It was a freezing morning, but that didn't stop us, and the sight of Disneyland definitely made it worth the early morning start!
We bypassed (almost) all of the children's rides, and went straight to the rides with the big <!> next to them, so we knew that they were the serious ones! The first one we went to was 'Space Mountain', which was AMAZING! So much fun, and we managed to turn up just as they opened so our waiting in line time was literally 2minutes, which is unheard of in somewhere like Disneyland!
Our ticket for the park was only 49 or so euros, which was amazing because a kids one was 72! But luckily student discounts were great. That price got us into both Disneyland and the nearby Walt Disney Studios, which was more for older people. We spent the day trying to find every single <!> ride we could find in both parks, and only diverted for a go on the teacups, a peter pan ride, and of course the 'Small World' ride.
In Walt Disney Studios, we made sure that we made it to a show scheduled for mid afternoon, as it promised to be an exciting stunt show. It definitely was, with cars driving around on two wheels, motorbikes on one, and this amazing piece of stunt work in the grande finale!
We went on a few more rides after that -the Tower of Terror, and up to Robinson Cruseo's house in a tree, all of which were great fun! By the time we had managed to get on all of the <!> rides, it was getting dark, and the parks took on a whole new look! With parades down the streets, and lights everywhere, it was definitely a Christmassy feeling.
We were very tired after a whole day of running round Disneyland and going on all the <!> <!> rides (and I had a slight headache.. I think I'm sadly getting a bit old for these rides now I'm 22 :s ) so we decided to head back to Paris, to get a good nights sleep so that we could make the most of the half day in Paris we had the next day before returning to Grenoble!
I had heard that there is an Amazing Christmas market in Paris, one of the best in Europe, down the Champs Elysees, and of course I had to make time to go and visit.
I was not disappointed. It was so beautiful, especially with the Christmas lights, and it sold everything christmassy you can think of, from gingerbread, to christmas lights, hot chocolate, wine, and even hot beer! I didn't quite get around to trying that one.. I wish I could have spent longer at this market, I really love looking at all the handcrafted gifts and food lining the streets.
There was even an ice skating ring around some Christmas decorations, it would've been fun had it not already been so freezing outside!
Later on that afternoon we went to see the Catacombs of Paris.. But you'll have to check back a bit later to read about them!
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