.::. Disney! .::.

Disneyland Paris is my second Disney experience. It wasn't as good as the first in Japan, perhaps because the crowd here consists of mostly families and young kids. It's unlike the Japan's park which is filled with young teenagers and couples. I feel so old here!

The first time I went to Disneyland, Joey happily bought me an 'autograph' book and told me that I had to ask all the characters to sign on my book. It was like relieving his childhood experience. I didn't do that as a kid, and now he's making sure that I do it - and he's sure enjoying it. He's always ready with the camera, snapping pictures when I queue with kids, sometimes squeezing with them in order to get a signature on my autograph book. Now I have 2 Disneyland autograph books filled with signatures of many different characters. The one we got in Paris even has slots for me to put pictures of me and the characters (Joey obviously took care of that).

Those memories are filled with laughter. Disneyland is indeed a happy place. I fell in love with Donald duck there, because he's the most 'sensitive' charcter! He noticed that all the kids were squeezing ahead, and being so 'old', I obviously didn't dare to push ahead too. I was simply at a loss (and abit embarassed to be among the kids), and he noticed!! He tapped me, and gestured for me to wait. He then signed for me and took a picture with me!

It sounds somewhat dumb, but it's always good to have some 'child' in you!




I didn't manage to take pictures with Winnie the Pooh in Japan, and I finally succeeded this time round!

We took pictures with Mickey without needing to queue! We found the place where the photo-session was going to take place and happened to be the 2nd in line.

I didn't take a picture with Minnie the last time too. She noticed my 'Mickey/Minnie hands keychain hug on my bag!!


Disney, where dreams come true.

I very much preferred Japan's disney, for the crowd, the atmosphere and the abundance of cute sovenirs like the popcorn tubs! There was also no fireworks display, perhaps because the sky is still not dark when the park closes at 10pm.Disneyland is not over-rated.

Disneyland is...magical.

.::. Paris Highlights .::.

Paris is a beautiful city, albeit filled with notoriously rude Parisians. It's amazing that they have such a long history and rich culture.



Surprisingly, the Louvre was arguably my favourite place in Paris. I didn't thought that I was a museum person, but I really enjoyed Louvre, especially the paintings which were so expressive and stunning. I'm seriously wondering if there's any artist who could draw like that nowadays.

Louvre was humongous, absolutely alot bigger than what I imagined it to be. Oh well, I really could spend a few more days in there. World's greatest museum is indeed impressive.

The Versailles was intriguing. The luxurious lifestyle of kings are unimaginable. I can't believe I actually stepped into the place where the Treaty of Versailles was signed - it's like the history I used to study 'came into life'.

I liked Basilika of Sacré Coeur. It was magnificent. I was in awe when I stepped into the church and was greeted by this huge 'picture' of Jesus right on the ceiling. There was a church service going on and the singing sounded awfully heavenly. The view of Paris from there was also great. It was the whole atmosphere with many different street performances.

Seine river was beautiful too.

Eiffel Tower was the reason we went to Paris this time round - it's celebrating its 120th Anniversary with special light shows. The first thought when I saw Eiffel Tower was how ugly and rough it looked. But after some time, I came to realise its beauty and how elegantly it stood in the city.

I thought we were going to see grey skies and rain the whole time we were there. Thankfully, we were really lucky and there were quite abit of blue skies and some sun.

It has been a fulfilling 3 days though our feet were so tired and I'm down with flu due to fatigue and the cold. It's not that bad though, I really really took in alot this trip.

Took like 1700 pictures in all. Scary I know, but I've got quite a few beautiful shots. Despite 4 days in Paris, I feel like I haven't really 'seen' Paris.

Shall take a rest and write more about it soon. 48 hour case study and a report to submit on Wednesday. Just abit more to complete before I go home. =)