We have tickets to Universal Studios! Hello everyone and hope you are enjoying reading the blogs as much as I am experiencing them! We were told by Hugh's friend that Universal was packed out because they had only just opened The Harry Potter World 2 weeks ago, so when we got back we ordered tickets online. Has a few problems getting it to work and had to go back on myself a few times, but as I pressed buy, I realised that I had bought tickets for the Monday and not the Tuesday and it was now 11.30pm Monday night! Stupid system! So, I woke up at the crack of dawn and called them in the morning. Luckily they changed it over and so one excited little girl yesterday was secretly like Tigger, bouncing around trying ... read more

So, we actually got to the airport 15 minutes after check in opened! Go us! Checked in, but we weren't seated together, in fact, we were at totally opposite ends of the plane! So the check in girl offered us the extra leg room seats at no extra cost! Bonus! Hugh wasn't sure when she told him there was a wall in front, but I was quietly trying to tell him it was fine and great seats. We had the 2 middle of a four and he wanted an aisle seat, but we managed to persuade him between us and he relented! Got through security in double quick time and then nearly managed to miss the flight because they started closing boarding 30 minutes before the plane was due to take off! Whoops! Ran down to ... read more