Day 12: Monday 20 January

Today was my first birthday abroad.  We knew that it was Martin Luther King Day but we weren't sure to what extent it was an official holiday.

How long are people prepared to wait for a free sample of chocolate?!

Our suspicions were soon confirmed when we set off for the Vineland Premium Outlets and had to struggle to find a parking space!  Having said I didn't need anything I soon found myself in the Nike store but only on the understanding that any prices would need to begin with a maximum of a 3!

Well my luck was holding because anything I was tempted to try on wasn't available in my size, even in the women's section!  And it took a while for us to realise that men's and women's shoe sizes in the US don't coincide - strange.  And of course, neither of those scales bears any resemblance to our shoe size scale.

At last, Ample Hills Creamery is coming to Disney Springs

One thing I did sort out at last was while I was in the Gents at Disney Springs.  The urinal said that each flush used 3.8 litres or 1 US gallon, so I finally knew that this was the difference between the two gallons as the imperial gallon is 4.5 litres, so I can finally start to compare fuel prices more easily that before - it's 38% of the price we pay.

After Vineland we went to Panera Bread for the first time where you can have any of a range of sandwiches, soups etc.  The weather was full sun but cool.

Then we wet for one of our occasional visits to Buena Vista Retail Outlets.  They have a Nike shop there too, and they did have one of the pairs of trainers that I'd seen at the other place and in my size, so the rest, as they say, is history, but they were $5 dearer than at the other place.

Then we went to our final stop - Disney Springs - where we sepnet a good hour or two around the shops and the lake there.

We met up with Larry and Dottie at Cheddar's for dinner and had a very convivial evening there.