Kassondra Cloos

London-based travel writer and editor

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My American family couldn't visit me in London, so we went to 'London' in Florida, instead

My American family couldn't visit me in London, so we went to 'London' in Florida, instead

My trip across the pond to ‘London’ happened by mistake. You know how they say you shouldn’t go grocery shopping while hungry? You probably also shouldn’t call your American parents from the wrong side of the Atlantic while homesick.

“Your brother and I are going to Harry Potter World,” my mom told me over the phone. “Do you want to come with us?”

“Do you mean, do I want to pay to fly across the ocean to visit the fake version of the city I live in?” I asked her.

“Yes,” she said.

Read the full story online at The Independent

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