We have enjoyed a great (and hot) day in San Antonio today doing three things. First we visited the Alamo and read through the history from 1836 with Davy Crockett et al. Then we walked along the Riverwalk in downtown…
Going Down the Bayou – Day in New Orleans
As we crossed the Mississippi / Louisiana border yesterday, we remembered a former student of Stuart’s (from when he was in the Army, as an instructor in El Paso, Texas) who grew up in Louisiana and who lives there now…
On the road again!
We are now midway through week 5 of our holiday in the USA and we are having a terrific time! Really not too sure how we are going to manage coming home and returning to the real world… it will…
Sarah: Eat, Beach, Repeat …
Our week in Destin has been amazing! The sand on the beach was beautiful, until it filled your cozy bums 🙂 We went swimming every day to greet the stingray, the fish and a couple of jellyfish…eeek! There was a…
Total Relaxation in Destin, FL
After a very hectic two weeks of theme and water parks in the Orlando area at both Disney Parks and Universal Studios, we headed north west to the panhandle area of Florida. We are staying in a huge 6 bedroom…
Jenna: Disney World & more …
Throughout these last 2 weeks we have been to many theme parks and water parks. The names of the Parks are Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot and Animal Kingdom, the 2 water parks are, Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon. We…
Hail to the Princess Aurora!
For our second week in Orlando we have met up with the Young family again (driven over from Dallas) for some theme park fun. On our day at Magic Kingdom the two little girls (Jessica & Macy Kate) had a…
The Magic Continues
For the last three days we have gone to different parks within Walt Disney World – Hollywood Studios on Monday, the Magic Kingdom on Tuesday and the Magic Kingdom again on Wednesday evening for more rides, ever so slightly cooler…
Adventures at Disney World
After a 5 year absence, we have finally returned to Walt Disney World in Florida with its 4 main theme parks, 2 water parks and numerous shops, resorts and hotels. Most of our time at Walt Disney World will be…
Jenna: Universal Orlando Resort
Today at Universal Orlando Resort (Universal Studios & Universal Islands of Adventure) we went on so many rides. One of them is called ‘Rip Ride Rock it’. At the start you go vertically up and then when you get to…