“Don’t you feel a little out of place?”

The title says it all. This is what Mike asked me on day two of our vacation to sunny Florida.

 

We decided this year to forego Orlando and check out Twins training camp in Ft Myers. Mike found this awesome, newly built, place online through travelzoo (which is also how we find awesome hotels in Chicago for cheap! If you don’t subscribe, you really should). I remember his frantic phone call home and me having to quickly look at this place online and decide if I wanted to stay there because the “deal” was going to expire soon. I took one look and told him to grab it because #1, I was tired of looking for places and reading hundreds of reviews, and #2, the place looked darn nice.

 

The Resort at Marina Village did not disappoint.

 

The kids relaxing in their room, watching their flat screen, after a LLOONNGG day of flying. They have their own bathroom.

 

Master bedroom. It took every ounce of willpower not to jump into that bed.

Master bathroom. This is one of two areas like this in the master. The other one is identical except it has a close-up make-up mirror attached to the wall that swings out….I think I would like to have one of those in my real house.

Huge walk-in shower in the master. There is also a separate commode area with a door. This bathroom has three separate areas. Unreal. Oh, and a walk-in closet too.

 

Full kitchen. So much nicer than anything I own. It’s exactly what I would want mine to look like, from the cupboards, to the granite, to the set-up. The cabinets are filled with pots, pans, glasses, cutlery, strainer, cutting board, Tupperware, wine glasses…..absolutely everything and it’s all brand new. Amazing.

Living room. The big flat screen is on the other wall. In between this and the kitchen is a huge dining room table.

This was the screened patio! It had sliding doors off every room in the condo. It was so nice. Mike especially loved sitting out here. 

This is the view. We were on the 10th floor.  Sorry for the poor quality, but I wanted to show it and didn’t have any other way except through the screen. Those are full-sized huge trees so we are WWAAYY up in the air! Very peaceful and quiet views.

We hit the jackpot with this place. Without that deal Mike found, we would never be able to afford a place like this. The staff is incredible, the restaurants onsite have great food, everywhere you turn the staff is cleaning, organizing, restocking. Every time you walk by a desk or enter the gates someone greets you or waves. It’s pretty awesome. I could used to this!

Day one we spent swimming, batting, and go-carting.

Day two was spent at the ocean. The water temp was only in the 60’s. According to the waitress at Cheeburger Cheeburger where we ate lunch, this has been a horrible winter and spring for Florida. They haven’t seen temps this cool, for this long, in forever. So no one was in the ocean, but it was still fun to play in for awhile. That night we actually went to How to Train Your Dragon in 3-D because the weather was just not nice! So sad! The movie was very good though.

 

 

Day three has started with another gloomy day….hence why I am able to write this post while everyone is lounging! Hoping for brighter skies in the day ahead. Not sure what is on the agenda…good thing we bring the computer, we will have to do some googling.