So, in just 48 hours from now we'll be on our way, somewhere mid Atlantic on our way to Orlando. I think we may be arriving just as the Presidential hopefuls are departing, both paying a visit to Florida as one of the key states that they need to win. It'll be interesting to see how wall to wall the election is in the US. We may find ourselves somewhat insulated from it, being tucked away inside a semi-autonomous state within a state, but we'll see. No doubt there will be some good bumper stickers to look out for in the car parks.
Preparations continue. Lists have been made and house tidying has begun! We've even been to M&S and bought ourselves some dollars. The rate is pretty rubbish compared with our last trip, but looking for silver linings we bought at 1.6666, which makes the conversions nice and easy - $1 equals 60p. An additional bonus, offsetting the lousy rate, was that I found $150 in cash at home, left over from previous trips. It all helps! I did think about taking the 33 Singapore dollars along to M&S as well to see how many USD they'd give me for them, but decided that might smack of desparation!
We're off to J&M for roast dinner in a little while, and to hear from Heather and Andy about their cruise. It sounds like they've had a bit of a rough time, but hopefully the cruise company will give them a refund that they can put towards their next holiday.
Checking out AllEars, I see that the T-Rex restaurant at Downtown opened last week. The pictures seem to show that it is very much in the Rainforest Cafe mould, but the menu looks quite nice. Perhaps we'll give it a try.