Day 4 continued: March 16, 2010
We left off finishing up our Grey Goose slushies and checking out the rest of France. Thats when I saw topiaries of one of my favorite Disney movies. It was so neat because Belle and the Beast were having a meet n greet right on the other side!:
Seriously, we are so surprised with how much we have missed in WS over the years. When you walk back further into each country, you seem to lose yourself in the scenery and you almost forget that youre even at Epcot.
The Chefs de France restaurant was packed, and there was a long line to check-in all the way out the door! Must be popular- HA! Is this the restaurant where Remy makes an appearance at your table? Id love to try there sometime.
When we had seen all France had to offer, we headed to the next country: Morocco. Now, Epcot is the only chance in the world to say I walked from France to Morocco in a matter of 5 minutes! HA!
Before entering Morocco, there were more F&G Festival things to look at. I cant remember what exactly this was, but we thought it was neat:
I thought these black flowers were pretty cool:
We walked down this little path and came upon this model for an outdoor kitchen area. Fiancé and I were really into this, and it would be amazing to have something like this one day when we have our own house.
As you walk through this, you end up walking up to this Eco-wall. I cant believe we didnt take a full picture of the whole thing. But, heres a picture of the sign and the website if youd like to check it out:
After checking that out for a few minutes, we headed back out the way we came and headed on to Morocco.
Morocco is definitely one of the countries that we have never spent much time in. I have to say though..Marrakesh does scare me with its lamb on the menu. Im sure a lot of people like it though! More lamb for you guys! HA!
The architecture here is so beautiful:
We made our way into Moroccos shops and wow, they were beautiful! I felt like I had stepped into a real-life version of Aladdin. They were selling all the beautiful garments that the women over there wear. We kept walking around and eventually ran into the area where the Aladdin and Jasmine meet and greet is held. I pointed out to Fiancé that Ive seen pictures of it on the DIS. He was amazed at the most random things I learn on here. HA!
We kept walking around Morocco and ended up walking through here:
It reminded me of some of the houses that Ive seen on the House Hunters International t.v. show. It had that second balcony and the open roof. Again, the tiles and architecture here were amazing!
Next up on our WS journey was Japan.
As we were walking into Japan, I saw that the candy lady (what is her name?!) was giving a show! We hurried over and found a spot to watch. Again, I told Fiancé I had seen pics of her on the DIS. I was so excited to finally see her in person! It was like seeing a DIS celebrity! HA. She was making a giraffe during our show:
It was so amazing watching her just make this creation out of nothing. Everyone was Oohing and Ahhing as she went along and you could start to see some sort of shape taking place. We all clapped and cheered for her when she was all finished. As we walked away, we wondered what she does with all the animals and other things she creates throughout the day. Anyone know?
We headed into Japans shop and were overwhelmed with Hello Kitty. I mean, there was Hello Kitty everywhere. If, for some reason, you have a phobia of Miss Kitty
I recommend not going in here! HA. We kept walking through and stumbled upon the Pick a Pearl. I have done the Pick a Pearl, but it was the one at DTD. It was so much fun. We made a ring for Fiancés mom and a necklace for both of my grandmas. They all loved them.
Now, this Pick a Pearl was much more exciting. The CM working there was SO excited and enthusiastic about her job. It was the kind of energy and kindness that I have longed to see from all CMs at WDW. You know, the kind of CMs you would see everywhere you went back in the day. Now, CMs like this are a rare find- a dime a dozen.
We watched her for awhile, then continued on our walk through the shops. It seemed to go on for miles! When we finally made it to the last room, we made our way back out to WS.
The fish and this pond were just so nice to look at. We could have sat on a bench back there for hours.:
Up next: the American Adventure. Is anyone else disappointed with the food offerings here? If so, heres my question for you: What kind of TS place would you put here?
**Continued in next post**
I'm going to make it my mission to see all the topiaries that you have taken pictures of - can't wait for me!
