Best Western Hotel du Golf Marne la Vallee Lésigny

... lit up with blue lights and the EU (European Union) stars were yellow.  Periodically the whole Tower would flash with white lights - like a big Christmas tree.  Mom bets the Parisians hate it, but we loved it.  We went straight to the top.  It was very freaky riding on the elevators.  It was spectacular!  You could see so far and the view was amazing.  (It was also very, very, very cold.)               

... my hotel. My new friend did not. She wanted to get a coffee. It was 11:00 at night and I wanted to sleep, but we went for coffee. Finally I was able to get the point across that I really needed to sleep. We went to the metro and she asked that I wait while she made a phone call. I looked at the subway map while she called her friends and I planned my route home. Then she told me to not go to Barbes Rouchechouart, the station I had so much trouble in earlier, because that's a ...

... at Charles de Gaulle Airport was an unexpected experience, as was the sight of a driver of a white delivery van in the same area, who was keeping himself amused by "spanking the monkey" in his lap while he was driving along. From our height in the bus, we certainly were treated to a good view, whether we wanted it or not. Our final destination was the Gare du Nord railway station on the northern outskirts of Paris, and our first experience ...

Quick hello for today. I had my first classes today. I tried to walk to class this morning and realized that it is much further than just a 30-40 minute walk. Thankfully I was only late to get my results from my exam and I wasn't actually late for that (you can get your results any time you want). I got placed into the Advanced level which is the highest out of anyone on the program. My professor is amazing. She is very nice and very reasonable ...

... little and I had broken the umbrella earlier by opening it too quickly, and partly because we had no idea where we wanted to go next... Eventually we decided to check out the Statue of Liberty - yup, there's one of those here in Paris.. The American community in Paris constructed a bronze replica in 1889 as an appreciation of the one in New York Harbour. I guess it was also to help the friendship ties between the two countries.. So ...

... 5 minutes, out of doors, until the previous show had gotten out. I've noticed that they have queues like that outside of all the theaters. Étrange. But inside was great. They had super comfortable seats and a Galaxy Cinema-like ceiling with "stars". I'll admit, I had a rush of homesickness when I saw them. Zibriskie was great, too. In the story the lead girl says,"The radio this morning said someone stole an airplane from Los ...

En 2004 j'ai eu la chance d'aller en Europe avec ma cousine et ma soeur. J'ai du faire un choix sur mes destinations parce que je n'avais que 3 semaines pour faire le plus de visite possible. J'ai donc choisi d'aller en France, en Italie et en Autriche. Je n'ai vraiment pas regretter mes choix. Je n'ai eu que du beau temps, plein de péripétie qui vont restées gravé dans ma mémoire et de beaux souvenirs.

... to suddenly die on me, leaving me subject to the french mariochi bands that go from car to car, or the occasional woman singing "mama mia" and other good time abba hits, complete with a portable amp and microphone. but i will survive. i've started reading one hundred years of solitude and that is working fairly well in terms of blocking out background noise. i am starting to ...

... really wished I had a scooter. After discussing every option I finally conceded defeat and cashed in our VB train tickets for one-way tickets to Paris. Then we looked up the timetable - 12.13pm!! So instead of spending 3 hours visiting a nice museum and memorial in the French countryside - we spent 3 hours nursing one juice (5 euros!) in the train bar. Not happy Jan! We arrived in Paris 2 hours later and easily found our hostel in the lovely Marais area ...

... Chaillot. ( Wow! tink I can be a host on discovery travel!! lol!). I also learnt that the Eiffel Tower was 300m high, & that is excluding the 24m TV antenna. The tower was completed in 1889, marking the centennial celebration of the French revolution. After the Eiffel Tower, we took the Metro to Notre-Dame. The famous cathedral was another architectural wonder. The early gothic cathedral is famous for its stained glass windows, ornately crafted spires, and scowling ...