THE CLARE'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD

2025 – November – Florida – Day 16 & Home
And so, just like that, we were on the very last day in Florida for 2025. The time had flown

2025 – November – Florida – Day 15
A very late start for us today, as we didn’t plan to leave for Aquatica until 9.30am. The weather was

2025 – November – Florida – Day 14
It was a slower and much warmer start to the day. We left the villa around 9.15am for a leisurely

2025 – November – Florida – Day 13
One of the attractions of visiting Florida at this time of year has always been the weather. The hurricane season

2025 – November – Florida – Day 12
An early alarm signalled Discovery Cove Day, though as usual, I was awake before it went off. No breakfast was
2025 – November – Florida – Day 11
Today’s forecast showed the possibility of some showers later in the day, so we decided to make the most of

2025 – November – Florida – Day 10
Another beautiful day greeted us as Karen and I were both up early to do a quick food run to

2025 – November – Florida – Day 9
Today was forecast to be the hottest day so far, and we were all up and outside having breakfast at

2025 – November – Florida – Day 8
It was definitely the morning after the day before – both for us and for the weather. It was still

2025 – November – Florida – Day 7
The alarm went off at 6:45 a.m. on our Epic day. The sun was already rising, and it was predicted to be

2025 – November – Florida – Day 6
Hopefully, I’ll soon start waking up at a normal time rather than the 5 a.m. by which I was wide

2025 – November – Florida – Day 5
I was awake very early today — early enough to be sitting outside by the pool watching a beautiful sunrise

2025 – November – Florida – Day 4
After a lovely night’s sleep, we had a slow start to the day — and now that we were in
2025 – November – Florida – Day 3
Moving day arrived, and we were in no particular rush. No alarms were needed as we were still adjusting to

2025 – October – Florida – Day 2
Another morning on holiday when we had to set the alarm to make sure we were up and out early

2025 – October – Florida – Day 1
I managed a good first night’s sleep, not waking fully until around 6:30 a.m. — not bad at all considering

2025 – October – Florida – Travel Day
The alarm went off at 6:30 a.m., and to my surprise, I didn’t feel too bad. By 7:15 the car

2025 – January – Fort Lauderdale – Day 13
At 1.30am I was awoken by cries of pain from the Lounge area. Karen was in agony again. She hadn’t

2025 – January – Fort Lauderdale – Day 12
Apologies for the long delay between blogs for this trip and leaving everyone in suspense but sadly health needs must

2025 – January – Fort Lauderdale – Day 11
If a good night’s sleep was needed for us both then that is not what transpired. Karen did not get

2025 – January – Cruise – Travel Day & Day 1
The alarm was set for 6.45am start with the intention of being on the road for 8am. As ever we

2024 – November – Florida – Coming Home
Our last morning, I was greeted by clouds and a light rain shower. I still sat outside determined to soak

2024 – November – Florida – Day 16
We were by now into a well worked holiday routine. A lovely morning by the pool before heading off out

2024 – November – Florida – Day 15
We were all up and by the pool in the sunshine relatively early today. It was to be another chilled

2024 – November – Florida – Day 14
Even I didn’t make it to the poolside until just after 8am following our very late night with Mickey Mouse.