Paris in 6 Hours

After spending all day on Saturday at Eurodisney, we were obviously exhausted, but still wanted to get in some sightseeing before we went back to our hostel.  We decided to go to the Eiffel Tower to see it sparkle at midnight (every hour on the hour the Eiffel Tower goes insane).  After that, we passed out at our hostel and woke up bright and early the next morning to see the ENTIRE city in SIX hours.

Before it sparkled...

Our morning began with a quick (accidental) visit to Moulin Rouge

Awesome graffiti! 

I cannot believe I walked up all these stairs.

And these.

Sacre Couer

The view from Sacre Couer

Dad... do you remember when I could never pronounce this word? I LEARNED IT!

For Tommy.

Arc de Triomphe

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Over to the Eiffel Tower

The metro to the Louvre

baby arc

I.M. Pei and the Louvre

St. Michele

Hunchback of Notre Dame

It was an awesome weekend and we had an amaaaazing time exploring Paris!! 

EURODISNEY!

Last Friday, I flew from Bratislava to Paris-Beauvais with my friends Eric and Jared for possibly the shortest visit to France on record.  We got into Beauvais at around 9 PM, and reached our hostel in Paris at 11.

Saturday morning we were up at 6:30 to shower and eat breakfast.  Our big plan of the day was, you guessed it, EURODISNEY!!  Anyone who knows me should know that I have a passionate love for all things Disney.  I was SO excited to see Disneyland Paris.  Because this isn’t the typical thing to do when you only have less than two days in Paris, we did a little sightseeing before our train to Disney and when we got back that night, and devoted all day on Sunday (until our 2PM bus) to sightseeing (Sunday will be a different post).

So. Eurodisney.  The land where European dreams come true.  Here are some photos and some of my thoughts (as a connoisseur of all things Disney) about the most magical place in Europe.

This is what the French have perfectly re-named The Hangover 2.

I was squealing at this point!!

This was so cool, there is a hotel right at the entrance to Disneyland park.

“Main Street USA - Disneyland Paris” 

It was so sad that there was scaffolding all over the castle, but it was still beautiful!

I don’t have enough good things to say about Space Mountain: Mission 2.  This ride was outstanding, way better than the Space Mountains in California and Orlando.  And to top it off they began our launch with an “un, deux, trois.” 

Jared and Eric were very excited after Mission 2.

My first American hot dog in God knows how long!

The entrance to Walt Disney Studios.

Jared Lightyear

2319!!

We met up with Molly at Walt Disney Studios!! 

Eric makes a beautiful princess

We LOVED that Scrooge McDuck held Euros.

Next post should come tomorrow or Thursday, when I’m done with some work that’s been piling for quite some time...

Auf Wiedersehen!

Schneekugel Museum im achtzehnten Bezirk

The Wednesday after Easter I went on a field trip with my Education Internship class to the Vienna Snowglobe Factory! The snowglobe was first invented in Vienna, and the company has been around since the early 20th century (1905 I think).  It is run by the great-grandson of the inventor of the snow globe, Erwin Perzy III.  He gave us a tour of the (tiny!) factory and then we had time to look around and buy some snowglobes.  I definitely did not leave empty handed. 

These were the cutest lil baby snowglobes

This is a replica of a snowglobe made for President Obama when he was inaugurated.

That’s the original snowglobe in the center

This snowglobe was given to Bill Clinton... the “snow” is made from confetti collected from the party when he won the presidential election

Erwin Perzy III showing off his snow...