Arc de Triomphe

I was doing so well with my postings but then I fell behind so I'll just take a minute and finish up the Paris Trip.

Paris Disneyland

Wow am I tired. We left the apartment this morning at 8:10 and didn't get home until about 6:45. My feet are killing me. But my kids are happy. We had the best time at Disneyland. The girls were really good, we rode countless rides, ate Mickey Mouse shaped pizza, saw Mickey Mouse, chatted with Snow white and came home. I have no idea how many Weight Watchers points I walked off today but I hope it was a lot. That pizza was really good! Now we are just praying for a LONG night Mommy and Daddy need it!

Louvre

We did it! We braved going to the Louvre with two small, strong willed children today. I have to say that they were relatively good. Of course we did have to threaten them with not going to Disneyland tomorrow! We can now say we have seen the Mona Lisa!

French Parking

Here are some scary examples of French parking. I don't think I would dare ever park my car for fear of never getting it out again! These pictures were taken from the window in our apartment. Now you have some reference for how many people were out on this little street during the Techno Parade.

Versailles

On day 3 we hopped on the RER Train and went out into the country to the Palace at Versailles. Unfortunately we didn't see much. Maya was having a bad day and Kim and Brian had sore feet and legs from the day before. Gemma loved all of the flowers and felt the need to "say Hi" to all of them.

TechnoParade 2009

About an hour after our marathon walk, we hear loud thumping from outside. We opened the windows and to our delight the Techno Parade was going right past our apartment. The girls thought it was fun for about the 1st hour but by the time it ended 2 1/2 hours later Maya was pretty sick of it. The girls were standing in the widow and Gemma was dancing her little heart out. It was amazing the number of people who noticed her and waved. She was even video taped a few times. Early estimates were 650,000 people marching, dancing and yelling past our window. What a treat.

Eiffel Tower

Ever since Dora went to the Eiffel Tower, Maya has has wanted to go as well. So on day two we decided to make her dreams come true. Wow quite spectacular if I do say so myself. The lines were horrid going up inside so we just walked around the grounds and took a boat cruise on the Seine.

We had taken the Metro to the Eiffel Tower but decided to walk home. Interesting choice since it took us 3 1/2 hours to get home. On the bright side, I figured that was 11 activity points on Weight Watchers! We also found this strange green stuff that the girls liked to run on. Really nice, sure wish we had this in Qatar.