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Orlando, FL trip

MAY the fun never end... part 2

After the short weekend trip, Daniel had long crazy working hours (36 hours non-stop) and I had to go to Galveston for a work meeting. When that was over, we were ready for our next trip... Orlando, Florida! It was our 2nd anniversary trip.

We left Houston on May 23rd to begin our 15 hour drive. We stopped at Pensacola, FL for the first night. Bad choice. We booked this 2 star motel that turned out to be very crappy. We had to put towels on the pillows to sleep. We left very early the next morning cos we were grossed out. So we drove another 7 hours before arriving in Orlando, FL and checked into our resort immediately. The resort was so comfortable. On Sunday, we had to attend timeshare presentation to get our tickets to Disney World. It took us a while to get out of there. We met with Tanya and Andy at Epcot Center. We had so much fun hanging out with them. We wanted to have a nice dinner together but those restaurants were booked months in advance. We did so much walking that we both had blisters.

On Monday, we met with Justin at Hollywood Studios. Thanks Justin for being such a gracious host. Hollywood Studios was our fav! On Tuesday, we covered both Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom. All 3 days were crowded. We realized that on Tuesday, it was mostly crowded with Europeans (British in particular). There was a lot of walking and waiting. On Wednesday and Thursday, we covered the 2 Universal Parks. Universal was nice, but not as impressive as Disney. The quality of the rides and cleaniness of the locations weren't as good as those in Disney. By Thursday, we were done with theme parks. On Friday, we watched Indiana Jones. I think because we have been to the theme parks, the movie did not seem exciting anymore. That was the gist of our vacation. Pictures to follow.

MAY the fun never end... part 1

May was a fun month for us. We started out the month by going to Washington DC for Kaylee and Joe's wedding. On the first day, we met up with Val, Andrew (who just returned from his mission), her dad and Pace. We had planned to meet up in Chinatown, so Daniel and I thought we were going to eat Chinese. It turned out to be a really hip bistro place that had awesome mini burgers and pizza. From the outside of the restaurant, you could tell that it used to be Chinese-owned. It had the words "Traditional" in Chinese on the top. The next day, Daniel and I toured the tourist memorials in DC. Even though Daniel served his mission there, there were some places that he had never been too. We wanted to see the places that was shown in National Treasure 2, so we had to visit the Library of Congress. Too bad we couldn't get into the library itself. (Daniel couldn't understand why we couldn't go in... since it's called a library...sorry honey) That night, we had the chance to meet up with all our friends (Kaylee, Joe, Yejin, Alex, Sunny, Jonathon). We had so much fun catching up. After dinner, we drove up to Baltimore for the night. On day 3, we left Baltimore in the morning to go to Philly. We wanted to go to the Independence Hall (again National Treasure) but the tickets were all gone. So we could only walk around the outside. Kaylee and Joe had their wedding reception in the Pennsylvannia Fine Arts Musuem that night. They had spent so much time and effort in decorating the place, it was so lovely. On Sunday, we made the trip back to DC to visit the Chinese branch that Daniel served while on his mission. It was fun to catch up with the members and to watch the funny video of him and his companions doing a skit for one of the Christmas parties. Meeting the members that he had taught was a great way to end the trip.