Campanile Hotel Gonesse

... literally destroys the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in California both in size and detail. It could do without the "Mickey's Magical Party" logo added to the front for the current celebration but it is still amazing.












Also, under the castle is a spectacular dragon animatronic that sleeps when you go down there. Eventually he wakes up and gets very angry blowing smoke out of his mouth and ...

... was in the city of love. I love the hustle (the bustle is okay too) of big cities so whenever I was struck, I would smile.. I spent last night here too. It was a slightly more difficult sneaking me in because I was already in and the nun had seen me eating yoghurt in the kitchen. They have a sign in/sign out system for guests. Marion had cleverly signed me in when she arrived back from work so now all we have to do is sign out and have the nun ...

... the rooms was a bit of a hassle, even when you're sober, since it was barley wide enough to walk up, very steep, and I was on the fourth floor. Not fun at all. My original intension on going to Paris my first time was to see the Millennium Paintball Series that was going down at Disneyland! There's a problem: My ticket got me to Paris three hours later than I planned, Disneyland was another hour from the hostel, and it was the last day of the Pro games. I check in to the ...

... we were staying at in Munich (really, we were in a basement with 40 beds in it). The other day we caght the train out of Germany to Paris where we are staying for 4 nights (1 to go). We have seen the Eiffel Tower and gone up (and braved the crowds), the Champs Elleses and Arc De Triomph, the outside of the Louve, the river, the Cathedral of ...

... with color and opened up when we went in. It was not a very long or side chapel area but it was extremely tall. They were composed of thousands of small pieces. They created over a thousand Biblical pictures. We walked to the Pantheon from St. Chapelle. We bought a ticket and wandered around inside. It looks similar to the Library of Congress in DC. Underneath that part was the burial places and tombs of people like ...

... I am not even sure if I will have computer access while over there...but I am sure I can find an internet cafe or something! So...why am I going over ...

... du métro, j'ai aperçu le soleil, puis Paris. Il aurait fallu que quelqu'un soit là pour prendre une photo "Dédé ne se rend pas compte qu'elle est à Paris" et "Dédé vient de se rendre compte qu'elle est à Paris". Je ne pouvais pas me voir, mais je suis certaine que ce fut toute une métamorphose! Je vous montrerai une photo de ce que j'ai vu. La tour Eiffel au loin, un monument quelconque droit devant moi... Impossible de décrire comment je me sentais. Je crois qu'au fin fond de moi ...

... Lizard Lounge that was recommended in my travel book as an "expat hangout", so I thought I might meet some English speaking people there. And it worked...I met a group of MBA students attending a university just outside Paris. One was from Los Angeles, 2 from Australia, one from Sweden, and another from Spain. I had a nice dinner with them and enjoyed a good ol' American burger! Today I visited Notre Dame Cathedral ...

... I skipped breakfast in order to sleep a bit longer. The new Bose headphones Brian got me for my birthday really helped with the sleep. We are meeting at 2:00 pm to go to Giverny and then tonight we are taking a dinner cruise on the Siene River. It is a boat we have chartered for our group in April and we need to taste the food to make sure it is good enough for our group. I'll report back on that!

... hteiden mukaan sitä tulisi jopa puolimetriä...jippii!!! Sitä odotellessa.. hyvä, että edellisistä lumista on toivuttu ja jalat saatu lepuutettua niin taas jo mennään. Vähän siistiä!! Kaikki lumet tänne vaan...ehkä Anttikin jo ansaitsee yhden pyydakäännöksen täällä norkoiltuaan kuitenkin alkukaudesta lähtien. Käväisi vaan hieman huonoon aikaan meinaan Suomessa. Jep mutta seuraavaksi saatte varmaan lueskella taas kunnon hehkutusta...toivon mukaan...