Blogs from Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe - page 336

Its 14 July; zhich is Bastille Day and weve been out to celebrate with all Parians and others who are out on the streets, but first, lets got back a day or two, back to London in fact. Jaimee, Bird and I went to see We Will Rock You (and thoroughly enjoyed it), but the down side was that I lost my mobile phone. So all of you who have tried desperately to ring me for my birthday, tough! Phonewise we are incommunicado!! That said, it hasnt put a damper on our holiday. The trip over on the Eurostar train was great. The new Fast Train between Ballarat and Melbourne has nothing on this baby. She gets along at a pretty tidy clip. Approximately 4 hours from London to Paris. Jaimee; bless her cotton socks had ... read more

Today Aamer & I went to the suburbs of Paris to go to Disneyland. It was his first time ever at a Disney park and he loved it. We felt like kids again. What was great is that the train takes you right to the gates of tha park and the lines are too long. Also the prices are reasonable so you see a lot of families here from all over Europe. ... read more

After sleeping through my 3 alarms, only to be woken up by camilla saying that she was leaving for the bus stop i literally rolled out of bed and flat tacked it down the road. took ferry across, stop at calais and vino'd up, saw eiffel tower by night- (see pic, i still havent woken up) Next day went to palace of versailles which was insanely naff it hurt my eyes, gold and florally everything. the word ''ornate'' springs to mind. Went to a cabaret, with a small russian man swinging from the ceiling, thank god for safety harness's cause the rope he was suppose to catch snapped- couldnt work out if this was part of the act or not. The waiters all had to join in the cabaret, some did not look enthused by this ... read more

What do you do when the country you are staying is knocked out of the world cup? Well if you are in Europe you can always just go to another country that is still involved, so off we went to France. We had since the beginning of the World Cup been saying that if Germany was in the final we would go to Berlin but not really in a serious way. And we always joked that if France got in but not Germany then we would go to Paris. Well as luck would have it France did get in and after the France vs Portugal Semi Final on Wednesday, for the first time we seriously considered it. After a day of deliberating between myself and Anja and ours friends Matt (an Aussie guy form Adelaide) and ... read more

Ed: Now, arranging a trip for eight people is no easy task. Juggling different interests, budgets, physical stamina and moods all requires the co-ordination skills usually reserved for NASA rocket scientists. However, after a year of travelling around Europe, Matt and I felt confident that our experience would mean we would have no problem arranging a surprise trip to Disneyland with my younger sister, Sarah. The plan sounded simple enough. Matt and I would meet my family in Paris on Friday evening and pick up Sarah. The rest of the gang (Mum, Dad, Cris, Adrian and Yngrid) would then take the scenic route to Spain over a few days. We would then fly to Barcelona, reunite with the rest of them and start our tour of Spain. Sounds simple, right? What's more, just to be safe ... read more