Saphir Marne-la-Vallée

... a man who is waiting if he would take my photo with the castle. He snaps several photos for me and I thank him. I decide I’m going to walk to through the castle. To my surprise, you can actually go onto the second floor. In Disney World, there is only the restaurant on the upper floor. This castle has stained glass windows and tapestries that tell the story of Sleeping Beauty. As a child, that was my favorite Disney movie though I always got ...

... writing ... but SO cute. Sadly, he did cry a bit once the ride was over. * Second ride on Phantom Manor for Sam, ... first for Ella. Not scared at all. * Skipping along the boulevard with Ella. She LOVES to skip with Dad (thats me!). Totally reminds me of how much I loved skipping with my pops in Old Sacramento as a kid. I remember how he had a super high leap compared to mine and each skip sent me soaring through the air. * Back to the hotel for more PB&J ...

... other master's pieces of work. After leaving the museum we only had time for a fromage bagette before heading back to the hotel to pick up our luggage and meet our driver (planned ahead for a change and organised a hotel transfer!) We were happily on our way to the airport when a policeman on a motor cycle blew his whistle and asked our driver to pull over. We were stuck there for about 20 minutes with the policeman checking 6 or 7 of the drivers ...

... on my own. it was spectacular up there and i was really lucky to have such a clear, blue skyed day. next on the tourist trail i did notre dam, i popped in for a minute or 2 but wasnt prepared to pay the cash to climb the top and museum or wateva so i went and spent the money in macdonalds instead. after i went to the louvre, which is absolute massive. it was the palace or something and heaps of presidents or kings have added bits and bats so to see it all wud of taken ages ...

... ride at Disneyland Resort Paris, with its enticing story, neat "how did they do that?" effects and thrilling finale earning her vote. Indeed over the course of our stay it was probably our most ridden attraction; you just can't beat a cool ride with no queues! A bit of context: Guests are visitors to the haunted Hollywood Tower Hotel, where 5 people mysteriously vanished in a freak storm in 1939. A still-working service elevator takes guests through the hotel to explore and ...

... havde fundet ud af, at man i Studiosparaden kunne sidde oppe paa den sidste paradevogn hos Mickey, saa vi skulle ned hvor det startede saa vi kunne komme paa, ½ time foer paraden startede. Desvaerre er det ikke bare dem der kommer foerst der kommer paa, man skulle have et adgangsbevis, men en af vagtene kom over til hende og gav hende 3 prinsessearmbaand, Belle, Askepot og Tornerose smuk gestus. Endelig kom Miceky og vognen med de besoegende koerte ...

... Madelines and the Metro home. Walked by several small shops and got an assortment of cheeses and a bottle of wine for dinner. There are more types of cheese in this one small shop than in the whole of Canada. OK aybe I'm exagerating a bit... but only bit. Going to have a quiet evening. Tomorrow night we'll venture into the Indian restaurants of Passage Brady.

... blooming trees, the unmistakable signs of better times ahead have made their appearance in Paris. In order to try to take advantage of all of this I have been outside as much as possible, walking in parks, studying at sidewalk cafés, and rollerblading across the city. Yesterday I went with Letty to tackle the 17km rollerblading course set up by the Parisian roller-skating club, Roller-Coquillages. This group puts on this roller-skating event every Sunday afternoon ...

... Pete and Diana (a brother and sister comedy act) were departing early. Day Eight took us to a French Perfumery where we sprayed ourselves silly until the fragrances all smelt the same! From here we finally had a day of leisure (up until this point, the most we had was 3hrs in any given city). We first went to see the Arc de Triomphe and took a stroll down the Champs Elysées, then had lunch in the ...

... I'm always on the lookout for cynicism and falseness. I did not detect any of that behind their smiles. Either I'm becoming a more optimistic person or they really were a kind and generous people. I prefer to think it was a little of both. Now, they also are very proud of their heritage. I think this is where a lot of people screw up. My pronunciation and accent were horrible, but I genuinely wanted to speak to them in their language. I think this came across ...