dear diary: March 2008

Well, Ellen asked, so here's the recap, complete with the requested pictures.

March 17th marks Todd & my 2nd anniversary. So, we did what any intelligent couple does on thier anniversary, we went to Orlando and Ft. Myers. Duh. That's completely intuitive. Sort of like our trips to South Dakota and Mackinaw Island...isn't that where everyone spends their holidays?

The Florida trip was born out of Todd's desire to go to the Twins' spring training. Its not like he's always wanted to go to Afganistan (NTTAWWT), I mean, Spring Training is an easy dream to realize. And hey, aren't there a few theme parks down thataway? Sounds good to me!

We departed Saturday (3/16) from our respective states and met up at MCO (Orlando's finest airport). Oddly, it was quite nice. There's a bit of shopping, what seems to be a nice hotel right in the middle and quite a few dining options. I know all of this as Todd's flight came in about an hour after mine.

From there we checked into our hotel, the Cypress Pointe Grand Villas. We pondered our hotel options for HOURS as Orlando has FAR too many options. Seriously. Our brains hurt trying to figure this out and we restricted ourselves to hotels we could pay for with points. Imagine if we were actually going to pay for a hotel. I don't think the trip would have ever happened. But, Cypress had everything we wanted, including a full kitchen and the possibility of a large bathtub.

Woo! We got our big bathtub!

Before I go any further, I must tell you that unless you stay on Disney property, you must rent a car. Hell, even if you do stay on property you need a car unless you want to eat only Disney food. Just sayin' is all. Our chariot:

Behold the mighty Impala!

And speaking of food, despite the WIDE array of available frightening chain food fare we were able to find Cuban, Mexican and even Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Yummy and affordable. Every night for dinner we spent about $30 for the two of us (tip not included). Not bad for good food in a tourist town.

On Monday we began our day at the Magic Kingdom. Somehow we managed to get really lost on the way over. It seems impossible but you know, we live to dream.