What does a pirate cruise, Japanese hibachi-style food, and a southern twist on a German festival have in common? Nothing really, other than geographic location. And that's exactly what discoveries I found this past weekend. My original itinerary out the window, I found myself enjoying the riches of local foodies and family-oriented tourists spots. No, there was no alone time with a costumed mouse, but I did have a beer or two with some costumed enthusiasts---good enough, right? So, without going into too much detail or squandering away the moments by detailing my adventures, I'll simply list [View Full Entry]

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Lowry Park Zoo plays host to an annual event called Zoo Boo, which caters to families with young children. They offer many different levels of haunted houses, all with their own "skull level", which let's you know the age they are suitable for. From 1 to 7 skulls it ranges from cute to nail biting terror, which is sure to please every person in your family. Here are some of the photos I took while my daughter and I enjoyed our evening. [View Full Entry]

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Every year we try and attend Howl O Scream at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL and this year was no exception. This years theme was of course "vampires". Should you wish to see all the photos I took that day, please visit HERE The story behind the theme is a woman named Ms. Vayne is a fashion designer and she uses her fashion shows [View Full Entry]

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Tampa and Clearwater, Sept 5th to 7th Vom 5. September bis zum 9. September haben meine Mitbewohnerinnen und ich uns aufgemacht um mal die Westküste Floridas etwas genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Freitags abends ging es los nach Tampa, wo unser Motel lag. Dieses stellte sich dann leider direkt mal als nicht besonders schlaffreundlich, sehr klein und selbst für ein Motel unsauber heraus. (Dies war auch der Grund dass wir uns dann entschieden statt Montag bereits Sonntags spät abends zurück zu fahren) Am Samstag lagen wir eigentlich den kompletten Tag am Str [View Full Entry]

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Buysch Gardens was the port of call on the 18 of June. It was good fun! While to me Disneyworld was more well known as a Florida icon, Alyson suggested we go to Buysch as it was more fun for people our age. She wasn’t wrong! We got some subs for lunch along the way and then headed to Buysch Gardens. Our mission for the day - go on absolutely all the upside down rides we could. We had some initial hiccups with my ticket because it wouldn’t show up on my email and we needed it printed out. Luckily we [View Full Entry]

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Afgelopen weekend zijn we naar de stad "Tampa" gegaan, gelegen aan de westkust van Florida. Vrijdag gingen Lotta en ik de huurauto van Gainesville Airport ophalen. Bij het zien van de auto schoten we allebei meteen in de lach. Wat een ontzettend lelijke, veels te grote, typisch Amerikaanse, turbo-uitstralende auto. Het deed ons denken aan de auto waar de slechterik in een actie film in rijdt. Op mijn hyves staan foto's, dat zegt denk ik meer dan bovenstaande omschrijving Vrijdagavond vertrokken we richting Tampa. Het was ongeveer 2 uur rijden, een meevallertje dus! We vingen veel blikken d [View Full Entry]

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June the 14, 2009 I flew with Airtran to Tampa. I reserved a super shuttle online which was 21USd before I came. It was scheduled to pick me up between 2:35- 2:50am and it was running late so it got me at 3:10 am. The guy went to the wrong address or something. I felt bad for making Jill wait outside for me whilst the guy came but she was surprisingly really friendly about it at 3:10 in the morning. In our super shuttle I met some girls from Chicago and Seattle and funnily a couple from Utrecht that I got [View Full Entry]

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We have 15 hours to departure. I have almost finished packing and have surpirsed myself that I have been able to fit the majority of my clothes in a 21 inch carry on bag! Of course, that means my shoes are in the "big" suitcase! Tonight, we finish packing and then we are off to Tampa Internationa Airport to catch our first flight to Atlanta. From Atlanta, we depart to Charles De Gaulle airport on the TGV train to Bordeaux. Next stop Medoc and St. Emilion. [View Full Entry]

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Testing out my new underwater camera, it was a good day for it. [View Full Entry]

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Home. Car Unpacked Laundry done Dogs picked up Feet up and relaxing Home sweet home [View Full Entry]

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