Euro Disneyland!

After sleeping in leisurely (like we seem to do everyday this week, as we adjust to the time difference) we woke up, and went to the grocery store to get food and make breakfast in our Villa before we caught the bus to EuroDisney. The transportation systems around here and especially in Paris are amazing! They totally crush any kind of system that we have in the States, except maybe Bart in the bay area could compete with it.
Going to the store or “le supermarche” was a really cool experience. Europeans are so smart, they give you a push-cart without a basket so you can attach an upper or lower basket depending on the amount of space that you need. It’s all removable and interchangeable. Obviously everything in the store is in French so we had to guess what things were by the pictures. My very limited French helped me figure out a few things like what an apple is called (“pomme”) and what kind of soup to buy. I really liked the whole experience, Eddy and his parents seemed a little overwhelmed, but they got used to things as we went along. We also stopped at the “la boulangerie” or bakery to get a couple of baggets. That is another amazing thing about France, the bread. Oh my goodness it is yummy!
Disneyland is not too far from where we are staying so it is a quick bus ride from here to there, except that along the way we stop at other hotels where we pick up more people so we can get packed together like sardines. But other than that the thought in the transportation system is efficient. There were so many people at Disneyland! It was a mad house. There were all kinds of people there from the U.K., Ireland, Russia, and France of course but not so many from America. I wouldn’t be surprised if we were the only American’s there. I think it was off-season for tourists so all the European locals took advantage of the holiday. It made listening to people in line pretty interesting with all the accents around us.
We actually went to Disney Studio’s first where Eddy bought me some French Minnie Mouse ears, which are adorable (I have always wanted a pair). There we got to see the magic of making movies behind the scenes, like how special effects work, car stunts, and pyrotechnics. It was pretty cool, especially the tanker scene from our tour of the back lot where a truck tanker exploded in front of us (hot! by the way) and the car stunt show we went to. That was amazing! Make sure you check out our video from the show on this post.
After our studio visit we went to Disneyland. We tried to go on Space Mountain in Futureland, but the wait was an hour and a half, so we decided to pass on that and explore. The first ride we actually went on was the carousel, because it was the only one with a normal sized line. After that we went through Sleeping Beauty’s castle and then to get some “French fast food.” By then it was dark so we tried to squeeze in a few more things like the Pirate ride and the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House. Those were pretty cool, however, Pirates had a super long line. After all that and the time difference we were pretty exhausted so we left the park to catch our bus back to the hotel and went to bed. We saw way more than that, but it was such a packed day that it’s hard to describe everything, especially 2 days after we went there, so make sure you look at the pictures.

Our Villa

After we got off the plane, aquired our rental car and drove to the hotel (The Marriot at the Magne le Hongre), they gave us this lovely Villa to stay in. The whole resort is really beautiful, it looks like a little French Village. Here are the pics of it (we are the tiny one in the corner):




Once we got to our room we could not stay awake. We were so exhausted from the flight that we went to bed around 3pm here and didn't wake up til 10pm. Of course then we couldn't sleep so we stayed awake til 2AM and went back to sleep til 10AM. Our whole sleep schedule is way-WAY messed up. We are getting more used to it now though. Once we woke up on Sunday and got ready we headed to EuroDisney!!!

The Flight Over

Eddy was sad because he spilled my sprite on me an hour into the flight so I had to sit there for 9 hours with wet jeans lol (they eventually dried so it was ok) and I wasn't mad.

The screens in front of us that showed our flight progression. They also has movies and games. That was what entertained us for most of the flight.

Eddy asleep, wearing the eye mask to keep the light away. It was almost impossible to sleep on the plane. Seriously uncomfortable!

Pre-Paris

Hanging out at the hotel, waiting for tomorrow to come.

Packing

This is what it looks like when you are packing to go to Paris for a month........you don't want to see how much stuff Eddy is bringing for his 4 month stay.......

We leave in 3 days...

Merry Christmas everyone!! Hope you all had a festive holiday. This is sort of a test post to get things going on the site. I hope that you all check in and see what we are up to. When you do, please leave us comments, we would love to hear from our family and friends while we are away. au revoir!