Stop 2: The capital of love, Paris Part 1

Took the EuroStar from London Central to Paris Disneyland. Surrounded by kids on the train but guess that is unavoidable. A family of 5 seated in front of us come with 3 kids including a baby. Luckily they are mostly tame with a few kiddy complaint here and there to mommy and daddy.

Enjoyed the country side view but Dear was trying her best to get some doze off time.

If any of you plan to visit Paris Disneyland in the future and intends to stay in the Disney hotels, do book their EuroStar Disney package online and you will have the luxury of having your bags checked in on the carriage. Booked mine separately and thus have to lug the bags to the hotel, checked in before we get to go to the park.



Our room in the Disney New York Hotel. The theme and decor of the hotel is old New York. Most important is the fact that it is only a 15 minutes walk to the hotel. Dear was still feeling the elements and hence we got dinner in the room. TV time was limited as most of the channels were French with only the children shows coming in dual sound.



This was definitely a different experience from the HK Disneyland. Besides being larger in park size and attractions, the park just have the extra magical feeling. Dear particularly enjoyed the live shows which featured new Disney Pixar characters from Monster Inc, Ratatouille. Mentioned that she was touched by the atmosphere and even shed some tears. Maybe it is like most child who relish the Disneyland experience.



Next up to the second park, Disney Movie Magic. Got to see how the Disney characters come to live including the work behind the character development. Lotsa work behind that including deciding on the side-kicks for the heroes.



Loved this part where we were guided on how to draw one of the character, Mu-shu, Mu-Lan side-kick. Dear in action above. Mine was not too bad either. A great souvenir to preserve our lovely Disney experience.



A beautiful lake in front of our hotel. Comes with a outdoor ice-rink too. Too bad both of us do not skate. The hotel provide a night bus tour of Paris Central as well and we caught it the last night to get a glimpse of its beauty before we head over for the next 3 days.



Will be posting about Paris-Part2. Meanwhile, please enjoy the photos here.

London 2010

Our long-awaited honeymoon, 6 months after our wedding in March. Close to 3 months of planning and we begin our adventure in Europe. London was the first stop out of five, with Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Venice to come. 14 hours flight direct from Singapore to London was a new experience for Dear whose previous longest flight experience was 8hrs to China.


The day of our arrival, the pope was in London to address his faithful. A big celebration at Hyde Park where thousands gathered to meet and greet him. We were however too tired after the long flight to join the big crowd and chose to catch the event on TV. :P


To start the European tour, museums are must visit points where we will be immerse in rich history and art. Our first museum was the London Museum where mummies, roman art in various forms as well as medieval English history come alive.

Dear was very intrigued by the statue of the Egypt man-eater. Head of a woman and body of a beast. Really scary and could be a reminder to all men that the wrath of a woman must not be underestimated.

The museum was huge and we sort of completed 3/4 of it. Headed to Trafalgar Square, a must visit if you are in London.


Wanted to catch the changing of guards but our travelling schedule did not permit us to do so. Just when we wanted to just take a glimpse of the Buckingham Palace, a surprise landed on our lap. Buckingham Palace was open to public to view its internal halls as well as its garden.


Coincidentally, I caught a documentary of the Buckingham Palace under a programme covering the Queen work and life before the trip. This was the chance for dear and I to see the awe and glimmer of the palace along with a special exhibition of the royal family photos and dress code for all the important events. Definitely an eye-opener and we even get to have tea like the royalty in the royal garden.

A mystical tree with bright red leaves in the middle of the garden, leans itself to the beauty of the landscape.



Last stop for London was the London Eye where we can see the Thames River in its full glory. Dear was not feeling well and may have caught a cold and had a very dry throat. The cold weather may have gotta to her. Still managed to catch the view before sunset.

The Big Ben was not as big as imagined. Kinda disappointed. Looking forward to Paris where the city of romance and the magnificent Eiffel Tower awaits us.



Grab a great breakfast at the train station before our Eurorail ride to Paris Disneyland. Cute that the coffee was actually served in a bowl. The brown pastry above tasted like Huat Kuey. Haha.

London, comfortable first stop for us due to the language and maybe the linkage to Singapore in the colonial days. Smooth start to the trip and off to Paris we go next.

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Any updates?

Yes, we admitted to being lazy for these past few months after the wedding that we are lazy to blog.

Hubby promised to put some of our photos taken during these few months soon. Kindly wait :P

Things are more settled now especially after the wedding. However, as and when I will still recall our wedding. I love our wedding and yes, I truly love it. All thanks to my hubby, and to all the jie-mei and xiong-di that made it happened. :)

Our next agenda will be our honeymoon to Europe in mid-Sept, 4 more weeks left. We are going to UK, France, Spain and Italy for 19 days including flight time.

My feeling? Anticipation and a bit of apprehension e.g. such as theft, tiredness. However, most of it will be excitement since the furthest country I went it China, and Europe will be a totally different experience for us.

It will not be a tour package honeymoon. We planned our honeymoon ourselves from places to visit, transportation, hotels, etc. Though majority of this planning is done by hubby. *hug hug*.

Will keep my fans posted :)

Cheers!
ade