Me,My Life & I

DAY SEVEN - MORE SHOPPING

Slept in till quarter past one then headed up to the MASSIVE H&M up the road from us. I bought Snoopy socks and some cosy mittens for winter time. We tried to book the fashion show again for the next day (Friday) but it was 'fully booked' according to the woman who seemed to know who we were, and that we'd failed to turn up the previous week.

After that we headed to the catacombs and after walking in a complete circle found the poorly marked entrace. Turned out our journey was a waste of time anyway because they were closed due to acts of vandalism.

A little upset by that, we soon cheered up when after heading over the champs elysees again we managed to find Carrie Bradshaw's hotel! It was very pretty. We also seen all the designer shops and got followed.

Then we were for lunch at a cafe called Cafe Mode. Very applicable. I had a sandwich mixte (ham and cheese). It was certainly a workout for the jaw! We then headed back up to the champs elysees and done some shopping. I bought a top at Zara that says "Bite Me" and has fangs and lips on it. I also bought a grumpy dwarf at the AMAZING disney store they have there. Then we bought tickets to go see Jennifer's Body. After that, as we had time to kill, we went to a dvd shop we had earlier found whilst shopping.I bought 5 Disney dvds for €50 which is a pretty good deal considering they were €15-€20 each. The one's I bought were The Hunchback of Notre Dame,Sleeping Beauty,Pochahontas,Tarzan and The Aristocats.

Next was our stop off at the cinema to see Jennifer's Body. It was a bad film, but still enjoyable. Not sure whether it was supposed to be funny or not, but it WAS funny in parts. Diablo Cody writes humour much better than she does horror, I can tell you that much.

When we got home after the film we had Macdonalds (again) and settled down to watch the Uninvited. It's not as good the second time around when you know the twist, but it's still good watching. We then watched the Hunchback of Notre Dame and headed to bed.

Until Next Time

Megan x

DAY SIX - NOTRE DAME AND THE LOUVRE

Woke up hungover. NOT FUN. Painkillers, more sleep and a shower solved that though.

We headed out to Notre Dame. We took pics then headed up to the first floor, and the gift shop. I bought my dad a gargoyle keyring because A.It was Notre Dame and B.we used to watch that programme Gargoyles on a saturday morning and it made me think of that. Then we headed up the rest of the 377 stairs (Laura counted) to the top, stopping off on the second floor for some air and more pictures. View from the top was pretty good, though it was a cloudy day.

After stopping off at the gift shop IN the catherdral, where I bought rosaries, we headed for lunch. I had a croque monseiur and coke - €5 for a glass of coke!

Stomachs full we headed to the Louvre, stopping off at the bridge that features in the last episode(s?) of Sex And The City. Whilst we were at this bridge a party boat of some kind floated past and it had snow on it! Needless to say as they passed under the bridge the occupants of the boat started lobbing makeshift snowballs at the spectators on the bridge. Luckily we weren't hit.

At the Louvre we found the Mona Lisa after much searching. It's a bit smaller than you'd expect, but still nice to see it. We then spent ages trying to find Da Vinci's The Last Supper, only to eventually be told that it resides in Italy and that the Da Vinci code is a very unreliable book. We stopped off at the gift shop where I bought nothing before going to see the inverted pyramid, which was pretty cool I must say.

Once home we got chinese in - PATHETIC PORTION SIZES! I had sweet and sour.

Dressed ourselves up again and headed off to the Eiffel Tower. We had a wander and watched the lights show. We tried to make it back in time to get caramel sundaes at Macdonalds before it shut at twelve, but alas we were too late!

Good day.

Until Next Time

Megan x

DAY FIVE - SHOPPING

Got up at half ten and had french toast made by Gina for breakfast. Showered and headed out.

First we hit the Musee De L'arts Decoratifs. We looked at an exhibition on Toulouse Lautrec. Then we looked at the jewellerry and fashion sections. It was pretty interesting.

Next we were going to go to the Louvre, but discovered it was shut on Tuesdays! Instead we went shopping on the Champs Elysees. On our way to the shops we stopped off at Haggen Daaz for ice cream which ended up coasting €70! I didn't buy anything at the shops. We headed home.

After dressing ourselves up we headed back up to the Arc De Triomphe where we discovered that because we were under 18 we couldn't climb up! A nice German couple offered to take us up but the woman serving wouldn't let us. Too Wee

So instead we watched the Eiffel Tower sparkle again and then headed down for something to eat on the Champs Elysees. We ended up at an Italian where I accidently ordered rissotto for Jamie and I. Eventually though I had spaghetti carbonara and then lemon and vodka sorbet, which I shared with Kirsty. I couldn't eat it though - the texture made me feel sick. On the way home I just about fell down the stairs to the metro.

Once home we had a drink or two and some very revealing truths came out in a game of Truth (without dares ) Overall a very good day and night.

Until Next Time

Megan x

Ok so I've totally been avoiding coming back and finishing this off because I can't face the prospect of uploading the pics to go along with it, so from here on in, it's gonna just be the diary entries. Like it or lump it. If you're a friend you'll be able to see the pics on facebook, and if you're not, I really amn't that fussed about you seeing pics of me anyway. So here we go....

DAY FOUR - DISNEYLAND PARIS

Got up bright and early at 7am and had myself some scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast, burning half of the eggs to the pan - MY BAD. Turns out I can't function in a kitchen without non-stick pans.

We headed out to Disneyland Paris by train (all wearing our 'I Love Paris' hoodies btw!)  which took quite some time and during this time my camera decided to have an utter spaz, making a noise that can only be described as a screech! And I couldn't get it to go off because the battery thing was jammed shut! Embarrasing, and many,many dirty looks were tossed my way.

Upon arrival at the park our tickets wouldn't scan through and so we had to be entered in through the turnstiles manually. Typical.

So, DISCOVERYLAND.

*Space Mountain - high speed, stomach churning fun. Bashed your head about a bit but overall a good ride. Much better than its American counterpart.
*Honey I Shrunk The Audience - This was our longest wait aside from Big Thunder Mountain. I don't like 3D and this done nothing to change my opinion. However it wasn't as scary as I've spent the past few visits to Florida imagining it was. The build up was too long for what was overall a bit of an unimpressive final product.

FANTASYLAND

*Tea cups - Fun,as expected.Notably though we all tried to fit into one tea cup and couldn't so had to split up. That was a bit disheartening I must say
*It's A Small World - Better than I remember it being. Really pretty and I got some good pics and video.

ADVENTURELAND

Until Next Time