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June 18, 2011
 

Benson Summerfest

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    Today we headed to the Benson Summerfest. Benson is a part of Omaha which feels like a small old American town with crazy local shops.

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    There were lots of stalls and lots of fancy old cars parked up for people to look at. Tom picked his favourite which was sparkly blue and I picked my favourite which was sparkly red and white and looked like a diner inside.

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    Facebook Checkin at Jakes Cigars & Spirits at 18 Jun 14:54
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      We stopped for a drink in Jake's bar where the barman gave us infinite free drink top ups and free unlimited peanut butter pretzels which are the best bar snack ever!

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    We then got to meet the @[62812610158:Omaha Rollergirls] who thought we needed some temporary tattoos and had a look at some of the stalls.

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    There was even a drive-through tobacco shop which was really busy.

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      We then went for a look around Friendly's Bookstore which was filled with thousands of old and interesting books priced at $1.

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      The bookshelves were made out of blocks of stone and there were funny comic clippings everywhere.

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      We then went for a drink in the Benson Grind coffee shop where I tried an Italian Soda and some cake pops.

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      An Italian soda is made up of syrup, soda water and cream but I wouldn't recommend one.

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      We had some time to kill before heading to the diner, so we went for another drink in the Waiting Room.

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      Lots of bands play here and the walls were covered in signed posters. We almost came to see The Thermals here on our first night but we were too tired.

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      It was then time for dinner so we headed to Leo's Diner which we had heard serves pancakes the size of your face.

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      My breakfast arrived on two different plates (I thought I'd ordered the wrong thing at first) and the pancakes were as big as my face! I only managed to eat one pancake and we had to take the rest home in a box for breakfast.

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    We walked off our diner food with a stroll through the leafy suburb streets. I joked that we'd see a yard sale and a lemonade stall and we did within the first two blocks. There were also tiny little baby bunnies running through the gardens and we spotted another black squirrel.

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    We walked down to Memorial Park where we caught a bus back down to the Old Market.

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    There are lots of planes with banners flying around for the CWS and this one was offering free bacon!

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