At the beginning of 2009 I had been in my first full time job for 2 months, had graduated from my Masters degree less than a month ago and had lived in my newly purchased home for just over a week. With so much going on I didn’t have time to think up a New Year’s resolution. The only thing I had planned was that I wanted to get a blog up and running this year!

I don’t want to bore folk with the tiniest detail of my holiday, but today merits a blog post of its own. If you have ever looked at visiting Discovery Cove and thought the price was over-the-top, take it from me, it isn’t. I just got back from my day at Discovery Cove and I couldn’t recommend it any more highly.

Discovery Cove is not like any other theme park in Florida, spaces are limited, so you have to make reservations. This means that there are considerably less people than in an ordinary theme park and as it is also quite a small park, it feels very private. None of this prepared us for the wonderes we experienced today.

We’re at the end of our tenth day in Florida, halfway through our holiday. It seems we picked the absolutely perfect time of year to come – not only is the the weather glorious (it’s very hot but mostly bearable), but the place is practically deserted. Who knows if it is the recession or because there are no school holidays, but there is hardly anyone in the parks – the longest we’ve queued was for Manta – the new coaster at Sea World.