Day 148 – December 18

Wether or not we have got visitors does not really matter, the alarm clock still rings at 6.00AM. We all have to take a shower, get dressed and have some breakfast before we head towards school. The car is filled with two grandma’s and a granddad who will join us today.

Because Camy had school until 1.00PM, she only had two tests today, Bram and I had thought about what to do this morning and we came up with the idea to visit the village of Christmas.

First we went to McDonalds to have a cup of coffee and an egg muffin, once doen we drove off to Christmas.

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We had visited this village only a week ago but we had not visited the open air museum, so that is just what we did today.

We also visited the museum about Floridian wars.

Next to the fort there were some houses of the 1700-1800’s. It is similar to the Pioneer House in Kissimmee.

At 1.00PM we picked Camy up from school and went to Winter Park. We first had lunch, a wonderful pita bread and falafel. Because we had the lunch on the go we sat down at the harbor of our boat tour.

And about 30 minutes our boat departed through the different canals of Winter Park and we made some stops at the different lakes as well. The weather was very good so we all enjoyed our tour.

Around the lake some real big villa’s were build and some of them belong to some famous people, like NBA-stars and other well-known people.

In the middle of the lake there was a tree holding christmas bells.

Around the lake you also saw trees with Spanish moss. It looked really good but, unfortunately, it does not really show in the picture.

Day 64 – September 25

Today we went to visit a museum, one that we drive by everyday after school. So now we found time to go and visit the museum and sculptures in the garden. The museum is about Albin Polasek, an American sculptor immigrated from Czech Republic.

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This is the entrance, see the deer on top of the roof.

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There were all sorts of bushes in the front yard with nice flowers in it, see this one.

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And how’bout this one.

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And some sculptures, this is what made him a well-known sculptor.

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For lunch we had Steak ‘n Shake, they sell one of the best milkshakes! With a hamburger, chicken fingers and fries we had a well deserved lunch.

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When returning home we found more cards in our mailbox, three this time, thank you!