Adventures on my day off...

Today I went to Typhoon Lagoon, one of the water parks here, with my friend Emily from work and her roommate Sophie. The rides were so so but they do have a "water rollercoaster" its like a normal water slide with a tube but there are parts where your tube goes on a conveyor belt type thing so you go up and back down it was actually pretty neat. The wave pool there was also beyond amazing. The waves are so big you can take surfing lessons there in the morning. The highlight of the day was swimming with sharks in the shark reef. You are given just a snorkel and are allowed in this big reef with fish and sharks. They arent closed off at all they swim right by you. They were about 4 feet long. So not huge but still really neat.

After I went home took a shower and got ready to go to Epcot. I went to Epcot with Emily, Sophie, and my two other friends from work Bridget and Lauren. It was the preview for the Food and Wine Festival. It was really really cool. Even though the countries are there year round, for the festival which lasts until November, there are additional little booths for each country. They have 2 to 5 different food items and some kind of drink. You get a little passport that has the menu and you get a stamp for each country.

Our first stop was Belgium for some chocolate:

Then we went to America and I got a pumpkin mousse and an apple cider beer

Then it was Ireland for a chocolate lava cake with Baileys chocolate sauce

Finally a chocolate creme brulee from France

Overall it was really really fun I had a great time. We went on Soarin which made me happy but sad at the same time because I realized I should never ever leave California again, unless its a vacation somewhere tropical.