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Kennedy Space Center

07 Feb 2016 By

The last time Dave and I visited Kennedy Space Center was about 12 years ago. The place has changed drastically since then. Since our cruise ship docked early morning in Port Canaveral, we decided to dedicate this day to exploring Kennedy Space Center.

We started our journey at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. According to the kennedyspacecenter.com website, it features the new $100 million dollar Shuttle Atlantis, exhibits and displays, two IMAX theaters, a range of bus tours of the spaceport, and the Shuttle Launch Experience, a simulated ride into space. It also encompasses the separate Apollo/Saturn V Center and United States Astronaut Hall of Fame. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is where you can see the largest rocket ever flown, touch a moon rock, meet an astronaut, and stand nose-to-nose with shuttle Atlantis all in the same day.

Here is the Visitor Complex Entrance. President Kennedy had a dream that NASA fulfilled.

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Our Bahamas Cruise – Day 4 Day at Sea

06 Feb 2016 By

Carnival Cruise Line offers the popular Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast inspired by the children’s author Dr. Seuss tale of the same name.

Do you like green eggs and ham?
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
Would you like them in a house?
Would you like them with a mouse?
…
Would you, could you, on a boat?

As opposed to Sam-I-Am, who has been offered multiple places to try green eggs and ham, we had only one option: on the boat. We couldn’t miss this opportunity and enjoyed this delicious breakfast on the last Day at Sea of our cruise aboard Carnival Sensation.

The Cat in the Hat ice sculpture welcomed guests as they entered the restaurant.

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Our Bahamas Cruise – Day 3 Nassau

05 Feb 2016 By

Nassau was our next stop after Freeport. According to the reviews, despite  the numerous beautiful beachfront hotels in Nassau, the city itself doesn’t have much to offer. That is why we chose Atlantis Aquaventure Full Day excursion. The Atlantis is an incredibly popular mega-resort and casino located on Paradise island.

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Our Bahamas Cruise – Day 2 Freeport

04 Feb 2016 By

At Freeport we took The Bahamas Jeep Adventure tour, which included many Freeport highlights: a visit of the beautiful secluded beach, Clough Point, Garden of the Groves and the Junkanoo Club private beach among others. We were looking forward to a full day driving in our own 4×4 Jeep, led by an island guide.

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Our Bahamas Cruise – Day 1

03 Feb 2016 By

Although Dave and I are not huge fans of cruises, this cruise was a nice little getaway. I am not saying that cruises are not fun, it is just you have to rush back to the ship in every port and onboard activities get a little boring after a while, but it is nice to take a cruise once in a while. Because of the time limitation, this time we chose a 4-day Bahamas cruise from Port Canaveral on Carnival Sensation, a smaller and older Carnival ship, but recently renovated and very clean.

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Florida Winter Trip

31 Jan 2016 By

Dave and I just came back to DC from Florida. There is not as much snow left after the storm and it was a surprisingly warm day. We shoveled the rest of the snow from our driveway and the balcony in about 20 minutes. The roads were clean, but there was still piles of snow on the sides. Here is a view of the Potomac River from the plane.

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Neighborhood Walk

10 Jan 2016 By

We had a nice long walk in our neighborhood today. Walking around the lake was the most enjoyable.

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Happy 2016!

01 Jan 2016 By

Happy New Year 2016!!!

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Great Russian Nutcracker

22 Dec 2015 By

This time of year, The Nutcracker is a holiday tradition for many families across the globe. Dave and I decided to share the festive holiday spirit by experiencing The Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker performance in the Music Center at the Strathmore of Bethesda.

The Moscow Ballet delivers a sweet and charming production of this holiday classic that is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffman’s story, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The company works with over 3,600 children around the nation to fill many of the roles for this production through a program called “Dance with us.” The Great Russian Nutcracker’s two act ballet includes a score composed by Tchaikovsky. This magical ballet reigns as a traditional seasonal classic that has been translated countless times into various genres.

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Snowshoe Anniversary Trip

21 Dec 2015 By

This year Dave arranged our Wedding Anniversary mini-vacation at Snowshoe mountain hoping we could spend most of the time skiing. We love skiing at Snowshoe. This mountain has numerous long ski slopes which intersect with one another and you can reach any distant part of the mountain including expert slopes in the Western Territories. This the best closest ski resort in our area. Besides, it has a cute village on the top of the mountain. The village looked nice and festive in preparation for the Holiday season. Here the village’s Christmas Tree in the picture below taken on our last day there.

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