Paris

Paris

The first big thing we did was to go to Disneyland Paris. IT WAS AWESOME!

The first we went on was Sabine's first ever roller coaster ride - Space Mountain. It was in pitch black darkness with laser lights flashing against the walls, ceiling and ground so you didn't know which way up you were. Apparently we did a 360 turn, but I didn't know because I was screaming hard out (Sabine).

It was actually quite surprising, but there weren't many queues, or people, because it wasn't peak season.

The queues were only about 10-30 minutes wait. We went on many other rides, and one of our favourites was Thunder Mountain which was another roller coaster. I loved the sharp corners and the adrenalin rush!(Sabine).

We also enjoyed the Pirates of the Carribean, a water flume, a Dumbo the flying elephant ride, giant teacups, Peter Pan's flight, a Haunted Mansion, Indiana Jones. (I couldn't go on this last one because I was too small - Sabine).

We ate candyfloss bigger than our heads!

I couldn't even finish it (Chantal).

We stayed there the whole day and had heaps of fun.

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We also went to the Louvre, where the start of the Da Vinci Code was set. We have both read this book on holiday, and we really enjoyed it.

We saw the pyramid, with 666 panes of glass.

We saw the Mona Lisa, which was actually pretty tiny. And the Madonna of the Rocks, also by Leonardo DaVinci.

Next we went to Monet's Gardens in Giverny. We took a bus as part of a tour group. We looked at his two gardens, - the flower garden and the water garden.

I liked the water garden the best, as it was more peaceful and the crunchy crimson leaves looked stunning. (Chantal).

I preferred the flower garden as most of the flowers I hadn't seen before, and all of them were very pretty (Sabine).

We visited his old house and studios.

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We also went to the Eiffel tower.

It took ages to queue, by far the longest we have had to wait so far.

We took the lift to the third floor, stopping off at the second floor for a lower view.

The view was beautiful, but I found it less enjoyable because there were so many people.

We walked back from the Eiffel tower, stopping at St Sulpice on the way, which is a church featured in the DaVinci Code. It was old and beautiful.

Next day I went shopping at C&A, my favourite shop (Chantal). I bought three summer tops for 12 euro (about $24).

That night we did a bus tour around Paris, which went past the Eiffel Tower.

We were stunned when we saw that it was all lit up in blue, looking very pretty.

On the hour, every hour, the tower completely sparkles for about 5 minutes, as an extra 40,000 lights get switched on. This looks absolutely spectacular!
Soon we will be going to London, and I will miss Paris and the lovely croissants we get from our local bakery every morning, for breakfast. I look forward to being in an english speaking country, though...