Today was my first day off! And in honor I took it easy. I had a leisurely morning, laid by the pool, and organized the room. I even had time to call my Grandparents :) I met Katie at Epcot tonight. Fun fact about Epcot...it stands for Every Paycheck Comes On Thursday...isn't that a nifty trick. I had my first misfortune with a bus...it didn't come at all. Lucky for me the Epcot and Magic Kingdom buses come every twenty minutes not every forty like a lot of the others. I met Katie there because she had to work today at Kali River Rapids in the Asia part of Animal Kingdom. There is also a Birdland in Asia (trained bird show) Now I don't know if it was a bird from there or a wild one but Katie got pooped on by a bird today :( If you know Katie that would happen to her.

Our first stop at Epcot was "Test Track". It is a General Motors sponsored ride where you go through tests that a car would in a ride car. There is a heat test where it feels really hot, a cold test where it feels really cold, a part where you feel stopping without Anti-Lock Brakes and then with, and the finale is super fast around some turns (easily that best part of the ride). Katie had been waiting to go on this ride since her last visit to Disneyworld ten years ago...she didn't get to go then and she blames it on her mother...of course right.

We then went to Mission Space and elected for the less intense version of the ride. THANK GOD! It is supposed to simulate what it feels to go into space and Katie and I successfully landed on Mars! One of our roommates went on the more intense version and someone in her space ship puked into a bag...no thank you.

Our last ride was Soarin'. It simulates hang-gliding over California. You get to see San Francisco, Sand Diego, smell oranges at an orchard, and feels the wind in the mountains. I had to leave my flip flops at the beginning of the ride so they didn't fall off while we were airborne.

We had dinner at a quick service station. I was able to get salmon and mashed potatoes (my favorite meal ever) some cooked carrots, and a bottle of water all for less than 15 dollars. I would call that an accomplishment. I rounded off the meal with some delicious Key Lime Pie!!!

We watched the fireworks from Germany at the end of the night. I love fireworks and these were fabulous. I could only imagine what the fourth of July must be like here. We barely caught the bus to go home and ended up having to stand (this was the first time I have had to stand) and I stood next to a large guy whose butt kept coming into contact with my lower back as we hit every bump and went around every turn. Thankfully it was a short bus ride.


Here I am in front of the Epcot bubble/giant golf ball-whichever you prefer.



Here are some pictures from the Fireworks at the end of the night.