Orlando

It turns out one of the least expensive places to stay in Florida is in Orlando. Lots of hotels and lots of vacancies.

So we climbed into the car and, after a brief stop en route at the Florida Air Museum, we arrived in sunny Orlando, at the Residence Inn Orlando Seaworld/International Center. This overly complicated name is needed in order to differentiate it from any of the other 50 or so Marriott properties here. The rest of the hotels are apparently owned by Hilton.

Indeed, it is beautiful weather here - warm with clear skies.
Some surprisingly odd architecture though.

Now, when I say that Orlando is inexpensive, that is only if you avoid going to any of the tourist-trap theme parks that abound. With this in mind, we have purchased a cheap bus pass so we can cruise around the area and just do our usual window shopping and touring on foot. This is how we ended up at the Prime Outlets mall, upon seeing which Sue remarked "This is the best mall ever!" Needless to say we did not leave unscathed and Sue now has a new wardrobe (admittedly not a terribly expensive one).

So the way we figure it, we may as well go to some of the theme parks if we are going to be in the poorhouse anyway. Thus tomorrow we will venture to Epcot...