"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord's people who are in need. Practice hospitality."

-Romans 12:12-13

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Day 5- Last Day :(

So for our last day in Orlando we planned on going back to Island of Adventure and hang out in Hogsmeade and visit Hogwarts for the entire day (Yes we are dork..and Yes it was an AMAZING idea!)
So anyway back to Island of Adventure we went. Chris and I bought MSU Quidditch shirts the last time we were in Starkville and we LOVE THEM. I mean seriously they make me happy. So because my husband loves me we both wore our matching shirts. Also we had decided to do all the water rides so we took/wore our bathing suits as well so that we could have fresh clothes and not walk around soaked all day. However, getting DRENCHED and then air drying does some CRAZY things to my hair so just ignore that in the afternoon pictures! :)

In the previous post I used some of the pictures from this day so while I will try not to use the same ones, bear with me if you see a few! :)
Talking to the Hogwarts Express conductor about his MSU Quidditch Shirt- The response was "Ah Yes supporting the Colonial Teams"...


We ate lunch at Mythos before heading to do water rides. Mythos has won awards for their food several years in a row. We had decided to stick with something on the lighter side since we were riding coasters, but the food was so yummy!

I got a flat bread and Chris got fish tacos.

Hanging out in Hogsmeade after riding the water rides trying to dry out some.
 
Even though this picture of the back of my head was taken later in the afternoon it is proof that getting soaked on water rides and riding roller coasters to help "air dry" does not do great things for the hair! :)



Pumpkin Juice!

Ran into to some Beauxbatons and Durmstrang Students. 


Hubs got camera happy (he took about 15 pictures like this)....but check out my Snitch Pin! LOVE IT!

Flight of the Hippogriff Ride.
I think we rode this about 12x that day.












Ready to get into Hogwarts!







Sneaking into Hogsmeade without a permission slip signed! 

Storm Rolling In!

He found some Quidditch supplies!

Had to add this one because the Hogwarts student in the background was FANTASTIC!




Having a blast even though the park was about to close and they were going to kick us out :(

Last view before we left. We stayed as long as we could without feeling bad for the people working there waiting for us to leave so they could go home. We had so much fun and can't wait to go back! Loved it!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The 3 Broomsticks and the Hogs Head Tavern....

So probably one of our favorite things about this trip was The 3 Broomsticks and the Hogs Head Tavern...I mean seriously the atmosphere was FANTASTIC, the food and drink was DELICIOUS, and in all honesty the uniforms the workers wore were some of my favorites (silly I know).
So here are some pictures! 

The Three Broomsticks....

We got the Special for lunch one day- Fish and Chips- Umm...they were so yummy! I mean seriously just as good as the Fish and Chips we had  in England. So yummy!





Christopher's FAVORITE table. I mean really this is his favorite table EVER!
He was so excited that we got to sit there one day and have some butterbeer and pumpkin juice. I think we are going to have to incorporate a table of this sort into our home. he loves the benches around the table and the window and the corner and everything...







Butterbeer on tap and Hogs Head Brew available at The Three Broomsticks. 

So Chris has decided that we need an establishment like this in our town. He loves the rustic feel and really the whole atmosphere of the pub felt authentic and really made us feel like we were in Hogsmeade. It truly made the trip super special!

So moving on to the Hogs Head Tavern.
The two places were connected through a walkway, but both had separate entrances as well. 





 Signs posted around..


The bar set-up complete with a Hogs Head that randomly grunts and moves around!





Draft Beers and Draft Butterbeer! Yum Yum Yummy!

And this sign was posted out front! Keep your eyes our for Notorious Mass Murderer Sirius Black



It was a good thing our little Sirius was at home or someone may have turned him in to the Ministry of Magic!

We really hope that all of those HP fans out there get to go visit Hogsmeade at Island of Adventure and try the Fish and Chips and the butterbeer and pumpkin juice out! We LOVED it!