Novotel Marne-La-Vallee Marne-la-Vallée

... or France.

After lunch, I walk around some in Frontierland and Adventureland. I marvel at the theming. The Imagineers have done a great job here. Not only are the props done well, there are many areas for kids to just play in that aren’t lined attractions. In Frontierland they can pretend they are in an old frontier fort. In Adventureland, there is a whole pirate play experience with barrel bridges, a skull cave, and other props. It ...

... on this one you spin while you do all that. I also really enjoyed "Stitch Live." There must have been a million computer guys behind the screen because Stitch was responding to what we did and said. It was funny. The Halloween Party was pretty cool. "Disneyland Park" was all decorated for Halloween . There were pumpkin men trying to decorate the park, but they weren't very good. There was orange paint everywhere! There was a Villain Spectacular where ...

This trip just keeps getting better and better! Greg & I slept in until a whopping 10 am this morning after our crazy night out on the St Germain de Pres.... The Lord was so good to us, as he and I had the opportunity to sort through some things God had been revealing to us about ourselves, each other, and the interactions that ensued. Praise God for authentic fellowship. So Anne (our hostess from the White House staff) got up and peaced out early, but Greg and I caught up ...

... their work and noticed that both painters were from Ohio! The Monet lookalike, Theodore Butler, grew up in Columbus and died in Giverny, Paris, (same town that Monet's gardens were in) in 1936. The Renoir lookalike, Karl Anderson (same kind of luminosity in his subjects' skin), was born in Oxford, Ohio, in 1874. Pretty cool! When I was poking around in the gift shop at the end of my visit, I noticed a poster from an exhibition last year that featured ...

... Hotel at Hong Kong Disneyland. With our tanks now full it was back to the untouched room for a shower and quick rechrge before hitting the Walt Disney Studios Park for the day. Due to our late breakfast we didn't need any lunch so it was a straight session of rides in the park, with particular attention paid to the attractions that were new for me, although the entire park was new for Belinda. One thing we noticed on our walk over was that the paths did not feature Disney music ...

... jeg har saa foreslaaet det bliver i Florida, pga. vejret og det var helt fint med hende. Der var parade i Studios hver dag kl. 13.30 og i Disneypark hver dag kl. 16.00 - dem kom vi til at se, paa hovedet - fra siden, fra luften ja vi kunne naa det hele for Cassandra var helt opslugt af dem og skulle ned og faa nogle af figuerne til at hilse paa hende og prinsesserne skulle se hende - det skete selvfølgelige det hele. I disney har de mange restauranter ...

... like we will be friends for a long time to come. They were considering visiting San Francisco this fall. I hope to take Roger out on the Bay for a sail if they come. It was now Saturday morning and time to take the metro to train station "Gare du Nord". This is where we took the Eurostar to London. It was under a 3 hour train ride though the country side of France, England and through the chunnel. We had the best plane/ train meal we have ever had with service that could not be beat ...

... to be played with, school age couples kissing all over etc. France really has a different attitude towards childbearing. Even glamorous Chanel outfit works with a toddler on the arm. I unfortunately didn't manage Musée Branly this day - ethnic pieces and a pacifying architecture that had been recommended to me from various sides. Instead, we chilled a lot and shopped some clothes. At sunset I made the mandatory ...

... sich eine Zigarette an. Kaum war dies geschehen, stoppte das Gefährt erneut. Der Fahrer drehte sich zum Rücksitz um und rief: "Hauptbahnhof. Zwanzig Euro." Rasch bezahlte der Anzugtragende und verließ den Wagen. Er schmiß die Zigarette weg. Dann lief er in die Bahnhofshalle. "Wann fährt der nächste Zug nach Z...?" fragte er die Kassiererin. "In drei Minuten vom Gleis 10," lächelte sie ihm entgegen, die Fahrkarte schon bereithaltend. Indem er ihr flüchtig einen ...

... that my tv screen had a slight phobia of being turned off. I would press the button to signal its demise, but the tv screen, in a rather contrary manner, deciding otherwise, would switch itself back on and bath me with its backlit glow. Needless to say that this was rather frustrating in the early morning or late night or whatever time it was. An epic fight ensued, of which I was the decided loser, and giving up ignored the tv. The tv, having had its fun, decided to ...