Sorry for the radio silence the past week and a half. I have been slowly writing these as I go along but I've only just put it all together for all you lovely people to read :) Gainesville "The big family party", NASA and a 2 day journey to New Orleans, 20th - 25th May 2010 Oh my god this place is crazy!!! Aunty Sharon came and collected us from the Train Station which is a couple of hours outside of Orlando as we'll be staying with them whilst ...

Miami, 16th - 20th May 2010 After the shuttle launch we chilled out at a place called Cocoa Beach for a couple of days before heading down to Miami. I'd found a hostel on the internet which had won the Best Hostel award in 2009 and it was 2 streets away from Miami Beach so we thought we'd give it a go. We'd also up until now always stayed in either a private room in a hostel (with shared bathroom) or in a motel, so we thought we would try staying in a girls ...

Shuttle Launch and Cocoa Beach, 14th - 16th May 2010 So we raced down the East Coast to Orlando to see the Space Shuttle launch on Friday 14th May. The shuttle programme is being shut down this year, and there are only 3 scheduled this year including this one. We hired a car and drove down to Titusville. We passed through a town called Abbey Wood - where Selena's originally from, although the London version, and believe it or not there was also a town called Ch...