I honestly can't believe how smoothly things have gone since we left home at 9am yesterday. No delays at Gatwick, and we got upgraded to the Premium Economy service on Virgin Atlantic - which we were thoroughly impressed with. Champagne, some good movies, tasty food, and oodles of leg room - couldn't ask for anything more out of transatlantic flight really.
We arrived in Orlando about 15 mins ahead of schedule, and prepared ourselves for what we thought would be a long process at baggage claim, and then at US Customs. Imagine our joyous surprise when our bags were out first, and we got through Customs within 15 mins of getting off the plane with no probs whatsoever. Well, apart from the Customs Official thinking we were a gay couple.
Off to the car-rental desk we went, thinking our luck was going to run out, and we'd be lumbered with a Chrysler Sebring instead of a Mustang, and that they'd charge us loads of money for all the extras we didn't have included in our orginal quote. Our luck remained the same though, and we got the car we wanted, and the same reasonable rate we'd quoted over the phone 6 weeks ago. That'd be this one......
A brisk 90 min journey to Daytona Beach followed, with no probs at all. Adam found the car easy to drive, and it was a very smooth, comfortable vehicle to be a passenger in. Of course the gas-guzzling nature of the vehicle does mean that you can visibly see the fuel-gauge needle moving rapidly toward empty - but then again this is hardly the land of economising.Anyway, we're at the Oceanside Hotel in Daytona, which is a perfectly acceptable place, with a very nice chap called Neil on reception, who arranged for a cab to take us to dinner at Hog's Heaven BarBQ - where Adam ate a rather large amount of chicken, and I had my first American Half-Pounder.
Now we're doing a bit of roaming on the beach, and will head off to a few bars later for some beers - life is just pretty damn great so far!
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