Life's about experiences. These are mine.
Another early start to beat the crowds – if you have teenagers you will know what a challenge this can be but the lure of another trip to Universal seemed to do the trick. Once again Universal was empty in comparison to yesterday’s trip to Disney’s Animal Kingdom and it was easy to move around …
Another Disney day again today, this time it was Animal Kingdom. As a contrast to Universal this park was heaving with elbow room only available. I don’t think I have ever seen it quite so busy. On the busy days you have to be organised to get the most out of the park. So we …
Today was chilly and very windy so it was on with the jumpers as we made our way to Universal for the very first time. Even though this is our fifth time to Orlando we have never been to Universal before – partly because of the additional cost but also because there has just been …
Weather was predicted to be wet today so we elected to go shopping rather than the parks. As it happened it only rained once and that was as we were walking from the car to the shops – hey ho. There is nothing like the British High Street here in Orlando but outlets are big …
The last time we came here the park was called Disney MGM Studios so there has been a rebranding since then. However, all the attractions remain the same and it is still our favourite park. Probably because it’s the park with the most adult attractions. Including Indiana Jones, the Star Wars ride Star Tours, the …
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Whenever I go to Old Town (off marker nine on the 192), Blackpool springs to mind. Old Town is packed with small shops selling tat along with the usual selection of places to get fast food – including an “English” chip shop. At one end is a fun fair and a giant A frame to …
So we have made it into the US without any problems. In fact things went pretty smoothly. Once off the plane we were straight to the front of the security line to get our passports checked. Previously we have been waiting in line for over an hour so to be through so quickly was a …
I was lucky enough to get an opportunity last night to visit the synchrotron at the Diamond Light Source at Harwell, Oxfordshire. Unfortunately, due to bad weather and an accident on the A34 I was late and missed the start of the presentation. This meant that I missed the why are we here part of …