Day 5 - The Titanic Experience

We were supposed to get rain on Thursday and Friday so we planned activities that would take us indoors. As it turned out, the weather cooperated enough that when it did rain, we were either in the car or under cover.

Since the previous 3 days had been so full of walking on pavement while park hopping, being outside all day, bustling in crowds and generally just wearing ourselves completely out, we decided this should be more of a relaxing day. We got up when we woke up, and not a minute before. Since we didn't have to be anywhere by a certain time, we took our time getting ready to leave, so it was probably close to noon before we left the condo.

Since our condo, which was the Hilton Grand Vacations Club at Sea World, was located just down the street from Sea World and Discovery Cove, we were also located very close to International Parkway, or "I Drive" as the locals call it, which is loaded with hotels, the convention center, restaurants, stores and Titanic, the Experience.

After the tour, we ate a late lunch at Chili's on "I Drive", then drove into Orlando, where we stopped off at a Russian bakery, then went on to the White Wolf Cafe, which was a restaurant featured on Rachael Ray's Food Network TV show $40 a Day. We sat outside under the awning behind the front sidewalk at a rough granite slab table and just enjoyed our time together. The temperature was perfect, and as we sat, we watched as a thunder shower came through. As there was no wind and the rain wasn't heavy, it was a very enjoyable experience.

The covered porch wasn't very deep. Taylor and I sat on the bench with our backs to the glass windows of the restaurant. The table had a bench seat on the other side which is obscured by the railing with potted flowers. I stood on the sidewalk out front to take the picture after it quit raining. There was an unoccupied table on either side of us, then 3 tables on the other side of the entrance, so we pretty much had the space to ourselves.

I took this picture from my seat next to Taylor of the little antique shop across the street from the cafe. You can see the clouds and the wet street from the storm that had just passed.

As we drove back to the condo, the rain started again, but it had quit raining by the time we pulled into the parking lot, so as it turned out, we never needed our umbrellas.

Next time, Day 6 - Kennedy Space Center.