{"id":6275,"date":"2014-09-19T00:38:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T13:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galacticmuffin.net\/day17\/?p=6275"},"modified":"2015-05-01T21:41:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T10:41:21","slug":"2013-eastern-usa-canada-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.galacticmuffin.net\/day17\/2014\/09\/2013-eastern-usa-canada-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Eastern USA (& a lil Canada) trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

As usual its taken me almost a year to post my holiday photos online. I did take almost 4000……and i am queen of procrastinating so people should be grateful I did it in less than a year actually!<\/p>\n

So my holiday was from Oct 19-Nov 20 2013. I travelled once more with my friend Grace.
\nBe warned – there are many pics of my fatass below the cut! Mum is always whinging I never take pics of myself on my holidays – so I tried to be in more this time….eww.
\n<\/p>\n

We flew to New York, then the next day caught the train up to Niagara Falls (Canada side!). We stayed there a few days, then got the train back to NYC. We then joined a TopDeck tour that went from NYC to New Orleans. Well New Jersey was actually the official pick up point (eeek New Jersey you scared me) then stopped for a few hours in Philadelphia before going to Washington, where we stayed 2 nights, then to Nashville, Memphis, then New Orleans.
\nGrace and I then left the tour – we stayed in NO for 4 days – the tour arrived on Halloween so that was pretty cool (except it poured with rain so the streets werent as nuts as i was hoping!).
\nWe then flew to Orlando, Florida to go to Disneyworld. We did Magic Kindgom, Epcot and also went to Universals Islands of Adventure.
\nWe then Flew back to New York. Grace stayed till the friday but I stayed an extra half a week and hung out with one of my online buddies for a few days so got to see a bit more of New York…..except I had the worst head cold the entire time we were in NYC so getting out of bed those last few days was a serious struggle!!!<\/p>\n

Anyways here are some pictures….I couldnt narrow it down any more than this – we did so fricking much!!!<\/p>\n

Niagara Falls:
\n\"Niagara<\/p>\n

I got to meet Firda<\/a> who has been one of my longest online friends!!! Started chatting back in the heydey of our blogs back in 2000!!!
\"Meeting<\/p>\n

\"Niagara<\/p>\n

\"Niagagara<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

\"White<\/p>\n

\"White<\/p>\n

\"Niagara<\/p>\n

\"Niagara<\/p>\n

Start of our tour – first stop Philadelphia:
\n\"Rocky<\/p>\n

\"Independence<\/p>\n

On to Washington:<\/p>\n

We went and saw the Declaration of Independence but sad times – no photos allowed. but i bought a replica coz i am cool!! \ud83d\ude00
\"National<\/p>\n

\"Arlingtom<\/p>\n

\"Abe\"<\/p>\n

\"National<\/p>\n

Did some random things on our way to Memphis:
\n\"Pumpkin<\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/p>\n

\"Elvis'<\/p>\n

\"Sun<\/p>\n

New Orleans – started with a swamp tour with the Top Deck tour:
\n\"Swamp<\/p>\n

\"Swamp<\/p>\n

\"Swamp<\/p>\n

Then parted ways from the tour and rocked around on our own for a few days:
\n\"New<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

\"Plantation<\/p>\n

\"Plantation<\/p>\n

\"Plantation<\/p>\n

Then it was off to Orlando. The day we arrived it was mid afternoon so we visited Downtown Disney, but the next day ot was off to Magic Kingdom!
\n\"Magic<\/p>\n

\"Rapunzel!\"<\/p>\n

\"OMG!!<\/p>\n

\"Castle\"<\/p>\n

\"Castle<\/p>\n

Next day was Universal Islands of Adventure:
\n\"Hogwarts\"<\/p>\n

\"Off<\/p>\n

\"Captain<\/p>\n

\"SQUIRRELS<\/p>\n

Next day was Epcot!
\n\"Epcot\"<\/p>\n

\"Mulan\"<\/p>\n

\"Aurora\"<\/p>\n

\"BELLE!\"<\/p>\n

\"Mary<\/p>\n

Then it was off to NYC!!
\n\"2013<\/p>\n

Here are some critters seen in Central Park:
\n\"critters<\/p>\n

\"critters<\/a><\/p>\n

I met Rupert Gee!! i used to watch Dave Letterman all the time….I had to go to the Hello Deli man!! AND on the same day we won the Wicked Lottery! Front row seats!!!!!!!
\"Rupert<\/p>\n

\"Won<\/p>\n

\"Ghostbusters\"Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Empire state from afar and on top:
\n\"Off<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/p>\n

Went with my NY friend to Flushing meadows and saw the Unisphere and the towers that the bug-alien dude in Men in Black used as a spaceship! LOL!
\n\"Unisphere\"<\/p>\n

\"No<\/p>\n

Ok – my sister and i LOVED The movie Big when we were kids right. So OF COURSE I had to go to FAO SCHWARZ and see if i could go on the Big Piano!!!
\"Big<\/p>\n

Last batch are of\/from the Staten Island Ferry. Working Girl is one of my fave movies and it gets featured quite a bit in it so I had to go on it!!!!
\"To<\/p>\n

\"View<\/p>\n

\"View<\/p>\n

If you are bored you can see many hundreds more photos on my Flickr set for this trip<\/a>. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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