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March 10, 2009
Florida highlights
Well, I am back in Japan! It is a long trip from Orlando to Zushi, so it already feels like the vacation was weeks ago even though I was at Disney World on Saturday! Before I returned, I was a bit worried about the weather here. Apparently, it has been cold and it even snowed a little, and after the good weather in Florida I was not sure I could handle more winter. BUT...it is lovely today!
Anyway, enough of that. Here are the highlights of my trip, starting with Cocoa Beach. I took this the first day I arrived. It was crowded!
I like Zushi because there are bars on the beach in the summer, but Florida is one up on Japan in this respect...these bars are open all year round. Actually, it was fairly cold the day I took these pictures and the wind was really blowing, so it was not really crowded. On a sunny weekend afternoon, it is insanely busy.
I mentioned the baseball before...here is a picture from that. I am not quite sure how the batter expects to swing with that grip, but who I am to question that? He is the professional.
As I mentioned above, we also went to Disney World. Actually, we went to the Magic Kingdom at Disney World. You have to be specific because there are FIVE different parks to go to at DW! Crazy! My sister and her husband are going to all of them this week.
March 06, 2009
That's more like it
It's warmed up again! Sunny, bright and 70 degrees (low 20s)! And it is supposed to get even warmer. I am comfortably wearing shorts, sandals and a t-shirt, so life is good.
Yesterday, we headed over to Space Coast Stadium to watch a spring training game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets. It was a great day for baseball and I really enjoyed it. Even better: the ground is less than five minutes from my sister's place, so it was really convenient to get over there. Unfortunately, there are no more games this week, so my baseball watching is over for now.
Sorry about the lack of pictures...I am sitting in a big, comfy chair in the living room and cannot be bothered to go find my camera or a UBS cable to copy things over now. If I do get up, I am going to go to the swimming pool anyway.
Posted by Kirk at 01:38 AM | Comments (0)March 02, 2009
Hey! It's cold!
What happened to Spring? I woke up to 7 degree temperatures this morning - not much different than Zushi. To be fair, we have had warm weather most of the time I have been here, although that makes the latest chill that much harder to bear! Fortunately, forecasts call for a return to 20+ degree weather by the end of the week. I have my shorts and sandals ready.
Of course, I have been busy. Mostly eating, although we have managed to get over to Wal-Mart twice (Hey Leigh - they said it was your day off!) and the movies twice. We hit the bookstore/coffee shop every day and on Wednesday we are going to see a baseball game. In the meantime, I am also entertaining myself with 24-hour, 75-channel television. What a luxury!! What a waste of time!!
Anyway, I had hoped to write in a lot more detail, but jet-lag must be an issue because I can't seem to think of anything. So, maybe I will try again later...after a few cups of coffee.
Posted by Kirk at 10:50 PM | Comments (0)