Euro Disney

Let's start off with some odd things:
The French follow rules. If you are on an escalator and you are on the left its because you are walking up the elevator if not, you stay on the right. End of story.
You pump gas THEN you pay. What?
Their keyboards are different.
Euro Disney is painfully bilingual. For big events like the Enchanted Fireworks its 5-lingual. Seriously.
They don't use trash cans on the street. Its a a metal ring with a green translucent bag attached to it.
Their road signs don't have words. Just symbols. The one sign they have with a word on it is a stop sign and its in English. Where am I?

The day before yesterday we went to Montparnasse, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Musee d'Orsay. We also did some shopping. I got a polka dot shirt. Yay! We had dinner with Starley at Hippopotamus. My cousin takes very good care of me. =)
Yesterday we took the day off so I stayed with my aunt. We took the kids out to play in the mall. While they played we talked about EVERYTHING. It was really cool. Then we went shopping. Are you seeing a pattern?
TODAY was Euro Disney! Like I said it was painfully bilingual. Everything was in both languages at least. At times they'd throw in in some Spanish. At the end they threw in Spanish, German and Italian or Portuguese. It was out of control. I didn't go on a single ride and I had the best time ever. All we did was stay with the kids and do kids stuff. We saw a stunt show, 3 parades, a Cinemagique show, rode the train and saw fireworks. The most fun I've Ever had at Disney. I also saw Sleeping Beauty's Castle. Its pretty epic I wanna say more epic than Cindy's in Orlando. It was seriously a magical day.

I am very happy to be here where I am. I am very happy to have the family I have. I'm happy. My French is looking good.

In front of Notre Dame

I went to visit the Sun King

Les Chataux Versailles
If I was made king at 5 yrs old I'd build a big fat castle too. The Palace of Versailles is gorgeous and tiring.
Wow it so huge! We went on a private tour to skip the lines and the lady was so boring and spoke terrible English but we did get to see the Opera House and other things not open to the public. I really just wanted to see the Hall of Mirrors. ITS Gorgeous! It has to be the brightest room in France. It has Mirrors down one side an endless amount of chandeliers and huge open glass windows on the other side. I took a butt load of pictures.
Yesterday we went to Paris and did some shopping. I still need to find unique Parisian things. I went to 3 different h&m's, zara and other places that were too commercial for me to spend my euros at. I wanna find things I can't find at home. That might be hard. I did find some cool street vendors and got some scarves and other cool things. I still have a pretty long list even though I found a really cool shot glass for Job (he collects them).
I also totally walked down the Champs-Elysees and saw the Arc de Triumph. =D! Prettiest street in the world. Literally.
Side Note: My cousins are cooler than yours. We walked around Paris for about 5 hours yesterday and the ENTIRE time Alex was in front and Marc was in back. They never lost sight of me or left me alone. They are the best and I love them.

(Just a little French for You)

Weird things I have found:
Celsius- I saw it was a low of 12 degrees and I almost walked home because I thought it was Fahrenheit.
The sun doesn't go down until about 9:30 so it is no indication of time for me.
24 hr time clocks are super trippy even though they are more practical.
The time difference is equally trippy. You can tell I don't travel much.
Contrary to popular belief McDonald's sandwiches are not smaller in France. They are the same size.
The Metro (Subway) smells worse than New York's.
I don't understand how people don't get dizzy when they drive because down every street is a round-about.

The Eiffel Tower Sparkles

At 11 pm, 11:30 pm and 11:55 pm the Eiffel Tower sparkles for 5 mins at a time. The first time I saw the Eiffel Tower up close it started sparkling. I felt like something magical was happening just for me. Epic.
I'm one of those weird people who finds God in the most Godless things. Standing under the Eiffel Tower hanging on to my cousin that I haven't seen in 9 years and shivering in the cold was one of those moments. Feeling like I was so small and that there is so much more than me. I am not one of those people who walks around talking about how they're blessed however this trip makes me feel like I am more than ever.

This is my blog about all things Parisian. I hope you like it. I am making it a point to document the cool things I see but most importantly the weird European things I encounter.

To begin the weird encounters:
If I stared at all the guys wearing capris I would be staring all day.
I kissed way too many people to not have a boyfriend. The double kiss greeting is too much.
My aunt has a bidet. Enough said.
People think its cool that I speak English. Not so much that I'm American.