Asyouwish Cities in cities/epcot

The idea of America having cities within cities really interested me because I recently just went to Epcot for the first time. A few of my girlfriends went there a month ago to celebrate our friends 21st birthday. After their adventure they told me about how they went to Mexico, Italy, France, China, Japan, Germany, Norway, Morocco, Britain and Canada and having never been there I thought they were crazy. They went on to say they had German beer and in Germany, bellini's in Italy, couscous in Morocco and so on and so forth. I looked at them as was like no you didn't, what are you talking about? You just happened to have foreign drinks and food at Disney. However when I went to Epcot last weekend and saw the countries I understood what they meant. I had no idea what Epcot looked like and did not realize they actually recreated small areas of these countries with familiar structures. Having traveled a fair amount in my life I immediately knew which most areas represented. Italy was represented by structure taken from Sienna, France was represented by the Eiffel Tower, Britain was depicted with cobblestone streets and taverns, Mexico by an Aztec temple which I only recognized thanks to Tenth Grade World History. Having been to Italy, France, Britain and at least seen photos of these specific Aztec temples, to me it did not really feel the same as being there, but was definitely a close fit for those that might not be able to travel to distant countries. The countries I had never been to interested me more and were more believable to me maybe because I had never seen them. However to me, the whole experience did not feel the same as actually being across seas,( maybe because I wasn't jetlagged) but it certainly did not feel like I was still in Florida, especially since the day we went to Epcot was cold for Florida weather. Instead by being in these small replicated countries I felt that I was in a distant land, it was nice; it was a way to get away for a moment. While these were definitely not actually the foreign countries themselves, it at least seemed like another place and that was pleasant. Perhaps the idea of having cities within cities is not merely to be able to go to the place we want to go whenever we want to go there for cheaper, but instead a place to go to escape. The different atmosphere, sights, smells and tastes were refreshing. Perhaps the reason we have places like the Venician Hotel and Epcot are so that we can escape our normalcy and have adventure in our lives.