Wowzie.
That was a weekend.
Audrey
and I drove from Grand Rapids to Dearborn Wednesday night for an early morning
flight from Detroit to Orlando on Thursday.
Friday,
I saw my sister, her partner, and my nieces and nephew for the first time in
far too many years. And there was the little side detail of being at Disney. We
laughed, we cried, we carried on. Friday was Magic Kingdom day – Mickey and
Princesses and Coasters, oh my! Saturday we went to Animal Kingdom (my
favourite) for a fantastic show of The
Lion King, more coasters, a close-up with Donald, and all kinds of
delights. That evening, Audrey and I snuck off with Cami the eldest to
Hollywood Studios for some evening fun and more coasters – and a pillow fight
with Buzz and Woody on Andy’s bed!
And
then came Sunday. Oh, Sunday.
DIAGON
ALLEY.
Universal
Studios just opened a second section of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. They’ve
had Hogsmeade set up in the Islands of Adventure Park for several years, but
now you can take the Hogwarts Express to the second park and enter Diagon Alley
through London near Grimmauld Place. Audrey, Cami, and I had one heck of a time
exploring Gringotts (we may have ridden the Escape ride 3 times…), Weasleys’
Wizard Wheezes, and Ollivander’s. And we got to eat at The Leaky Cauldron for
lunch! It was pretty much a perfect day.
Heading
back to Michigan now to get on a train to Chicago…where I’ll write a chapter of
my PhD while my family friends are at school.
The
past few days involved some 1500 iPhone photos. I won’t post all of them. But
each is worth 2000 words, so I’d best throw at least a couple at you:
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