Hi all, at the moment we are on the bus to Washington D C, the bus was running about 45mins late to pick us up but the driver has assured us he will make the time up.
Our week in Orlando was extremely hot but we had a fantastic time doing the theme parks. At the resort we stayed in and in many others, Disney had a shuttle to and from every park every 20mins., so we could come and go to the parks as we pleased We encountered a few thunderstorms but did not miss out on anything - I have never seen so many people sweating and looking for the mist spray taps before. As we were heading to the gate you could tell which people were just arriving they looked so fresh. Some of the rides we went on were absolutely amazing. At Universal Studios we had an express pass that allowed us to go straight to the front of the queue- it was well worth the extra money. Some of the parks were open until 2am but we didn't manage to stay until then. There was no end to the merchandise you could buy, if we were going straight home I would have bought a case full of souvenirs.
Our trip to the Kennedy Space Center was also a day well spent, although we needed more time.
Our week in New York has also been great, our hotel was 2 minutes from Times Square so we would be down there every evening. On the first day we did bus tours around Uptown, Downtown and over to Brooklyn and then went to see Million Dollar Quartet off Broadway.
Second day we took a ferry to Liberty Island and climbed up the Statue of Liberty to the crown. (glad it wasn't any hotter)We then wandered around to Wall Street and over to the site of 9/11 where they have a preview site of the memorial being built.
We used the subway to get about and took it over to Brooklyn so we could walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. We spent an enjoyable day exploring Central park – buskers, rappers, people selling beautiful pictures and John Lennon's 'Strawberry Fields' area.. It is such a beautiful park and I would love to see it in the snow and Autumn.
It was Harlem week this week and so on Sunday we took ourselves to Harlem and experienced some great culture. I have a video of some of the people dancing in the streets with whatever they had in their hand at the time – totally enjoyable.
Sunday we started the day with a church service held in a theatre where you were ushered to your seat. For one hour they sang songs and then the preacher got up and delivered his message in a very enthusiastic way- it was just like you see on TV. (people swaying and hands outstretched saying Amen)
We did the other important sites of the Big Apple being the Empire State Building and the Rockerfeller Center we also walked along Fifth Avenue and saw Brooke Shields, Daniel Radcliffe and Lady Ga Ga.
Washington
It has been hot here and we have used the hop on bus to get around. Have seen many famous places of interest including the FBI headquarters, Martin Luther King Memorial, Arlington cemetery(Kennedy Memorial) Pentagon, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument(which now has cracks in it after the earthquake) White House, Capitol Building and every other government building you could think of.
Being part of the earthquake scare has been interesting, but now we are on 'Hurricane Watch ' which is threatening most of the east coast, so it's good we are flying to Buffalo today. We are due in Boston on Monday so hopefully it will be all over by then. (This part has been typed at the airport)
Love to all C & J
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