Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Summer holiday



Here are the pictures from our trip as promised.

First, we spent a lovely few days in Orlando - the boys hit Islands of Adventure and the girls went for a nice lunch at Downtown Disney. Then we drove 6 hours to Hilton Head (stopping to see the Castillo de San Marcos and for an amazing lunch at La Harencia in St Augustine. I really loved this little town and could have spent a few days there!

Hilton Head is gorgeous - not too hot not too cold. Just the right temp for sitting by the beach/pool. The ocean was so warm too! But poor Spence got stung by a jelly fish. We had an amazing week relaxing, spending time together as a family and eating really good food! We also got to spend some time with our good friends Justin and Tessa Ward (Justin is in Charleston at dental school). It was great to see Charleston from the perspective of the locals!

Then J and I drove to Savannah, which is also very cute. We stayed in the most amazing B&B (we had an original Picasso and a chest of drawers worth $125,000 in our room!). We enjoyed walking around and eating lovely meals out in this very haunted city! We took a ghost walking tour the last night we were there and I totally got freaked out and couldn't sleep all night. Needless to say, I was ready to get out of there!

Finally, we drove back to Orlando for 4 days at Disneyworld. We were upgraded to the "Dream Suite" at the Boardwalk Villas which was the most amazing hotel room I have ever been in.

All in all it was the best Jensen holiday we have ever been on (although we missed Cameron terribly). Thanks Mom and Dad (and the rest of the fam) for all the memories!