Miami

For Francisco's birthday we decided to check out a new city and drove 4 hours to Miami.  We stayed for two nights and had a lot of fun but it was definitely more expensive than I planned.

At this point in the drive we still had 270 miles to go..oh geez it was a long ride without the AC :(

(don't mind my thumb) It isn't a roadtrip unless you stop halfway at Crackle Barrel!  Man I haven't been here in years! And it was so yummy!

Still not over seeing Palm trees and I have been here almost 7 whole months! This is a pine tree grove 

AH after 4 hours I see Miami!!!

The cool tree art on some of the buildings!

More palm trees :) we are now in Miami Beach. Which is right off the main land of Florida.  You have to drive over a bridge to get to this part of town.

Finally after a day of driving we make it to the actual beach.  It was so aqua blue and pretty!

Smile! 

The next day, we spent the whole afternoon on the beach.  This was pre-burned Erin.

This is the same day but a bit later in the afternoon..I started to feel my burn so I put a shirt on..but it wasn't soon enough.

Next day at the beach...let's just say the Miami sun is a bit sunnier than I am used to...this is me trying to keep away from the sun's rays..I was hurting bad from this burn...

Good-bye Miami! 

Ahh..the drive home...it was much better than the drive there.  And we didn't get lost so it only took us 3.5 hours to get home.

Back in Orlando.  And these trees are so weird and everywhere but I don't think I have yet to put a picture of what they look like..Oh Orlando...I am going to miss you!

Universal Studios!

Hey ya'll,

I was able to switch a day and go to Universal Studios with 2 of my roommates.  We had a lot of fun.  It was the last day all three of us had off and was able to spend a whole day together.  We walked through both Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios (the original park).  It was super hot and muggy out and its now peak season for Florida tourists so there were lines for just about every ride.  I really wanted to go on the new despicable me ride but the line for that ride was over 2 hours...so we passed on that one. We definitely didn't take that many pictures but we did have fun and it was nice to have some roomie time since we all have such different work schedules...we rarely see each other for more than 10 minutes at a time.

Here is a picture my roommate, Amanda took on her phone, while we were stopped on the Cat in the Hat ride.

Me, Amanda, and Diamond :)

I am going to miss these two lovely ladies!

A Magical Fourth of July

For all that don't know, 4th of July easily beats out any other holiday for me as my favorite.  Its all about having a great time and seeing amazing fireworks in the sky.  Sometimes even a good BBQ and icecream is involved.  (not the bbq for me this year but thats a-okay with me since I am in the happiest place on earth.  I was suppose to have this day completely off, but then my manager asked if I could come in for 5 hours (I said "of course, but as long as I am out in time to see the fireworks!).  The day started out very gloomy.  & by this week it had FINALLY stopped raining but then it poured and poured and poured some more in the afternoon.  I was on the bus and the highway was literally flooded over within minutes of the downpour.  Cars were pulled to the side of the road and our bus just kept on trucking (he had a schedule to keep).  It was kind of cool for us, not so much for the cars but the waves we were making were splashing up over all the cars..it was just a wall of water the bus was giving off.   But anyways after I got to work it finally stopped raining and I got to go see my fireworks with my roommate, Amanda, and Francisco.

The rain on the drive to work.  I should of took a picture of the wall of water the bus was splashing but I didn't think of it.

Finally, Francisco and I made it to Magic Kingdom to find my roommate and we had to navigate through all these people to find her.  Let's just say it wasn't the most happiest of walks I've had.  

And there are even more people in front of us.  The park was completely packed with sidewalks about the only things that were cleared.

Here is a nice pixelly picture of Francisco and I....Oh and above my head is Amanda's crazy face :P

Oh and here is a lovely picture of Amanda and I...with Francisco's hand in the back..

Fireworks have begun!

Niceee!!

My roommate is into photography (she is actually photopass for her program role) and has an awesome camera and she got some great shots,  So I stole one to show you guys.

And back to my iphone camera.  This was the end! and such a beautiful show.  I forgot to take pictures but behind us there were fireworks and if you were at any of the resorts around Magic Kindgom they also had the same fireworks going off at the same time so it was an amazing experience for the firework lover like me :)

Happy Fourth! 

Animal Kingdom

I have a month left of my program left and I never had fully experienced Animal Kingdom.  So Francisco, his friends and their baby joined us in effort to stay hydrated on this hot hot day outside.

The Lion King Show.  This is pumba on a float

There is Simba!

Some Monkey dancers.  The show was okay...I liked the broadway show much better but this one at animal kingdom was entertaining to say the least.

Next we went on a safari! Here is a really cool picture of a giraffe :)

Elephants trying to keep cool!

And of course flamingo island

Oh hey there, Mr. Rhino!

I forgot what these were called but it made me laugh they were so close to the ostrich eggs.  Our tour guide made sure to tell us these animals do not lay eggs. haha

Not a complete day without some character pictures!  This was by far the best character meet and greet I've had.  Tigger was all over the place.  In this picture he took a kid's autograph book and put it on his head.  How silly! 

Tigger then had the idea to make us into a heart and have him jump through our arms.  It was really funny the poses he was having people do.  Definitely a magical moment for me!

Have a great day! :)