It has been quite some time since we posted. We don’t have any new sailing adventures to share but we thought we would share some of the adventures we took when we were in the U.S. in December and January. Actually, we forgot to take pictures after the first few days so this is really a recap of mid-December.
We left Cyprus on Dec. 17 and flew to Florida. We and many others were clearly in the Christmas spirit as evidenced by the display boards in the Larnaca, Cyprus Airport:
At the Larnaca airport, excited to begin our journey!December 18Also Dec. 18. I don’t usually have a window seat so it was extra nice to see the views!
I was particularly excited for the first part of our trip as we were going to spend three days with my son, Kyle, who was on block leave from the U.S. Army. We had a free day before we met with him, so Michael and I visited Universal Studios. It was really fun. Here are several pictures of our trip to the theme park.
Our first rideWe saw these gents in the Harry Potter ride line. I think they work for Gringotts Bank, which is the safest place for gold jewels and magic artifacts since 1474. A dragon, as expected.Dragon at night – not blowing fire.Dragon at night – definitely blowing fire.They queue up the ride’s story as you walk through the line. (I won’t give it away, don’t worry.)It looks even cooler at night.Having been in Egypt recently, I would say they did an okay job with their “line displays.”Of course we went on the E.T. ride. If I recall correctly, this is the only ride that has been around since the inception of the park. That reflects both the quality of the ride and the staying power of E.T.!Who knows which ride is being advertised here? 🙂Yep! This was probably my favorite ride.Part of the “standing in line” entertainment.DittoDitto – the weapons.More weapons.Those little guns are mighty powerful!Car from the movie, “American Graffiti” at Mel’s. Another one. I loved that movie and became an instant fan of 50’s music!
Here are some pictures of Universal Studios at night. It was very festive. I loved it!!
Leaving the theme park.It was too bad we were too pooped to party because it looked like there were a lot of places to do so outside of the park. But we were a little jet lagged and still had to drive to a hotel nearer to Kyle that night.
I will share additional pictures in the next post to give you a rest now.
