ok so let me continue... lol
after watching the drum show we didn't stick around too long because on the schedule it showed that the Spirit of America Fife and Drum Corps and on the way there we heard them start up. We grabbed a spot in the front and enjoyed the show. They were great (I feel like I say this all week..lol) and you could see people watching just getting choked up with all of the patriotic songs. At the very end their last song was 'God Bless America' and they had everyone join in and sing with them. Here's a few pics..
When they were finished we headed inside the American Adventure to hear the Voices of Liberty.
Ever since I was little I've always LOVED them. I had never heard them during Christmas so I was excited! We found a seat in the rotunda and hung around a little bit. Off to the side was a lady giving the history of Haunnakah so we listened and then when she was finished it was time for the Voices of Liberty!
Wow. That's all I have to say. If you guys haven't seen them yet.. make it a point to go!! I had goosebumps the whole time and saw people holding back tears!
When the show was over we had a chance to say hi to some of the singers and then we headed into the theatre to see the american adventure show. The show isn't too bad... I've always liked it for the most part. My favorite part though is the very last song they do with the video montage. LOVE IT!! I didn't get great shots of the show either (stupid no flash rule!!).
hope you guys aren't sick of christmas trees yet...cause here's the one outside the american pavillion!
we headed into the liberty inn for a quick break and ran into a HUGE gingerbread house!! and in case you guys want to make one yourself... here's the ingredients..haha
for some reason I also felt a little hungry so I grabbed an apple cobbler from the counter and chowed down... mmmm! it would def have been better with a little vanilla ice cream but it was still tasty!
after finishing up we started on our clockwise trek across the globe..lol
We headed back to Japan and saw that the little show explaining the Japanese holiday traditions was in full swing already so we stopped and listened for a little bit.
Since we were going to eat there later on in the week we didn't really stick around and browse too much cause we knew we'd be back! Next up? Morocco! yet again, Mo Rockin' was performing already so we stopped by to have a quick listen and watch the belly dancer.
I also needed a little pick me up so we went into the cafe in the back and I ordered a moorish (I think that's what it was called!)...an espresso with cinnamon and nutmeg, which sounded awesome. Well...first off, she charged me for 2..which I didn't realize until after we left. But oh well. I wasn't going to go back for $3. Then she also put this clear liquid in which I wasn't sure what it was and... ehhh....I wasn't that big a fan!!! I think i saw the bottle in a store later on and it might have been orange water? or something like that. It wasn't horrible but it wasn't that great either!!
Next up on our tour was France!
Again, we didn't want to spend too much time here since we were going to be eating there that night so we quickly breezed through and then started heading out. But wait! Who's that over there? Princess Aurora? hurry up! there's NO LINE!!!
Continuing on to the UK we headed into a few of the stores and i took a quick glance at the pub stand to make sure they serve Guinness for later on in the week (hehehe...and they do!). And what's a trip to the UK without your corny typical picture of you in the phonebooth? Too bad I didn't have a Superman shirt with me!
Heading next to Canada I wanted to see the new 360 show that they had so we headed up the stairs and ran into a few bears!
We HONESTLY had NOOOOOO clue who they were!!! We found out the next day at MGM that they were the bears from Brother Bear. Honestly? Never saw it! hahahaha! They were still cute and funny though so loved the pic!
The new show at Canada I enjoyed! I'm not usually a fan of Martin Short and don't really watch anything that he's in so when I heard he was the 'host', I was a little reluctant! I'd recommend seeing it now though!
Since we hit the end of our half world tour, we decided to head back to France to see if they can take us a little earlier and the sun was just setting...
Also on our way we saw the French holiday presentation..
My friend Evan was also eating at Chefs de France with his mom but they had already started eating about an hour earlier. When we checked in, the hostess said it wasn't a problem we were early and it would probably only be a 10 minute wait..yayyy! I was starting to get hungry!! While we were waiting outside, Evan and his mom came outside when they were done and kept on raving about the food! YAYYY! I had honestly been a little scared to eat here b/c all of the reviews I read were completely mixed! Some people hated it, some people loved it, so Evan's review was a little bit of a relief.
We were seated pretty quickly right by a window facing the lake. It was definitely a little crowded in there but since we were by the window, it wasn't too bad. We saw the waiters trying to squeeze their way in between tables though and I would be a little annoyed if I had to keep trying to move my chair!
Our waiter was Sebastian (and he was cute, might I add.. lol) and he was funny and pretty good! I had also read that the service here was sub par but Sebastian def went out of his way to try to help us and was always making sure everything was ok with our meal. We ordered drinks and I was excited when I saw Orangina on the menu...mmmm!!! yayyy!!
We love love love onion soup so that was definitely one of the appetizers we ordered. Evan's mom suggested that we try the tomato and goat cheese flatbread so we got that as well.
Ready for some food pics everyone? hehehehehe
I present to you the AWESOME AMAZING onion soup...
no joke we loved it. it was perfect! We had asked to have the cheese more well done and burnt and it came out perfect. I couldnt get enough!
The flatbread was also REALLLY good..
It had great flavor and fresh crushed tomatoes and yummy goat cheese. The 'crust' was more of a pastry... flaky and stuff and was really light so it wasn't filling at all. yum!
For my entree I ordered the short ribs but asked for potatoes au gratin instead of the polenta.
sorry..not really in focus..
this had a lot of flavor too, although maybe a little salty. Still great flavor! And the potatoes were nice and cheesy too.
Mom had the vegetable lasagne thing and she said it was decent (there's that pickiness again!). I don't like eggplant at all or else I would have tried it for a real review...haha!
OK...and now for the best part...dessert!! woohooo!!! I ordered the sorbet trio (raspberry, kiwi, mango) with an elephant ear..
and mom got the Chocolate tart with banana and coconut, praline sauce with chocolate ice cream.
both of these were AWESOME!!! too bad i was wayyyyyy too full to really eat a lot of them! mmmmmm!!! chocolate and bananas is one of my favorite combos so the tart was perfect! top that off with a nice cappuccino and I was in heaven... lol
Ok...I think I ran out of room for pics... I'll be back in Part 3!!!
But it looks like you already know that! 
Think he'll notice if I 'forget'? hehehehe
