We ended up back in Germany and got our passport signed really quick. We weren't able to get ti signed when we bought it because we had to run over to our lunch reservation and I still had to get the stickers set up. We were having so much fun in all the countried that we were surprised to see that i was already almost 7 and we had a dinner reservation at "San Angel Inn" in Mexico. We had to skip over Norway and China and go straight to Mexico. We missed Canada and United Kingdom that night as well, but figured we would just revisit Epcot and finish up the world showcase (which we never got to do unfortunately, but more on that later)
So we went over to Mexico and had a little time to spare. We checked out the Grande Fiesta Tour with Donald added. I thought it was really cute and so did he.
We checked in for our reservation. The line just to check in was like 10 minutes long and they were turning away walk ins. we got a pager and checked out the market place were I bought a really pretty bracelet.
The marketplace is only so big though and the wait was soooooo long. We were waiting for like a half hour and we were just so tuckered out from such a long day.
I mean....look at us...this is a picture of us waiting...we were exausted
Just as Steve was about to go up and ask them how much longer it would be (we were seriously contemplating just grabbing something quick and enjoying the rest of the showcase before the fireworks) the pager went off.
We were seated and we ordered Margarittas
These things were STRONG!!!! I mean....Steve drank his all up, but I could hardly drink any of mine and it's a good thing. I was already feeling tipsy. He would have had to carry me out of there if I drank that whole thing. I mean...I am not skinny, but I am a tiny girl. It was way to strong for me to even sip.
I had heard some pretty bad things about this place, but it is really beautiful and I wanted to eat there for the atmosphere, not to mention I had not heard the bad reviews until right before our trip. I would have never been able to get a reservation in another country at that point. The reviews I had heard were from people eating lunch there though, so I was hoping dinner would be better.
For my appitizer I got duck meat taco's. I don't know what they called it, becuse it doesn't seem to be on the menu on allears.net but I thought it was absolutely amazing. Actually....I am glad it was because my dinner wasn't really good at all and the appitizer was big enough for me to eat as a dinner.
Steve had the Sope Tradicional (grilled soft corn shell filled with chicken and refried beans, covered with fresh green tomato sauce, fresh cheese and onions, served over a bed of lettuce ), which he said was pretty good.
For my entree I had the Plato Mexicano (Beef Tenderloin Tampiquena, chicken enchilada, and beef flauta, served with sour cream, black refried beans and Mexican rice) The meat was way over cooked (and I like my meat well done), the roll up thingy was just really dry and I didn't even try the enchilada)
Steve had the Puntas De Filete (Beef tenderloin tips sauteed with onions and chile poblano strips covered with roasted chile pasilla sauce, served with black refried beans and rice) He thought it was excellent.
We ended up skipping dessert even though it was part of our meal plan. Nothing really struck our interest and since we were seated so late we didn't want to miss Illuminations.
We ended up stopping over in the Norway Bakery and getting a School Bread to share when we settled in to watch some t.v. that night. I had heard amazing things and just had to try one. While we were there I saw this little cone role up thing with some typed of sugar on it and cream in the middle. I asked the guy what it was and he said "Oh, that's Frugenlugen Cone" I was like...."What's in it" so he goes "Frugenlugen Cream"...very descriptive...I know exactly what it is now!!!!
I am sure it wasn't called Frugenlugen, but that is what it sounded like...lol.
We went out in front of Norway and waited for the Illuminations show to start. Steve had originally said "hun, we are so tired, why don't we just go home and beat the crowds?" I told him "No way! You will regret it!" He was sooooo glad I made him stay. He loved Illuminations. I mean...who wouldn't? I think that was his first real taste of the amazing magic that you feel when you are in Disney.
After the show was over, we started our long trek on our very tired feet back to the front of the park. On the way out we bought a light up tinkerbell for the backpack and he got a light up necklace thing that he ended up putting around his Mickey Groom hat and calling it his flashedy doo da. This is the point in the vacation where he really started getting into it and acting like a five year old kid. I loved seeing him enjoy himself and just let himself go. It was probably the best part of my vacation. I love him so much. On our way out we saw this little old man on his
scooter and his year of a million dreams ears on....our hearts melted and so began the photography of cute disney moments.
The bus stops were crazy crowded and since the CBR is so big there were probably about three or four bus loads ahead of us on line. We decided to find a taxi stand and just spend the twenty bucks. It would be saving us probably about two hours and we were so tired. On our way over to the taxi stand one of the CM's told us to go to the yellow cabs and not talk to the other guys waiting there becuase they were going to rip us off. So we ended up going the wrong way to the taxi stand and had to walk through a hord of these (paparatzi, which is what steve nicknamed them all vacation because they just sat there and heckled you and screamed at you to get in there cab) One of the guys caught steve and kept telling him he worked for the same company as the yellow cabs and that he would bring us back for ten dollars, no hidden fees. So I was just trying to keep walking, but steve was like "Ten dollars?, Thats it?" and the guy was like yeah yeah. So then the guy was like just go over there andI will come get you and then he goes, pretend you arent coming with me because this guy coming over here will get me in trouble if he knows I took you. I will get arrested.
We like..."Yeah, forget it dude!" Thank goodness though...I was trying to get away from him and Steve kept talking. They guy creepedme out and Steve should have known he woudl rip us off...I mean come on...we are New Yorkers!!! We deal with this stuff all the time.
We ended up getting in a good ol' yellow cab, paying our 20 dollars to a really cool jamaican guy who drove us back and finallly getting to our room for the night. When we got back we found a balloon with a card attached to it. It was a card from Minnie and MIckey congratulating us and the pictures was signed. Too cute.
We kicked off our shoes, took a shower, got changed into comfy clothes and plopped onto our bed to watch some t.v. and eat our school bread. It felt soooo good to relax and the school bread was delicious! It is filled with cream so we kept saying mmmmmmm Frugenlugen. It doesn't seem funny I guess, but if you were in the situation at the bakery I guess you would find it hillarious as well. That thing was huge! We only ate half of it between the two of it and put half inthe fridge for another night. I think we just about passed out as soon as our heads hit the pillow.
Up next....plunging to the ground in a wreckless elevator and speeding off to see aerosmith
On top of that photobucket was giving me a hard time for a few days and I had no pictures to put on, but none the less...here I am and I am posting an update rigth now
