{"id":964,"date":"2007-06-21T18:19:20","date_gmt":"2007-06-22T01:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=964"},"modified":"2012-05-11T08:19:20","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T15:19:20","slug":"tivoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2007\/06\/tivoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Tivoli"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we entered Tivoli, I saw this little guy holding up the handrail on the stairs:
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\nWe walked down the stairs.<\/p>\n

A little ways down the path, I saw this theater:
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“Oh yeah!” I told Chris. “We are going to want to see their performances..They have pantomimes!”<\/p>\n

We determined to check out when they would be showing.<\/p>\n

But first we took a tour.
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Here is one of their signature rides:
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and another:
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See the question was, do we buy the bracelet that let us ride on all the rides for one price? This required some looking around.<\/p>\n

They had bumper cars:
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There was a roller coaster thingy:
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\nThe ODIN <\/a>EXPRESS<\/p>\n

how cool is that?<\/p>\n

Well, after we walked all around, we decided to go for the bracelets.<\/p>\n

But we also noticed the gardens:<\/p>\n

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Pretty benches too, with very tame looking gryphon monster:
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Also a tame Lion:
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I’ve already said, I like my monsters fierce.<\/p>\n

This was a ticket booth:
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We got the bracelets, but then I wanted an ice cream:
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They also had a lot of carny-type games. This was the view of that alley:
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There were also a lot of restaurants:
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This ride I called Mohammed’s hammer:
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\nwe chose not to ride it. Didn’t want to be hammered.<\/p>\n

THey had a pirate ship:
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\nIt was a restaurant.<\/p>\n

We rode on this one ride:
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\nIt was called the traveling suitcase. It was full of fairytale references.<\/p>\n

This was the fairytale of the swineherd:
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Here is the evil snow queen:
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and everyone’s favorite that needs no introduction:
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Look, Ma! No seashells!<\/p>\n

We rode the ferris wheel too, and had a nice view:
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The gardens really were pretty:
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It was getting time to see the pantomime. We made our way back. On the way, we saw this band:
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\nThey were playing Pomp and Circumstance<\/p>\n

“There is no way a band could play that in America and not be ironic.” Chris was sure of this.<\/p>\n

Their little stage reminded me of the old hollywood bowl.<\/p>\n

But then we made our way to the theatre:
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I didn’t see that peacock last time.<\/p>\n

We got a good seat.<\/p>\n

MORE TO COME<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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