Gator Motel Kissimmee

... Orlando around 11am and we stopped in for lunch at grandma and grandpa in Boynton Beach before making it back home finally around 5pm. After off loading the car we went for a bicycle ride around the neighborhood, which is the kids favorite activity these days.

By the snoring going on behind me I believe Rebecca and Christopher had a fun weekend as well, and now it is my time to hit the sack.

We all have grown up fantasies and Fairy tales and always wondered how it would be to be in a fairy land or the Magic World. My dreams seemed to have come true , only a bit late in life! Well i am walking into the third decade in my life but still excited about going to the Disney World Orlando.

Our trip starts with a jinx , first with the shuttle breaking down on the way to the airport and second with our flight ...

Today I went in for another vaccination in preparation for travel. This time is was the good old Yellow Fever! I guess for some reason I didn't realize that Yellow Fever is still such an issue in Africa. Anyway, the shot itself was no big deal, however, I have been told to expect some side affects as it is a live vaccination. Apparently flu like symptoms can come on within about 24 hours of the shot. What I ...

... biscuits! We ordered a few minutes later and I wanted to try something new. I usually get chicken fingers and three sides which are always really good, but I decided to get the roast beef dinner with fries, fried okra, coleslaw and raspberry lemonade. Dad got chicken fingers with fries, macaroni and cheese and corn; and mom and Mike both got huge salads with fried chicken, cheddar cheese and lots of other toppings ...

... Tried calling Laura and Kevin with varying degrees of success on a public phone and was soon sitting behind the wheel of my car wondering which way to go. About an hour later I was on Florida's Turnpike heading south after passing the entrance many times. The various beeping noises I constantly heard from my credit-less phone told me that Laura was probably frantic to know if I had arrived OK and it was frustrating not being able to reassure her. About an hour ...

... a stuffed whale, so I'm quite proud of myself. We headed to International Drive for dinner finally settling on Chilli's which was very very good and included a giant deep fried chrysanthemum like onion. I-Drive is interesting, it's a bit like Oxford Street or Champs Elysees, but spread out over miles and with nothing above the second storey. Back home and bed by 10.30 - we're really lighting up the town! Photos at flickr

... were finally out the door and heading towards MGM by 2:30. Before we pulled out of the resort, though, we realized that we were living in jungle. Well, compared to Brooklyn this was like the wilderness! We looked out the car window and saw the biggest bug I had ever seen. Now, I also happen to have the biggest bug phobia anyone has ever seen. I just can't take bugs... any of them. I get all shaky and freak out! So no, I did not like ...

... for the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland. The theater was unbelievably and ridiculously hot. We hadn't had a problem with the heat all day. In fact, we actually thought that Animal Kingdom was a cooler (temperature-wise) park than the other three. However, the theater was just boiling. We had our fan and mister, though, so we just took turns using it while we waited it out. I really loved how the big metal structures in the ...

... off. I really thought that Europe was so differnt than the states but having traveled to Egypt I realize how western both Europe and America are. I look at things so differently now. Isn't that what travel should do? Shouldn't it change you? Shouldn't you learn something? Egypt has done that and more.

Christen was in her "terrible" two's so for the 16 hour drive, Leah had packed a number of gifts wrapped up as presents for her to open and items for her to play with. Well.....after about 2 hours of travel, she had run out of these presents....In a stroke of genius, Leah just began re-gifting, re wrapping the gifts and giving them to ...