I made Butterbeer

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cooking, harry potter, recipes

So, I went to Harry Potter world a couple of months ago and have been craving butterbeer since. Here is the recipe I used. Several friends tried it and said it was pretty spot on.

*I only drank it warm. I didn’t try to freeze it. Try it and tell me how it turns out!*

It serves four and to make it, you need:

1 cup of light or dark brown sugar

2 tablespoons water

6 tablespoons butter

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar

3/4 cup heavy cream, divided

1/2 teaspoon rum extract

Four 12-oz bottles cream soda

Holiday 1960: Universal Islands of Adventure

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harry potter, islands of adventure, marvel, orlando, road trip, superhero, theme park, travel, universal studios

This post does not cover Hogsmeade. See that post here.

On the Wednesday of our trip, we all headed to Islands of Adventure. We were able to go an hour early to Harry Potter world, so we did! I posted about Hogsmeade here. It was too much info to go in this post.

Firstly that day, we had to catch the shuttle to CityWalk. CityWalk reminds me a lot of Branson Landing or the Promenade in Santa Monica. It’s just a lot of shopping in one place.

This is the entrance to Islands of Adventure!

We’re there!

Holiday 1960: Hogsmeade

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diagon alley, harry potter, hogsmeade, holiday 1960, orlando, travel, universal studios

The day after Magic Kingdom, all of us went to Universal Islands of Adventure. Staying at Cabana Bay got us entrance to Harry Potter world an hour early, so we were there at 7 am ready for action. We walked as quickly as we could through the park to get there. Hogsmeade is at the very back, so we skipped a lot of the rest of the park at first.

The first thing we saw was the castle peaking out over the trees. It was gorgeous.

The castle was beautiful from every angle

Day 5: Wiener Library, British Museum, and Show #2

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london, travel, wwii

Today, my class had a guest speaker talk on the causes of WWII. After that, we had a 20 minute break and went to the Wiener (Veener) Library, a Holocaust library. We spent about an hour there, but what we were all looking forward to was the British Museum right next door. Almost the entire class hung around to go in after our field trip ended. All museums are free here, so it was easy getting in.