Hello Sunshine State

Eric and I arrived in Florida last night after a very smooth flight (on board tv..yay jetblue) and then getting our rental car...seriously...who thought it would take 30 mins just to pick out a car?!?! :P~~~ We made a stop at Whattaburger for a late dinner and then checked into our hotel for the night.

We woke up and I gave my friend Andrea a call to make plans to meet at the hotel and then take off to Winter Park to meet up with our friend Shannon and her boys for lunch. It was sooo great to finally give Andrea a gigantic hug after knowing each other through only words for so long. Eric, Andrea and I hopped in the car and took off for Winter Park. We met up with Shannon and her boys for lunch at Urban Flats which offers flatbread sammiches, salads and other goodies. We had a great time just catching up in person and getting to meet her adorable boys.

Here is a picture of Andrea, Shannon and I.



After lunch Eric, Andrea and I headed to Winter Garden to check out the Central Florida Railroad Museum (http://www.cfcnrhs.org/). This museum is a very small memorabilia museum but had a lot of neat history relating to the Central Florida Railroad region. Here are a few pictures from the museum.

The old Atlantic Coast Line sign/emblem.







After the museum we headed to the Hilton Grand Vacation Club - Tuscany where we were staying for the remainder of our stay (http://www.hiltongrandvacations.com/orlando-florida-villas.php). This place was GORGEOUS!!!!! I felt like royalty driving in the front gate. We had a 1 bedroom villa with a gorgeous view of the pond and fountain.

This is the entrance to our building.



After settling in we hung out for a bit and then took Andrea back to our hotel from last night so she could get her car and then we said good bye for the night. Eric and I then headed out to find some dinner and get a few groceries for our place. While in search of dinner we came across a Krispy Kreme that had HOT DONUTS NOW!!! You know we had to stop. :P

They have palm trees in front!!!!



After a busy day on the road we finally grabbed dinner and headed back to our villa for the night to rest up for our big day at Disney tomorrow.

See you tomorrow from the Magic Kingdom.