America.

America. For just under three weeks. Monday. Excited.

This is the last full day I'll be at home for a while. I'm sure going to miss my bed! Tomorrow, we're travelling down to my cousins house, in order to be nearer the airport for when we fly Monday afternoon. There is still so much to do, yet I've been sat in my room with my cat watching films and television programmes on my laptop. We've not even started packing yet, oops. The flight will be around eight hours, so we'll arrive at 8pm UK time, but since the time difference is five hours, we'll be going back to 3pm in the USA, which means hello jet-lag. I always get a bit apprehensive before flying, especially on such a long flight.

Normally, people go away to have a long and relaxing holiday. This certainly won't be happening in America. If anything, I might as well be going on holiday for three weeks to the gym, but in heat. It might be torture, I'll have to see how I cope. I don't really handle heat well, so we'll see. We've got many things to do everyday, to make the most of our time in America. Since it's so expensive to go there, this is only my second time which I've been. I can't remember anything from last time, since I was only eight years old, but I do remember thinking it was incredible. No other holidays have ever quite beaten America. I just hope it lives up to expectations, as I've got very high hopes for this holiday.

Disney Land is on the agenda. This means meeting many of the characters and getting their autographs. Disney Land also gives me the opportunity to take lots of interesting photography, such as the famous Disney castle which is featured at the beginning of every movie. The best bit will be experiencing many of the rides which Disney have to offer. It's going to be such a good experience. Roller Coaster wise, America are way ahead of the UK. I'm also incredibly excited to go to Universal Studio's in Orlando, home to the world of Harry Potter. I'll get to go in the castle, go in Olivander's wand shop, and go to the Weasley's joke shop. There are also a few rides which are quite a mystery, I'm not really sure what they do, so it'll be fun to see how they've adapted to make a Harry Potter ride.

Going to America also means food, and lots of it. I'm just hoping that I don't come back a stone heavier, yet with the humidity and the heat being so high, I think most of my energy will be going on keeping me awake. America is one of my favourite places in the world, and I can't really believe I'm going back again, it's been over eleven years. The next time I go may be eleven years later, with my own family and children, which is quite a strange thought. I know I'm going to love every minute of this holiday, it's incredibly special as I'm going with eight members of my family, three of those are children. This therefore gives me an excuse to act like a child and get away with it. I know I'm going to miss friends from home a hell of a lot, since I won't really be able to speak to them very much. Yet I know they'll be there when I get back, hopefully anyway!