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| You can't help but smile when you are here... |
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| Signs point the way |
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| All the favorite characters |
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| Circus McGurkus Cafe - wouldn't you like to have lunch here? |
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| The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride. A nice calm ride after the wild rides at Harry Potter's Wizarding World. |
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| Lots of cute topiaries |
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| Looks ominous |
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| The Cat in the Hat |
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| Truffala Trees and the cutest garbage cans |
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| The Lorax |
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| My cousin, Cyndy, and I took a ride up to Orlando so we could see the new Harry Potter World at Universal Studios. |
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| All Abourd the Hogswart's Express |
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| Colorful candy at the HoneyDukes |
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| The Flight of the Hippogriff roller coaster brings you past this guy. |
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| We ate lunch at the Three Broomsticks |
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| I had ribs, corn on the cob, and pumpkin juice |
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| Cyndy tried the cornish pasties and ButterBeer. Everything was really good. |
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| Happy Bartender at the The Hogshead Pub |
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| Its been cold in Florida this winter.... |
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| We loved the houses |
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| Lots of fun shops to explore. |
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| Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey takes you through Hogwart's Castle - very cool. |
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| Bring your own stamps for your postcards, and maybe you can get them postmarked at Hogsmeade, although we never found out where. |
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| I went to Morikami to celebrate the New Year. |
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| Heard a delightful concert by the Friends of Koto |
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| We watched rice pounding and making mochi rice cakes |
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| We got to try mochi. I liked it - especially the red bean paste stuffing. |
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| I loved the taiko drumming. |
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| The kids had a great time too. |
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| Ornaments hanging from Palm Trees wrapped in rope light |
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| Max's birthday cake - chocolate pudding cake made in the crock pot, with the coolest candle |
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| Christmas dinner at my neighbor's house. Christine is the best cook! |
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| Mom and me in our New Year's hats |
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| Christine's Christmas Dinner |
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| Check out these deserts! |
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| Who says its warm in Florida? |
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| Mom and Dad join us for dinner on New Year's Day |
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| Max made an apple pie. Mmmm... |
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| I helped Phil and Christine decorate their tree |
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| Love these huge Christmas decorations - they almost make up for the lack of snow. |
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| Em loves all the partying. |
