Orlando-Winter Park

We only spent one day in Washington, but we had a hotel right in the middle of town, so it was easy to walk to all the sites. We checked out Capital Hill, White House, Washington Monument, Holocaust Museum and the Pentagon. It was again very cold outside, so we had to keep moving so as not to get frostbite!!! We had to get up the next morning at...

Nancy's been telling me for 3 days I had to get out there and take pictures of the Sand Hill Cranes. They're here every day, but by the time I'd get ready they'd be gone.

They winter in Florida with the old folks and are back into Canada during summer.

So today was the day and here are the pictures.

Hope you enjoy them.

Hey Stan--like the title? Skinny...Stan...Tanya...all in one sentence. Thing is, they really are. Tanya looks about 12 and Stan? OK, Stan maybe 20. How fun to be young and gorgeous.

We had a fun evening chilin' out with chili dogs and good company at the Squirrel Cottage--their home's name-- in Winter Park.

This is an interesting ...

I had a couple of sessions in the morning, then ran into a good friend. We went to lunch, with a colleague -- sitting outside, enjoying the lovely day. I had arranged for a late check out, which was good, but I still could have lingered.

After saying goodbye to my friend, then checking out, I drove to Winter Park, to find a book -- books...

We made it to the Miner B&B (aka. home). It's so nice to see Ashley and the kitties!!! Ashley did a great job keeping up the house and mom and dad did a beautiful remodel on our guest bathroom! We have to unpack our backpacks and repack them with the clothes for Fiji. We leave tomorrow for Fiji and this is the flight we splurged on - First C...

Hello! I'm setting up this blog to help us remember everything along the way and thought, "what a great way to keep in touch". We hope you enjoy reading and seeing our adventure of a lifetime right along with us. Here's how the trip is planned to go.... Fly from Orlando through JFK to Tokyo, Japan. Leave Tokyo by train to Mt. Fuji. Leave Mt. Fuj...

Who went? Me, Nikky (my little sister), Vikky, Martin (step sis and bro), mom and Steve (step dad)

We went for ten days.

So this was mine and my sisters 21st and 18th birthday present off my mom.. Here goes..

The house we stayed in was perfect. 5 bedrooms, 3 with en-suites, 2 bathrooms, 2 lounges, kitchen, dining room, gar...

Three weeks and counting! We've been madly downloading and listening to travel podcasts. It's amazing how many are available. Some are quite good - some no so much. My current favorite though is Chinese Survival Phrases. I'm hoping it will help a little bit. This series is really very good. However, I fear I will only be able to say something li...

After much discussion and hours on the phone with Delta, the tickets are booked! As it stands now the itinerary is: April 24th - Orlando - Atlanta - Tokyo (~ 16 hours) April 30th- Tokyo - Guangzhou May 12th - Beijing - Newark - Orlando (~20 hours) The original plan was going to be a trip to Japan exclusively, but if you talk enough to the Delta ...

I woke up at 8:00 this morning, but I laid in bed and fell back asleep on and off a few times. From 10:00 to 11:00 I listened to my MP3 player in bed before I finally got up at 11:00. I went downstairs and mom and dad had gone shopping so I sat in the living room and watched a Laguna Beach special on MTV. Mom and dad called while I was watching...