Sunday 30 December 2012

Day 8

Long day today, so short blog tonight.

This morning we went over to the ESPN Wide World of Sports - a first for us. The facilities are really impressive, and there were lots of games of "soccer" going on. We also watched a little bit of junior baseball in the main stadium, as well as stopping by to see the AS Roma squad in training (the main reason for our visit).

We had lunch at the EPSN Grille, and just managed to catch the end of both the Man United and Norwich games on the big screens (the Norwich game looked rather impressive - a 7 goal thriller).

After lunch we stopped in at Downtown to get some tickets for the cinema this evening. We were hoping to get the Dine In screen but that was pretty fully booked, so went for an ordinary one.

This afternoon was more table tennis and a dip in the pool, and then we tried to go to Premium Outlets - but only managed to do a tour of the car park - the place was absolutely crammed full - they had closed off the entrance to the multi storey car park, and it wasn't even possible to valet park, as they'd run out of spaces as well. So, we gave up on that and went over to Olive Garden for dinner in stead.

It seems like the place is packed out still - we thought it might be a bit quieter by now, but the roads are really busy, and when we got to Downtown, we were way back in car park 5 before we could get a space.

And finally, this evening we have been to the 8.10 showing of part one of The Hobbit, and a good film it was too. Even Nicky enjoyed it, although she has confirmed that she is no fan of the orcs!