Orlando Christmas: Lake Eola & Ballet - Day 2 (click once on any photo to display full image)
12/22/2024
Rental Condo (Day 1) Lake Eola & Ballet (Day 2) Airboat & Light Display (Day 3) Christmas Eve (Day 4) Christmas (Day 5) Go Karts & Cirque Show (Day 6) Central Florida Zoo & Golf (Day 7) Leu Gardens & Animal Preserve (Day 8)

Wei-Shen’s Condo

Warming up at the “fireplace” in the lobby of The Waverly, Wei-Shen’s condo building - temps were in the mid 50’s with a constant breeze in the air. His 15^th floor balcony has a great view of Lake Eola.

Lake Eola

We had a pleasant walk around Lake Eola viewing the Christmas decoration displays – the train resembled the Purdue Boilermaker Special from Li’s alma mater! The Waverly is visible in the background of the first photo below – it’s the tallest building in the middle.

We also took a 30 minute swan boat ride - click this link to view a short video.

Markwood Drive Reunion Dinner

Fifty-one years ago during elementary school Li and Wei-Shen hung out with their neighbors on Markwood Drive in Mentor Ohio - Heidi Hagedorn (now Zagari) and her brother “Butch”. They lost touch after that and then by a stroke of luck Wei-Shen ran into Heidi completely by accident at the AAA office in Orlando about 18 years ago. They have since met up many times and now Heidi finally got to see Li again after all these years when we had dinner together at Metro Espresso. What a small world!

Nutcracker Ballet

After dinner, we saw the final performance of The Nutcracker by the Orlando Ballet. The reimagined production debuted as part of Orlando Ballet’s 50^th anniversary season in 2023. Unfortunately, Lauren was not in this new production because the student member roles from the previous production were now recast as company member roles. None the less, we still enjoyed this festive Christmas tradition!