Main Street, USA

Those amongst you who are Disney aficionados will recognize the post title. We recently returned from a long weekend in the Disney capital of the world, Orlando FL. My sister Kimberley has been a huge fan of Disney forever, but had never had the opportunity to visit, and so she decided to save her pennies and pounds, and hundreds and splash on a two week vacation in "The place where dreams come true"

She emailed and mentioned this and we agreed to meet for a few days to catch up as it is only a short flight from Chicago, and we already had some accommodation that we needed to use (long story). So it was set, or so we thought! Closer to the date she emailed and they, she and her boyfriend at the time Scott, had decided that they would get married whilst they were in Orlando, as you do! The trip quickly turned into a wedding, with flower girl (Addison), witnesses (Lorraine & I), etc.

We hung out for a few days together over the weekend, went to Animal Kingdom (met my brother, the handsome fella on the right) and Magic Kingdom, did some shopping, etc. It was great to see them, as it had been over a year since we last did. They took us quite literally when I asked for them to bring as much Galaxy chocolate and Jaffa Cakes that they could fit into their case. I don't have the count handy, but it came to $120, and filled an entire cabin sized trolley bag.

The night before the wedding we went to downtown Disney for a bit and to the Irish bar Raglan road for some good ole UK fayre. Whilst there, there was an Irish band playing. Typical folk music, with a few of their own thrown in and some Irish dancers. What we didn't know until later, was that they were all one family, with the oldest (2nd from the left) being only 17! That's right 17!!! They were very talented and a delight to listen to.

The wedding itself was very low key. A nice chapel on International Drive, just us, the photographer and the minister. Kimberley look fabulous in her cream dress and pink wrap, hair and make-up done to the nines. After the ceremony, lots of pictures of course, and then we went to a few different locations and I took more pictures. Click here for the full album of the trip and the wedding.

All too soon of course it was time to come home, and back to the grindstone :-)

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