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Hi, another day another flight! We decided to fly down to Florida rather than go overland as it was cheaper and a lot less hassle, so arrived in Orlando two days ago after visiting Minnesota and Chicago when we entered back into the States. Lots of shopping in Minnesota and then lots of sweating in Chicago as it was reeeaally hot! Had a nice few days there, we had been before so tried to do some things we hadn't done last time. Visited the excellent free zoo in Lincoln Park near to our hostel, walked along Grant Park and the Magnificent Mile (so called because of all the great architecture and great shopping) and also went to the huge natural history museum which was very good. This was all spread out over the course of 3 days. We also partook in a Chicago tradition of eating their famous deep dish pizza which was so filling that even Michael couldn't finish it!
So then we flew to Orlando on Friday and stayed the night there in a posh Hyatt hotel that we got lucky with for cheap on Hotwire. Yesterday we got the Greyhound up to meet Michael's Auntie Marj and Uncle Bill and put on an impromptu 'slide show' for some of their friends in the evening! Been to church and for a huge buffet lunch today. It is absolutely boiling here, unbearable to stay outside for any length of time so lucky we are staying in a lovely home with aircon!
We will be here for the next few days and then we're getting a train up to Charleston in South Carolina, then Richmond, Virginia, then Philladelphia and finally New York by about the 23rd. We've bought our flights home forward to the 30th so less than 3 weeks to go...!!
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