Novotel Chateau de Maffliers

... got the special rate on tickets for "Parisian resident" Michael. All we have to do now is smuggle him into our Disney hotel room, and speak with a French accent when we pick up his tickets. We have been making him practice saying, "My name is Michel...I am a cute French child, living at 38 Boulevard Picpus in Paris, and I am not staying in the same hotel room with those fake French disgracefuls!" If our next blog is entitled "Mickey's Revenge ...

... we walked through the entire building. Bobby and Devin ran into some friends at the Louvre which was pretty surprising and it reminded me of the time that Robby ran into Vick Esposto at the Louvre and my parents had just told him that he should not worry about the stain on his shirt because he would never see any of these people again! Luckily none of us got lost this time which is again surprising ...

... hunger for travelling. I was a little disappointed in the city. Expecting the beauty and romance that is so often spoken of, I was a little let down. The evenings brought cool air and in the right spot, you could enjoy the city with friends and the one you love. However, it was rare to find a moment like this that you could savour. It is not a city I am rushing back to, however, I would love to spend 2 days there so I could visit the Louvre and complete my Parisian journey.

... On sadder food news, the Resto U's close for July :( The "Resto U", short for Restoraunt Universitaire, is a place just for students to go get a warm meal very cheap--less than 3 euros! Anway, there are Resto U's all over Paris but they all close but one for the rest of the summer. I guess I will have to live on crepes from now on and get even fatter! Other news about Paris: "Les Soldes" began last week. That is the HUGE summer sale in Paris in all the ...

... was it really worth costing his life over? If so, there were plenty of buildings he could jump off. Anyhoo, he claimed victory that he had stopped the car and called the cops. The cops came, saw that there was no damage whatsoever to either car... and luckily no damage to the man (although he may have had severe brain damage) and we went on our merry way. Unfortunately we were a bit shocked by this whole incident to take a picture of the idiot... would be ...

... it in time and began our train ride* but it was so dark that we couldn't see much so we either snoozed or read for almost the whole ride. We had to change trains in Liege and accidentally got on the wrong train, but we didn't know until about 15 minutes out of Paris when we encountered our first angry French man*! He just made us pay 10 euros and we got to stay..I don't really want to think of the other option in that scenario..hah! Upon our arrival in Paris we were ...

... to watch Harry Potter. We went to the movies and for the time that we were in there is seemed like we were just back home because it was in English and it was just like any other theater at home. We went back towards home. Stephanie and I ate dinner at a Japanese restaurant that had really good food. On the way back we stopped at a place that had Italian Gelato, so we stopped. It was really good. I went home and read and got ready to start another week.

... Paris to go back to the Alps, way cheaper. We were lucky to have friends such as Christelle and Jean-Pierre to give us a place to stay for the time we were there. At least we got to spend a little bit more time with them.

Before leaving Paris we did what regular tourists do: visiting museum, wandering aroung some amazing monuments, taking more pictures, drinking more ...

... you that it was a slight mistake and since then I have been relied upon at all times in my group to lead people in the proper direction, but since you are not talking to the guys and I am not going to tell you that, it would an embarrassing story seeing as I am a navigation officer and all. No biggie, caught another Contiki coach bus and made our way back to the camp, quickly changed into nice clothes, did the hair and the make up and we were of to a fancy dress dinner ...

... 6 pm, we came to the Champs Elysees. After that, we had dinner in a restaurant called "Pizariano", and after dinner, we went to the Arc of Triumph. We didn't climb up to the top that night as we both felt a little bit worn out by the whole day we have spent in the museum. After taking some photos of the Arc of Triumph, we took a taxi to go back to somewhere near the entrance of the Museum du Louvre, and then we walked back to the hotel. DAY 4 5th of ...