars above. Sadly, this turned out to b...