Shopping Day

As already stated yesterday, today will be a shopping day. I will go and drive around and do some shopping working away the shopping list. Not all on the list could be found, so I have to come back again to find the missing items on a future vacation. Zoals ik gisteren al aangaf, is vandaag een shopping dag. Ik ga rondrijden en shoppen, om de dingen van de boodschappenlijst af te werken. Niet alles op de lijst kan ik vinden, dus ik moet een keer terugkomen om de ontbrekende dingen te vinden tijdens een toekomstige vakantie.

Actually there is not very much more to say on today’s adventures. I started off eating breakfast at First Watch. A great place with healthy food. I took Eggs Benedict (again) and also had some fresh fruit. After having had Eggs Benedict 3 times this vacation I can tell that the best was served by Carol’s Place. First Watch makes a good second.

After breakfast I went to WalMart where I spent quite some time finding things on my list, but eventually did not find any thing at all and left the store empty handed. From there I drove over to Walgreens to get some items for Willy. I found a few things and paid for the items.

Then I went a bit touring and watched a fort for a while. Unfortunately most of the fort was closed on Monday, so I could not see everything and after a while I drove around again and ended up at the Premium Outlet Vineland in Orlando. This is one of the biggest outlet malls in Orlando. I checked out a few stores to see if I could find any clothes. I did not find much, but then again I already have bought some things.

After I left the Premium Outlet, I went to get some dinner at Bubbalou’s Bodacious BBQ Restaurant at the first location they ever opened, Winter Park. I was a bit late, so did not have the choice of everything. I took brisket and pulled pork. Both were delicious. As side orders I had coleslaw, jalapeno cheese grits and collard greens. The collard greens were ok, the coleslaw was good and the grits are great.

After having finished my meal I went to Toys R Us near the Millenia Mall and also went to Dick’s Sporting Goods. I managed to pick up some items on the list at  Toys R Us and from there went to my hotel, the Rosen Centre on International Drive.

Tomorrow I will be leaving Orlando and will be heading south. Via Lakeland and Winter Haven, I will end up in Bonita Springs for a night, after which I will cross the Everglades to Miami.

Eigenlijk valt er niet veel meer te vertellen over de avonturen van vandaag. Ik begon vandaag met ontbijt bij First Watch. Een prima plek met gezond eten. Ik had Eggs Benedict (alweer) en wat vers fruit. Na 3 keer Eggs Benedict gegeten te hebben deze vakantie, kan ik zeggen dat de beste can Carol’s Place was. First Watch is een goede tweede.

Na het ontbijt ben ik naar WalMart gegaan en heb daar flink wat tijd doorgebracht op zoek naar dingen van het boodschappenlijstje, maar heb er uiteindelijk niets gevonden en ben met lege handen vertrokken. Van daaruit ben ik doorgereden naar Walgreens, waar ik wat dingen voor Willy heb gevonden en betaald.

Toen ben ik een beetje gaan touren en heb een fort bezocht. Helaas was het grootste gedeelte van het fort gesloten op maandag, dus kon ik niet alles zien en ben ik na een tijdje weer rond gaan rijden en uiteindelijk bij de Premium Outlet Vineland in Orlando beland. Dit is een van de grootste outlet malls in Orlando. Ik bekijk wat winkels en kijk of ik wat kleren kan vinden. Ik vind niet veel, maar ik heb tijdens deze vakantie al wat dingen gekocht.

Als ik de Premium Outlet verlaat, ga ik naar Bubbalou’s Bodacious BBQ restaurant om wat te eten bij hun eerste restaurant die ze ooit geopend hebben, Winter Park. Ik was wat aan de late kant en kon niet uit alles meer kiezen. Ik heb brisket en pulled pork genomen. Beide waren heerlijk. Als bijgerechten had ik coleslaw, jalapeno cheese grits (een soort griesmeel met kaas en jalapeno pepers) en collard greens (een soort kool/spinazie achtig, niet in nederland te krijgen). De collard greens waren ok, de coleslaw was goed en de griesmeel was lekker.

Nadat ik klaar was met mijn eten, ben ik naar Toys R Us geweest bij de Millenia Mall en daarna ook nog bij Dick’s Sporting Goods. Ik heb nog wat dingen van het lijstje kunnen vinden bij Toys R Us en ben daarna naar mijn hotel gegaan, het Rosen Centre aan de International Drive.

Morgen ga ik Orlando verlaten en ga zuidwaarts. Via Lakeland en Winter Haven, zal ik uitkomen in Bonita Springs voor de nacht, waarna ik de Everglades zal doorkruisen richting Miami.

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Shopping Day

Building a Bear

Today the weather was not so nice, that we could enjoy the sun. Instead we went to go shopping and building a bear.

So today we went to the Florida Mall today. We parked near Macy’s and M&M’s World. What we noticed was that a few M’s were gone. There is only 1 blue M left in front of the M&M’s World entrance.We went inside and looked around. Inside the store, there is still the NASCAR M&M’s Car. There are still a lot of clothes and other M&M things you can buy. We could not leave the store empty handed and left with some M&M’s.

From the M&M’s World Store we went to American Eagle Outfitters, where I found some jeans and shirts. After that, it was time to go and build-a-bear. Xandrine found a nice bear and named her Lucy. Together with the help of the Build-A-Bear employees she gave the bear a heart, stuffed her and washed her. After that the bear needed some clothes and accessories, so she had to go through the store to find the needed items. After having put on the clothes, it was time to put all the items in the box and pay for all the items and the bear. I think we spent close to an hour, or more, in the store, which was fun to do.

Then we ate some mini-dogs from Auntie Anne’s and shopped some more. In most shops we could not find anything to our liking, but managed to find some things in some shops. After a while we had seen enough and left the mall, to drive to the next shops. We went to some sporting goods stores, but could not find any decent shoes for me.

The last store we visited this evening was the Toys R Us store, where we managed to buy a backpack and food containers for Xandrine. Then we went looking for a place to eat. At first we were looking for a 4Rivers Smokehouse, but those are all closed on Sunday, so we ended up at Bubbalou’s Budaciuos Bar-B-Que. Xandrine ate all of her pulled chicken and tried all the sauces, going from sweet to killer. I had a Bubbalou’s Platter, which had ribs, chicken, sliced pork and sliced beef. This was more than enough for me, so could not finish it all. With that all, there were also french fries, baked beans (and they are sweet) and coleslaw. The food was excellent and Xandrine ate all of her chicken and left the fries.

Then it was time to go back to our hotel again as it was late in the evening again. Tomorrow is our last full day and we need to find some last items (and check out if our luggage is not going to be overweight). Depending on the weather we might go do something as well, but the last days we have had quite some rain and lightning.

Building a Bear