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    Posted at 11:35 pm by Millie, on April 19, 2019
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    Bright lights of Osaka: Japan’s third largest city after Tokyo and Yokohama

    I woke up with my best friend Catrin, her sister Alexa and Bella in Osaka on my 9th birthday and we all jumped for joy on the bed!

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    The view from our bedroom window

    As soon as I was up and dressed I raced to Mummy and Daddy.  First I opened a small lovely present that was some washing tape with cats on.  Then we all bundled down to breakfast. I had toast with lots of nutella on it. The breakfast table was covered with glitter and ‘happy birthday’ confetti, and a big 9 balloon.  

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    As soon as I finished eating I opened all of my presents except for one that I saved for later.  One of my favourites was this gorgeous charm bracelet from Catrin.  Mummy and Daddy gave me a card with dancing kittens on it that sang Happy Birthday out of tune!

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    First I went shopping in Gap with my birthday money.  Catrin was a really kind friend at helping me choose things and letting me know what suited me and not.  

    Then we went for a crepe lunch, and an ice cream for dessert in a big crazy shopping centre with a big green bear outside.  

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    After lunch I went to a shop to get some new glasses which I put in cool case which Mummy and Daddy had given me at breakfast time.

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    After that we went to an arcade place and me and my best friend went in a funky photo booth where you take photos and can then play with images adding stickers and other cool  things. 

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    In the arcade we also played mario cart which was a crazy driving game.

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    When we got back to the hotel we had a cake that was a pile of giant chocolate chip cookies with candles in it.  Then we (just the children!) ordered room service and watched 2 movies and had a midnight feast.

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    Happy Birthday Emily!

    But it didn’t end there!!!!

    We moved to a different hotel the day after my birthday.  I woke up and I was so excited to look out of the window and see rollercoasters whizzing round and Hogwarts in the distance.  

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    When we arrived at the park I could see the spinning globe which meant we were at Universal Studios AT LAST for my birthday treat!

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    The first world that I went to was Harry Potter world.  As we walked in we saw Stone Henge from England.  We walked down a long path until we eventually saw Hogwarts.  We walked past all the shops in Diagon Alley and went into Ollivanders Wand store. We also saw Honeydukes, and that crazy plant shop (Noltie’s Botanical Novelties), and the toilet had Moaning Myrtle roaming around it.  The first ride we went on was Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, and you basically went on a 4 seater and zoomed round the Quidditch pitch, and there were dementors, and spiders and Aragog spitting at you with actual water, and the dragons from The Goblet of Fire breathed hot air/fire at us.  After that we wandered around, posed by the flag of our favourite house, and then went for lunch at the Hogs Head. We had a goblet of butter beer each. It tasted like apple juice with cream at the top. Next we went on the Harry Potter Flight of the Hippogriff rollercoaster. We got the very front carriage which was epic.  

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    Dad dragged us to Water World, and we watched a crazy show with lots of fire, shooting, jetskis and old boats.  This part of Universal Studios I didn’t particularly like.

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    There were tonnes of crazy rollercoasters everywhere, including an upside down one (that Bella and Daddy liked) and a backwards one.

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    When we went past a model of Jaws, Mummy and Daddy posed in its jaws.  

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    We walked past Minion fountain and a dog petshop before getting to a ride called Minion Mayhem.  The car moved around and it was trying to transform us into a Minion ourselves. It was a 4D experience and it made Mummy feel sick but the rest of us really liked it.

    We all walked by a shop that was selling Snoopy ears and decided to buy a pair seeing as me and Bel had recently fallen love with Snoopy (who is Rachel’s (Catrin’s mummy’s) favourite).  

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    Overall it was exciting to spend a Birthday in Japan and go to Harry Potter world in Universal Studios which I had been wanting to all my life.  It was especially good because the Lewis Banks family could be there on my actual birthday.

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    Author: Millie

    | 10 Comments |

    10 thoughts on “Shes 9!!!”

    • Wendy

      May 7, 2019 at 12:00 am

      Happy Birthday- what a great day!

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      • charlottemonico

        May 8, 2019 at 11:05 am

        Thank you!

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    • Matteo Marzano

      May 7, 2019 at 9:26 am

      Huge and Best Wishes to You !!!
      God Bless You !!!

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      • James

        June 23, 2019 at 3:05 am

        This is Emily by the way: Thank you!

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    • sarah thorley

      May 7, 2019 at 10:09 am

      Wow! You’ll never forget your ninth birthday! Thank you for telling us all about it – with wow photos too. How great to have your best friends there with you. I love your groovy new glasses and your snoopy ears.
      And I can’t wait to see you and give you a late birthday hug in thirteen days time!
      Lots of love to you and Bella – Sarah

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      • James

        June 23, 2019 at 3:05 am

        This is Emily by the way: It was lovely to see you and thank you for your amazing birthday bag present. I use it every day. I can’t believe you thought my glasses were real. I guess they are in a way! Lots of love, Millie xx

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    • Dinnie

      May 7, 2019 at 11:27 am

      What an exciting post, it must have been one of the most amazing birthdays ever, I really enjoyed reading about it. Lovely to share it with your friends as well as your wonderful family. Very smart glasses, I am surprised you still have them on your nose after all those terrifying upside-down rides… Harry Potter World looks really well- imagined and fascinating, and now you are in another different world, busy saving turtles – no time to get bored. lots of love Dinnie xxx

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      • James

        June 23, 2019 at 3:03 am

        This is Emily by the way: I love my glasses, I wear them all the time. Lots of love Mille xxx

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    • Grandpa Suffolk

      May 7, 2019 at 3:54 pm

      Milly, that was a fabulous story all about your birthday which sounded really great. Even better with all your friends and family around you. I would have loved to share it with you, well some of it!! I’m quite sure that I would never have coped with the roller-coasters and I wonder how Mummy got on with them, I can picture her looking a bit sick. I think I would have liked the “Mario Cart” lots though. I’m so glad you had a great birthday. Masses of love……….Grandpa Suffolk

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      • James

        June 23, 2019 at 3:02 am

        This is Emily by the way: Mummy didn’t go on the big roller coasters, she did one and went really green. I’d love to do Mario Carts with you one day, I bet you’d be really good. Lots of love Millie xxx

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