Thoughts by Hannah Michelle

Welcome to the updated version of my blog.  With ads coming in the next few days, I want to explain what's next for me, and for you, as a reader!  Upon returning home from Florida, I have decided that I'm going to give this blog a real chance.  Until this point, blogging was mainly just personal.  Now, I want to reach people, I want to connect with people, and I want to see where I can go with this blog. Within the next five years, I want to do more long-term traveling.  I'm not 100% sure what that looks like for me yet, but I do feel called to see more of this world God has created. Meeting new people that live completely different lives than me is the focus of my next few years.  While I'm still pursuing my degrees, I want to focus on this part of my plan soon as well. Not only do I want to see the world, but I want to share it.  I want to share my views and beliefs, and how these will be molded and changed by my experiences.  I want to shar...

Since the Harry Potter rides were added, Universal Studios has been (almost embarrassingly high) on my bucket list.  I am so happy I had the chance to finally visit the wizarding world this summer!   There are three parks within Orlando's Universal: Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, and the new Volcano Bay.  We did not go to Volcano Bay, but we did get two-day park-hopper tickets to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure.  These tickets were roughly $250 a piece, but I would say it ended up being worth it as a huge HP fan!   I'm not entirely sure how people generally review theme parks, so I'm just going to do it in my own way. We entered the park on the Universal Studios side, as this is the side with London: Diagon Alley and Kings Cross Station.  This is near the back of the park.  Walking into the London section of the park, you can see the Knight Bus, Kings Cross Station, and Grimmauld Place. If you're a muggle, it'd be easy...