Stalzer/Obele Family Blog

Today we just lounged around and did nothing. We watched some TV, read books, played air hockey, went shopping, …

But in the evening we rewarded ourselves to a magnificent dinner.

During one of our shopping trips at Publix we noticed that they had Alaska King Crab Legs on sale. Since everybody in our family loves seafood – well, except Felix. He really hates it. Once he told his brother Max: “… see I told that you become as dumb as a post if you eat fish…”.

The boys decided that they would like to eat a real American pizza. For Gabi, Kati and Roger we found some Boston clam chowder for an appetizer.

Then he enjoyed the crab legs with baked potatoes, sour cream and a tasty chardonnay. It was super delicious.

After a hearty breakfast we set off to Seaworld.

The weather was perfect – there was no cloud in the sky.

We learned about manatees, observed crocodiles, and watched some shows.

The most impressive show was “Believe”, the orca show.

Well, we were not alone. The show is amazing. Its choreography is simply breath-taking.

Seven huge killer whale who are world class performers.

After the show we saw strange looking leafy seahorses, sharks, penguins, and many more.

Then we had to go to “Kraken”. This is the second-tallest roller coaster in Florida. It has floorless seats, inversions and moments of weightlessness. Three time during the ride one is underground.

Felix and Max watch awestruck how their aunt went to go on the ride. While we waited they wondered if they would go on the ride once they fulfilled height requirements. So when Gabi came back in one piece and said it was great Felix and Max both decided that they would do it as soon as they had the correct height.

After that we came by the “Journey to Atlantis”. This is a water ride with a nearly 60 feet plunge. Felix, Max, Thomas and Gabi decided to go on this ride. I still remembered the soaking from last year so I decided not to go.

Max and Gabi were OK, but Thomas and Felix got completely wet trousers.

At home the boys told us several times how deep the plunge was. It was a fun day and we had seen a lot.

On Monday everyone slept in – even Felix slept super long. Then we carefully tested the pool temperature. It was perfect.

We decided to first jump into the pool and then have breakfast.

I hadn’t finished this sentence when the boys ran to the toilet undressed and asked for their swimming trunks.

Soon the whole family joint in. We had lots of fun. While we were in the pool we saw a sky writer plane. A smiley that was exactly how we felt.

After taking a shower we were very hungry. Felix and Max were  especially hungry. After breakfast we decided to go to Disney Market Place.

Max was allowed to pick something from the Lego store (his birthday was the week before). He decided on a beautiful airplane. Felix, although his birthday was in November, could also select a great Lego present.

On the way home we went food shopping. Thomas got scampi and cooked them with a thyme-lemon marinade.

Felix and Max wanted some grilled chicken and I finally got my favorite food – SUSHI. After dinner we sat a bit and discussed what to do on the next couple of days.

When we asked the boys what they wanted to do the next day they said: “We don’t care”. Then I said that we would go shopping the whole day so they quickly decided that they wanted to go to Seaworld.

After yet another round of Playstation it was “beddy time” for the boys. They changed Barbra Bear into her pyjamas and soon the boys and the bear were sound asleep.