Hotel Du Lac Enghien Les Bains

... the Disney Parks when there aren’t many people around. I miss the old E-ticket nights at Magic Kingdom. I again notice the great job the Imagineers have done. The place definitely has the feel of Hollywood in its glory days. I think of picking up some cotton candy on the way out, but that booth is also closed. I consider heading back to the other park since it is open until 11:00, but decide it would be best to just head back to the city.
Marne-la-Vallée, Île-de-France, France psubrat93

... to him. He had a look and asked me in English, "Do you know where you are going?". I responded, "Erm, I'm actually just having a walkabout in the area". He then proceeded to tell me that I should visit the Champs de Lycée and that he could take me there. I was a bit weary, and said "Nah, it's ok, I'm going to take a look around those places with my boyfriend" (hoping that this would deter his advances. Apparently not, and in typical Parisian-style, it suddenly ...

... we had to look for this teddy bear that belonged to Napoleon which you could see in the window of his military school. So we're all getting really prepared to seek out this teddy-bear and then Nikki says "oh it's not there, turn to the right" and we get this straight up and up view of the Eiffel Tower, which was incredible. We stopped at a couple of places for photos, and at the last photo stop a bunch of people jumped off and decided to go ...

... anyway, and the Dom Pérignon would have been wasted on me. I felt a bit nervous going to a party where I knew no one, except for the guy who invited me, Olivier, who I'd met about 4 hours before the party started, but it turned out really well. It was a mixture of French and Americans mainly, in a loft apartment in République, filled with wine, champagne and friendly people. The night was great except for one sleazy Frenchman who wouldn't take no ...

... view from the top of the 800+ stairs (and then elevator) at the top was breath taking. The second day we ditched the guys (because they were slowing us down) and Clare and I went to the Notre Dame Cathedral and climbed the bell tower to see the bell that was made famous by Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I tried my very first crepes from this place in a cafe along the street and decided that the city-wide stench of urine ...

... amazing reliefs all over the exterior but particularly those adorning the three entranceways. After the obligatory photos, I got in line for the ascent to the Bell Towers, Belle preferring to visit the Cathedral itself which did not involve the negotiation of some 432 stairs. After waiting on the footpath for a short while, I was ushered into the North Bell tower with the rest of the group going on the tour of the Bell Towers. We ascended to the first level which was a gift shop where ...

Today wasn't a very exciting day. I spent the whole day at the school where the students had presentations and had their projects on display. I watched all of the presentations. We then had a fairwell toast and reception. I went home and lounged around the house and got some things done.

... woman and a guy taking pictures of them. We were looking at them for a little while when suddenly the guy asked whether we wanted a pic of us, too. Hanna was like"If u don`t escape with our camera, why not?" The guy was pretty funny, and like a really good photographer. He lied down on the floor to get the Eiffel Tower with us, and was telling us how to pose. We started talking and found out they were Americans from Detroit, Michigan. We had a ...

i will be frank: This is the story of a hero. I don't know his name nor where he comes from nor where he will go. What he does is pure art. He is brave. He doesnt want any money for the show. He is pleased by the applause of the crowd. That is his pay. We should all look up to him. Maybe he hasn't got a good job. Maybe he is no manager nor ...

... course that everybody takes, there's a few different options for studying. I'm taking a 300 level French, Parisian Art and Architecture, and a course on French Culture. Hopefully I'm also going to be taking a half-credit cooking and wine appreciation course, which should be amazing. I have tons of pictures so far, so I'll try to include those in later entries. But to close, Paris is absolutely wonderful and I'm having a fantastic time so far. Juliet