Things to do in Orlando besides Disney World

We are moving to Florida, but, sadly, we can not go to Disney World because it is really expensive. But once we become a residence of Florida tickets will be almost half the price! In the meantime, here are some things that we did in Florida. 

Every Sunday there is a farmers market in Eola park in Orlando. When you enter the park, there are all these people practicing juggling, hula-hooping and  balancing on one another. If you walk a few more feet there is the farmer's market. We saw donuts being freshly fried so we got some and they were really good. Then we headed down further into the farmers market and found a chocolatier (A person who makes chocolate) and we got 3 types of his chocolate: Spicy, Original and Cinnamon. We sat down and ate some of the spicy chocolate and it was really good. Right where we were sitting was a crepe stand and it smelled so good. Next was the fruit stand it had soursap, dragon fruit, ice cream bananas and lots of fresh produce. We got some ice cream bananas and an avocado. When we were walking back to our car we saw a bunch of swans and some baby ducks! 

Grills Gone Wild! Is a BBQ festival and competition. When we walked in the grounds we saw a lot of trophy's and a lot of people saying my ribs are the best. We got 1 rib for starters from a place that gave us a sample of their pulled pork. We tried the rib and it was meh. Then we tried another rib from a different place and it was so good. After trying 2 ribs we wanted to try some brisket. We walked to the place that was recommended for their brisket but they were all out except for the brisket they had on the grill for the competition. We wandered back to  the place that we went to for the first rib and they won first place for their brisket and 5th for their rib so we tried their brisket and it was amazing. Then when we walked a little further through the festival and found a guy selling corn and so we got some. He pulled the skin of the corn with his bare hands from the grill. After having the corn we were pretty full and so we got a half a rack of ribs from the 2nd place we tried the ribs and walked out. 

Even though these are just a 2 things there are tons of things to do in Orlando, Florida than go to Disney World like: Going to Everglade National Park, Universal studios, which has Harry Potter World! Or go to Disney Springs (you don't even need to have a pass to go in) and has great shops. As you can see there are lots of things to do in Florida!