Disneyland Paris

A few days before leaving France we went to Disneyland Paris.

Disneyland was amazing, it was enormous and so pretty.  There were christmas decorations everywhere and it was beautiful.  It was really really cold and for a while my hands and feet hurt because it was so cold but after a few rides I started to warm up a bit.

We started at space mountain but I didnt go on that one, we went on the Buzz Lightyear laser ride which was fun, then we moved around to al the other worlds.  The Swiss Family Robinson Tree House was really really good.  It wasnt a real tree but it looked like one  and had a house built into it on different levels, I really liked it.  The swinging bridge was fun too.

Towards the end of the day they had a big parade with all the characters on floats from all the disney books and movies like Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, the Lion King and Toy Story.

Once it was dark Mickey, Minnie and Goofy lit the Christmas Tree.

We had hot dogs and fries for lunch - it was fun.

I loved Disneyland.  Even though ti was really cold it was fun and I got Mickey and Minnie ear muffs to take home with me.

the eiffel tower

While we were in Paris we went to the top of the Eiffel Tower.  We caught the lift to the 2nd floor and then got into another lift to the top.  It was a long way up to the top I thought it was never going to stop!!

It was really cold at the top, it was freezing in the wind, it was really windy I was worried we would be blown away!

We put some money in the telescope and looked all around Paris, it was great. It was a really long way down and I was happier when we went down to the 2nd level but it was still high.

Its really cool to look at Paris from above, I could see all the places we went and see the patterns made by the streets.

The Eiffel Tower was fun, I'm really glad we went.

Versailles

We visited the Castle of Versailles near Paris.  Versailles was once the home to the Kings and Queens of France and was where Louis and Marie Antoinette lived before the French Revolution.  The Castle is enormous and very luxurious.  The rooms are beautiful, the furniture is still there and the paintings are on the roof and all on the walls as well.

The Castle is very famous, it has a big room called the room of mirrors and this was where the peace treaty after WWI was signed.  The room is beautiful it has windows on one side and mirrors on the other and lots of gold and chandeliers.

The gardens are beautiful too.  They are huge and decorative.  At the bottom is a lake where you can hire rowboats and row up and down. you can hire bikes to ride around the gardens and a golf buggy to ride around in.

We had a picnic in the gardens and then had a waffle with nutella on it and a hot chocolate.  It was really cold but it was sunny and we had a really good time.

Paris

In Paris two of the big stores called Galleries la Fayette and Printemps decorate their windows like Myer and David Jones do in Melbourne.  Galleries la Fayette has an enormous Swarovski crystal christmas tree hanging inside the shop and their windows are Disney princesses and Louis Vuitton.

Printemps has windows designed by Christian Dior - they are really beautiful.

We walked down the Champs Elysee, the main Avenue running from the Louvre and its gardens down to the Arc de Triomphe at night to see the Christmas lights and the market - there were thousands of people but it was so pretty and we then went back during the day time to go on the ferris wheel and look at the shops and the Arc de Triomphe.

We went on a boat ride around the Seine, we were able to get on and off the boat so that we could walk around and then get back on the boat, i really liked it, it was really great fun, we saw the Eiffel Tower from the river both at day and night, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the padlock bridge, the Musee D'Orsay and lots of amazing bridges.

I think Paris is really pretty but I hate the crowds and all the people pushing and they are rude and dont say thank you or excuse me they just push you around.  The Metro (the underground trains) was fun the first few times but it can be really crowded and smelly and theres lots of stairs to walk all over the place - everything is rush rush rush.

We are staying in an apartment it is quite cool, it is in Montmartre near the Moulin Rouge - I wanted to go but mum says I cant because its for adults and a bit rude.  We are also close to Sacre Coeur which we went to see at night - it was really beautiful.  Some of the shops in the neighbourhood are a bit rude too but it is still very pretty in most of the streets its just one part thats a bit yuck.

the christmas windows

sacre coeur

the christmas market on the Champs Elysee

the Eiffel Tower from the river

our apartment 

Liam and I have to sleep on the sofa bed

the Moulin Rouge

the padlock bridge

Notre Dame Cathedral

the BEST hot chocolate ever

our neighbourhood