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I turned 36 this year and I feel 60, with all my knee, back and arthitis pains. I totally understand where you are coming from. Glad you were able to get some new sneakers to try and subdue some of that pain.
It's kinda sad, isn't it??
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Loving your trip report. Hopefully your new shoes made all the difference for your poor feet! How sweet that your husband got you that arrangement for your room! I am thinking, after looking at your dessert party pictures, that tickets to this event are somewhere in my future...
The shoes made a world of difference, night and day! I just read that the Dessert party was extended through December......
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Sounds like you had a great beginning to your Birthday. Glad the shoes helped, hope your feet are better.
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Glad you finally got some comfortable shoes! Sounds like a great birthday so far!
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I'm glad you got some shoes that made your feet feel better. Great report. Thanks for letting us tag along.
So much difference with the right shoes. I still can't believe I broke such a simple rule!!
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Great birthday day - apart from the sore feet.
Where else better to spend a birthday, right??!!
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Great updates & pictures!!!
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Sore feet will make anyone feel old! Sounds like your birthday is off to a great start though!!
It was a great start to my day!!
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Loving your trip report! I would love to see that black jacket you bought. Do you have a picture?
I'll get a picture in here probably tomorrow!!
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Just caught up on your TR. Glad you are having a great time!
Thanks!
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Day Four, Tuesday November 3, part 2 – Mmmm, yum!!
By the time I pulled up to the Epcot parking lot (AAA diamond pass, btw. Forgot to mention I had some sweet parking spots on this trip!), I realized there was no way I could both sample F&WF and eat a sit-down meal at Chefs de France. So I called up Disney Dining and cancelled my lunch ADR. Bummer. Ah, yes. There’s always a next trip!
As I started walking in, my feet felt considerably better right away. What a difference proper support can make! Other people noticed too….. my bright white shoes stood out like you wouldn’t believe! It seemed that every person’s eyes that were walking towards me would instantly gravitate down towards the blinding white sneakers! I actually found it kind of funny. I didn’t care though; my feet were feeling better and I was ready to sample some yummy food on my birthday!
I’m pretty sure I stopped for a FP on Soarin’ and then headed over to my first country of the day – Argentina. I got the Grilled Beef skewer with Chimichurri sauce and Boniato Puree.
This was quite tasty! It was kind of hard to not have a knife to cut the meat, but I just didn’t want to have more stuff to hold. As I was eating it on a nice little bench over by where the flamingos used to be (you remember those flamingos everybody, right?), a nice older couple chatted up with me to see if they should sample it too. I told them to go for it since it was pretty darn good!
Onward to Poland! Here, I sampled the Kielbasa and Potato Pierogie with Caramelized onions and sour cream.
To me, sausage is sausage. So that was good. But I hadn’t had a pierogie in years, and it was pretty boring! But with the onions it added more flavor, so that worked. Overall, still worth it.
Next stop, China! It was hard picking here between the standard pot stickers or something a little different, the Chicken Urumqi. This is where it would have been nice to be with someone so I could have tried more foods by sharing. I went with the Pork Pot Stickers and was very thankful.
They came with a nice and sweet plum sauce (I think) and they were very good! Feeling a bit more in the mood to explore China, I went inside to see the little Warriors and watch the film.
I don’t think I’ve seen that film since probably 1990. I sure wish you could sit in there though! I browsed through the obligatory gift-shop-at-the-exit-of-the-film/attraction and moved on.
Up next was the hands down, best little dish ever. Cape Town, South Africa, had on their menu a Seared Beef Tenderloin with Sweet Potato Puree and Mango Barbecue sauce.
I had eyed this one up immediately as the menu lineup was released months ago and knew I’d be trying this one for sure. And it did not disappoint!! This was so lip-smackin’ good, it was all I could do to keep from licking the plate clean and going back for another one!! I truly considered it, but took a look at my guide and knew I had more food to try elsewhere. So I moseyed on along, but kept in mind that I could get another one the next day.
Next, I found myself in Australia for a Grilled Lamb Chop with Red Wine sauce. It was good, but after just having that tenderloin, it didn’t compare! I was starting to get filled up but still wanted a few more samples so I wandered around Germany a bit and really took some time in the shops. This is something I don’t normally get to do because the kids typically want everything they see in the stores, or just get extremely bored! So I really took my time seeing what was all on offer in Germany and Italy as well.
Continued.......
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The beautiful Germany pavilion, one of my favorites!!!
And since I was right there, I went to the Italy booth to try the Cannelloni.
Not the best I’ve ever eaten, but since I’m a huge Italian food lover, I couldn’t really complain! I took some time out to eat on the stairs over by the water. I like to call this area Venice. And it was very peaceful. Only a handful of people wandered past for the next 15 minutes or so.
A little Italian food area they had set up near the pasta demonstration
I soooo wanted to grab an Italian margarita but thought it best to save my calories for more desserts now. I went back over to Germany to pick up an apple strudel and it was just perfect!
Being pretty full at this point, I decided to take a break from eating and catch the American Adventure show and take some serious time exploring Japan and France.
Coming up: A perfect ending for my birthday
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Great food and wine update! We loved the food at S. Africa too. I'm also a huge fan of S. African wines and was glad to see the booth had a variety of options! The day we had the beef skewer from Argentina the sauce was so salty it was inedible. I love reading your thoughts! We tried almost all of the offerings in October and are looking forward to this October too!
Such a great birthday so far. I am glad you got some better shoes. I have done the same thing before and it is amazing the difference good shoes can make. The food all looks , you picked some good stuff! Can't wait to read more....
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), I realized there was no way I could both sample F&WF and eat a sit-down meal at Chefs de France. So I called up Disney Dining and cancelled my lunch ADR. 
Bummer. Ah, yes. There’s always a next trip!
It seemed that every person’s eyes that were walking towards me would instantly gravitate down towards the blinding white sneakers! I actually found it kind of funny. I didn’t care though; my feet were feeling better and I was ready to sample some yummy food on my birthday! 
It was kind of hard to not have a knife to cut the meat, but I just didn’t want to have more stuff to hold. As I was eating it on a nice little bench over by where the flamingos used to be (you remember those flamingos everybody, right?
), a nice older couple chatted up with me to see if they should sample it too. I told them to go for it since it was pretty darn good!
I went back over to Germany to pick up an apple strudel and it was just perfect!
Waiting to eat with Goofy - DLR May 2010
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