Day 157

Oh Mon Dieu! Quel journee.
Oh My God! I am losing my mind. While I am having a great time in Paris - who wouldn't be? But seriously, some things just get on your nerves. Heloise is so angry right now...but that's all to do with dinner, so first, let's talk about the beginning of the day.

I woke up at 4, to prove my point, and quickly thought, "Nope, not worth it". So instead, I got up at 4:30. I got myself ready, and while I was brushing my teeth, there was a knock at the bathroom door. It was Tim. He called through saying he needed to leave in 15 minutes. I replied with "That's fine, I'm ready". I finished up, and went down as quickly as I could, and got in the car. Heloise had just loaded Zach in, and Josh was already sitting in the back. - Not a good spot for someone who gets motion sickness by the way - Tim came out looking for a DS charger, Nathaniel was plopped in the car, and eventually, we were on our way.

We were driving to the Chunnel when Josh asked if he could have the window open as he was feeling sick. He was told not to be so silly. Minutes later, he was sick. Great. Moods escalated, and I just kept my mouth shut. Poor guy. We made it to the Chunnel, and Tim ran into the store to get some breakfast for everyone. We had Pain au Chocolat (How french! And we hadn't even arrived in France yet), and he had got us tea and coffee as well. We ate outside of the car, and then I sat back inside, as they advised you didn't stand around the vehicles. Others didn't seem to care, but considering you couldn't see anything outside anyway, I was perfectly fine resting. The boys and I were looking at our passports, and the different stamps throughout each of ours, and then I felt sick. That's when I shut my eyes and tried to get some sleep. That didn't happen. The boys were understandably pretty excited, so it wasn't the quietest trip...not that it ever is with them.

I fell asleep for a few minutes on the other side, but not long at all. We listened to Michael Jackson, then to Tim insulting him, then some more Michael Jackson. We were in France, and I was taking it all in. Reading the french signs as we passed them, and smiling to myself because I was the only one in the car that understood them. Then we passed a park. Guess what it was...Tara...remember Asterix???? IT'S Parc Asterix! CRAZY!!!! Anyway, we passed that and started seeing the signs for Disney. WOO! There was a wrong turn, and some panic in the car before we made it, but the point is...we made it. I was asked to speak to the lady at the toll booth, and to the guy at the gate to the hotel. - No pressure! - My goodness, when was the last time I spoke French? I did what I had to do, not too many words at all actually. Mostly Bonjour and Merci. My Dad could have done that much :p We parked, and walked into our MASSIVE hotel.

We checked in, I waited by the bags in the lobby while Tim spoke to the receptionist, and Heloise took Josh to the washroom to clean him up, as when we arrived, he had a massive nose bleed. I looked behind me in the car, and it was as if he had been punched in the face.

After checking in, and dropping our bags in our rooms, we headed straight out to DISNEYLAND! I was so giddy it was insane! I don't think the boys were even as excited as I was. They certainly didn't show it. But I guess that tells you just how easy I am to please compared to them. It was great! The first stop was the Haunted House. There was no way I was going in there. I took some pictures, and looked in a store while everyone else went in. I then waited for them at the exit. The two who had been begging to go in at the start, were the two who enjoyed it the least. Apparently Nathaniel and Zach were terrified. Poor things. We didn't get on too many rides, as Tim hates waiting in lines :| We went through a cool Alice in Wonderland maze, and eventually got to go on the teacups. Josh and I rode together, and we spun the cup as much as we could. You have to be strong for those things! I told Josh he had to keep looking at me so he wouldn't feel sick. We got off and were fine. We made our way to Space Mountain, and had a fast pass, so we ran up the side, and got in that line. When we got to the lady taking tickets, Nathaniel was too short (which we all knew already, but Tim was trying to get him in anyway). The two of them left the line, and Josh and I continued on our way. He wasn't sure he wanted to do it. Part of him was saying yes, and the other part was saying no. I told him it was too late for the part that was saying no. As we waited in line, loads of people left. Something had happened to the ride, and they kept sending it for test runs. Josh and I stuck it out, and soon enough we were on and excited to go. Josh held onto my hand for the entire ride, and at one point was imprinting one of my fingers with my ring...but in the end, he really enjoyed it, and he can't wait to go again tomorrow morning. From there we headed to Thunder Mountain. An awesome rollercoaster Zach sat with me on. We discovered after the ride that we had been under water twice without even knowing. At two different times on the ride, you went into pitch black. Well when you came out and looked at the ride, there were two mountains that you had been on, and you couldn't see where they connected. It was a pretty long ride as well. It was good. We found our way to a Snow White ride, and then to a Pirate's of the Caribbean one. That one was a little bit creepy, and Zach and Nathaniel who were sitting with me, couldn't have gotten any closer. They don't like the dark, and creepy moving plastic people too much. All I could think of was being in a horror movie. Not my favourite ride.

After that, we made our way back to the hotel, while looking for a restaurant to go into. It never happened. Long story short, Tim ended up running out to God knows where, and buying a chicken, some baguettes, chips, strawberries and carrots. We had a picnic on the hotel room floor.

Now we're in bed. Josh and I are sharing a room and are watching the Olympics. He should probably be asleep, but how often does he get to branch out on his own and have a good time? I figure as long as we whisper, we'll be ok. I better end this now though, and turn the TV off soon, or he'll never go to sleep, and I'll end up getting in trouble tomorrow. So Good Night xx

PS - There's a Starbucks here! Right at the entrance. SCORE! The only thing is, they don't take Starbucks cards. Oh well. I can't wait to be able to get a great cup of tea first thing tomorrow morning!!! It's been forever since I've been able to wake up, and be so close to a Starbucks that I can have one right after breakfast! I'm a little excited :p