It Can't Seriously Be Monday Night Already?

So after a month's worth of anticipation Chris' visit has come and gone. He arrived Friday evening and had enough time to put his suitcase down before we were off to the Boardwalk. We ate dinner at ESPN club and of course every television had a billion shots of Tiger Woods' apology. Chris and I shared a cheese and black bean dip that was pretty tasty and I had a Salmon BLT minus the bacon. ;) As we were leaving the board walk we stopped to watch a street performer do a few "magic" tricks. We caught a bus over to Downtown Disney and I showed Chris the chaotic nature that Downtown Disney is every night. I even saw a few stores that somehow had been hiding from me...probably a good thing too or they would have all of my money.

Saturday we got up bright and early and set out for Animal Kingdom. I can't imagine having had a better safari. The animals were all active and I saw way more than before. The teenage elephants were even out. Chris was convinced that the crocodiles were fake but I beg to differ. We headed down to Expedition Everest and survived unscathed with a near miss of the Yeti. I screamed like a little girl and I think I heard a little noise of out Chris but he won't be too quick to admit it. We rounded out our time at Animal Kingdom visiting with a few friends. Crazy Lady gave Chris the once over and gave me a high five...hahaha...I think that means she approves :)

We headed over to Epcot and did Mission Space (simulation of space mission) and Test Track (test driving of cars---one of my favorites). We than did a grand tour of the world pavilion. We watched the British Invasion Band for a bit and watched a French acrobat do a balancing act on a bunch of stacked chairs. We were both quite impressed. We had dinner at the Beirgarten in Germany. It was buffet style...with excellent food and a polka band. The dance floor was filled with hyped up children busting their best dance moves. My grandpa would have been right along side them if he were there and leading everyone with the chicken dance. Turns out when he was here he got up on stage and led the band. A minor accomplishment for him and I am sure a major embarrassment for my grandma which I am sure prompted some head shaking. All part of the Zupan charm :) We watched the fireworks show and fought our way out with the other park guests to the buses.

Sunday morning we were up early again and off to Magic Kingdom. We did Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 4 times and Space Mountain 3 times, both personal records in one day for me. Chris and I walked all over the park about a billion times and even counted our steps from Big Thunder to Space Mountain once. 850 for him and 960 for me I think. Darn those long legs...just goes to show how much harder I have to keep up. Dinner was not anything to write home about but we both ate our share of mashed potatoes, stuffing, and mac n cheese at the Old Tree Tavern in Liberty Square. The fireworks were wonderful and I was exhausted.

It was great having Chris here and it went by way too fast. I am not looking forward to the plunge back into work life tomorrow.