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Reading this update has definitely made me hungry. We had most of the same food items on our walk through the F&WF last October. Would love to be going again!
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!
Bummer that one was too salty when you guys had it. Hey - have a great time on your trip coming up!!!
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Wow, you had fun eating your way around the World!!
It sure was fun!
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Originally Posted by buzzspal2
Thanks for the food reviews. Joel and I are going this year. I'm looking forward to it.
You can also read reviews from the allears site - that way you can plan a little better!
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Originally Posted by chezp
I'm hungry just reading about you eating around the World!
Yes, not hard to do!!
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Originally Posted by I live with a 'Stitch'!
What a way to spend your birthday!! All that food talk made me sooo hungry! Glad you enjoyed yourself .
It was really fun.
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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....
Amazing what difference those shoes made! I will not make that mistake again. :
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Its a good thing I ate lunch before reading this update. Everything looks so yummy. What a great way to spend your birthday!
And it really was yummy too. Can't wait to go again in November!
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Reading this update has definitely made me hungry. We had most of the same food items on our walk through the F&WF last October. Would love to be going again!
Good thing I was hungry or I couldn't have eaten that much!
Here's a photo of the jacket I bought with that birthday fun card:
And a close up:
It also came in opposite colors, white with black inside and a black silouhette of Mickey.
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Day Four, Tuesday November 3, part 3 – relaxing at Epcot
Again, it had probably been since 1990 that I had seen the American Adventure show. And I don’t even know if I had ever heard the Voices of Liberty before! Shocking, yes. So it was really nice to take it down a notch and leisurely see some otherwise passed up attractions.
I do remember going through the Japan store as a kid, but not since I’ve gone back as a grown-up. I knew Hello Kitty was big over there, but didn’t realize they’d have such a huge selection of stuff here at Epcot!! This would definitely be a shopping spot for DD6 on our March trip! I easily knocked out at least an hour or more by strolling and browsing around the shops in Japan, Morocco, and France. Morocco blows me away every time. Each time I wander around, I swear they’ve added another passageway or shop! Love it! And I usually pass up the France perfume shop but I had forgotten about that stained glass window in there. Beautiful. And I love the France film, as old as it may be, it still shows off their beautiful country very nicely. Plus, you get to sit!
Feeling ready for some dessert, I had a tough decision to make now. I wanted that milk chocolate crème brulee the other day, but I decided to go a little different route and just went to the France Patisserie for their Lemon Tart instead. It was a very nice and refreshing dessert and Oh So Good!!!
The sun was starting to set and that always makes for great pictures on the giant golfball, so I headed up that-a-way for some nice night shots. And since I was right there, I went ahead and rode SSE too. This is when I finally took some time to see all that there is to play and do in that exit area. There’s some good time to kill in there!
I believe I probably used my FP for Soarin’ at this point and then headed over to ride Test Track. I had heard it’s more fun at night so why not? Single rider again, score! It was pretty fun at night, but nothing beats BTMRR at night!
Anyway, it was about 8pm and I thought it best to sit and rest (my hips were still achy) and claim a spot for Illuminations. Haven’t seen this since 2003. I made one more F&WF stop at the Dessert booth for a Strawberry Shortcake and found an open spot on a bench. I quietly sang “Happy Birthday” to myself and blew out an imaginary candle. What a dork!
My DH called me to wish me a happy birthday, so I gave up the coveted bench spot so as not to bore the others in the area with my conversation. I told him all I had been doing, and that the flowers sent to my room were so thoughtful and I was so excited to be here! Only next time, I’d like to do a solo trip with him. Not so solo, if you know what I mean!!
After hanging up, I saw that my bench spot was taken so I found different spot near the Friendship Docks and plopped down on the ground to wait for about 30 minutes. I had forgotten how special this show is! Very moving, and very bright! Love it, just love it and I can’t wait to see it again with my family! I scooted away as the finale was starting and noticed that they change the lights on the giant golfball after Illuminations. This was new to me since we usually travel with the kids and we usually don’t stay this late. I was so very glad I had gotten my picture with the regular lights earlier!
Even though I was alone, I still thought this was a fantastic way to celebrate my birthday. I had a great day and really learned the art of slowing down the pace and soaking it all up. It was magical, for lack of a better word!
Coming up: My last full day, and really taking it easy!
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Just found your TR, Tanya. Looks like you are having a fantastic birthday trip. Love the flowers from your DH, so sweet! And the F&WF pics are making me hungry (and making me wish it was October already ).
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Sounds like a great birthday! Yummy strawberry shortcake too!
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Sounds like a great end to your birthday!
It turned out to be a great birthday evening. And more to come later tonight!
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Love the jacket you bought with the birthday gift card. Sounds like a nice relaxing evening at Epcot. And that Strawberry Shortcake looks yummy
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Great night! Love the jacket!
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I looked at that jacket several times, but didn't buy it. It is really cute. Great updates!
I was actually surprised to not see more in the jacket category, but this one was simple and fit the bill as a nice spring/fall jacket. Thanks!
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Just found your TR, Tanya. Looks like you are having a fantastic birthday trip. Love the flowers from your DH, so sweet! And the F&WF pics are making me hungry (and making me wish it was October already ).
Will you be back for the F&WF this year?? I'm so excited, even though we're only going to be there for 2 days. Thanks for reading along!
I have a busy evening ahead, so I'll try to post another (lengthy) update after the kids go to bed tonight!
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Day Five, Wednesday November 4, part 1 – sleep? What is that?
My spreadsheet had called for an early start at Epcot, but my tired body decided otherwise. I decided to sleep in and did not even set an alarm clock! Even when I try to sleep late, it still doesn’t work out to be much later than 8am though. Unfortunately, that’s about as late as I can get! So I took my time showering and getting ready for the day and took a nice leisurely stroll around the resort.
It really is a beautiful theme they have going on there!
I had some Froot Loops and a Danish for breakfast, then filled up on my caffeine for the morning, and decided to head on over to Epcot.
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Since I was still there fairly early, about 10am, I decided to park amongst the common folk rather than the Diamond parking and still scored a close spot, in about the 8th row if I’m correct. I’m not exactly sure what I did that particular morning, but pretty sure I rode Living with the Land. I always like to see what they have growing in their greenhouse. I’m also pretty sure I spent some time exploring all that Innoventions has to offer since I usually don’t get to do that. Then I took some time to stop and smell the roses. Really! I walked along the rose path and smelled a few!
At the end of the path, I found myself in front of Santiago, Chile and San Juan, Puerto Rico. So I ordered up my next snacks of:
Dulce de Leche cookies (Chile)
and Ham Croquettes (PR).
At first the croquettes almost tasted like an egg roll and I liked it. But after the first one, I quickly lost interest. I think I was just in more of a sweet mode with those cookies just begging to be eaten, so eat them I did! Oh. My. They were sooooo good! I was ready to go back and get more but decided against it. Besides, a Friendship boat had just pulled up in front of the bench I was sitting on so I saw that as a sign to move on!
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Shocking, yes. So it was really nice to take it down a notch and leisurely see some otherwise passed up attractions. 
And since I was right there, I went ahead and rode SSE too. This is when I finally took some time to see all that there is to play and do in that exit area. There’s some good time to kill in there! 
I told him all I had been doing, and that the flowers sent to my room were so thoughtful and I was so excited to be here! Only next time, I’d like to do a solo trip with him. Not so solo, if you know what I mean!!
I scooted away as the finale was starting and noticed that they change the lights on the giant golfball after Illuminations. This was new to me since we usually travel with the kids and we usually don’t stay this late. I was so very glad I had gotten my picture with the regular lights earlier!
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Even when I try to sleep late, it still doesn’t work out to be much later than 8am though. Unfortunately, that’s about as late as I can get! 
So I took my time showering and getting ready for the day and took a nice leisurely stroll around the resort. 
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