arrival...

The Divas have arrived....in Florida that is! After a very bumpy flight on an extra cozy Air Tran plane we stepped off into Orlando International Airport at 8:30pm.  Baggage claim was a breeze until Elise was left standing alone next to an empty conveyor belt.  Fortunately her luggage was just a little delayed so we grabbed our way-too-heavy bags for only 4 days and headed off to find Thrifty car rental.  After riding the down escalator, which is always an adventure with large rolling bags, I stared at the seemingly endless counters of car rentals looking for Thrifty and after several minutes of walking around aimlessly figured out that the lot was a 10 minute shuttle ride away.  Despite my attempts at schmoozing the salesman into giving us a fully loaded Mustang convertible we walked to the parking lot expecting a Dodge Caliber (a really really ugly hatchback) but the cute young Venezuelan attendant mistakenly brought us a sweet SUV instead.  After hoping we could get away with the "upgrade" the young man realized his mistake and switched the cars but before we could get on the road he spoke in very broken English and asked for our "messenger".  We went round and round a few times trying to figure out what he wanted until Lisa hit on "facebook" and his face lit up! Louis Miguel Rodriguez is apparently a big fan of Facebook se he grabbed a brochure and asked Lisa to write down her name and number.  She only wrote down her name and we packed the car and drove off toward the guard shack to check out.  The guard asked us for our receipt and handed the brochure back with all of Louis's handwritten info on it...clever guy that Louis!  So we just arrived at our beach side condo with a car full of groceries and several pieces of luggage and discovered the elevator is temporarily broken, oh and did I mention it's raining and blowing like a hurricane right now?!? Two trips to the fourth floor later and we're settled in and trying to decide what to do with the next 4 days....  We're thinking going to Epcot and having a drink at every country around the world could really provide a new perspective on one of the Happiest places on earth!! Either way we'll keep you posted!