Monday, April 6, 2009

Mollie found me

Well Mollie just got home to Spokane today after 10 fun filled days with me. I picked her up last Friday from Frankfurt. We laid around through the weekend then got her stuff on base done like dentist apt. and registered as my spouse. Tues I had both finals at 0830 ( which I got a C out of philosophy of religion, SUCKED, and am waiting on the other :)then we were supposed to head to Paris right after that. Well as I'm driving home Mollie calls me and says she thinks she has to go to the doctor. Well with the military it's either an apt. or the hospital so we went to the hospital. Mollie already knew what was wrong we just needed to get some medicine from the doc. After five hours of processes we were out and back home, bags packed and on the road. We rented a fun little Diesel BMW to take because my little jelly bean (my car) will not make it that far. We got on the road and the drive was just amazing. Running along the river and hills, passing through little towns with all the big old churches everywhere. We drove to Disneyland first and wandered around for a little while to find our hotel. Apparently it was so new the GPS could only tell us were is "should" be not were it was. We were about a block off but ended up finding it after some good time. Mollie found out first hand that 110v plugs don't so much work in 220v outlets :) We thought it would work because it had a little converter box on her blow drier. She plugged it in and boom there goes all the power in the room. She said it gave her a nice little ZAP but thank goodness that's all. The front desk just laughed and was more than happy to come kick our breaker back on. The next morning we woke up early, checked out and rode the shuttle over to the Disneyland Paris. We walked around downtown disney for a little while waiting for the park to open. Once it did we frolicked in like giddy school children..... well one of us did :)We ran through every land so fast, we did not wait more than five minuets on any of the rides. We had the whole park knocked out in about three hours. We sat down, ate lunch and went over to Disney Studios. It is like a 1/8 sized California Adventure, the only thing we did there is Tower of Terror. After we were so tired we couldnt walk anymore we caught a taxi back to our car and headed into Paris. I would just like to say, unless you have been there you cannot even imagine what traffic is like there. I can honestly say I never want to drive there again. Once we got to our hotel and got checked in we went and parked the car in underground parking three blocks away, and believe me that car did not move until we left to come home. Our hotel was fun in a not so fun way. I booked that one because it was cheap and it was close to everything.... bad idea. From the outside it was fun, nice little place tucked in off the street with flowers in all the window seals and little tables out front, the lobby was even nice. Boy once you headed up those stairs, 1970's horror film ran through your mind. I think the hallways were shoulder width wide and it just led into darkness, even when it was daytime. It was very creepy and had this key that had like a scull and cross bones on it or something, ok not really but sort of. Our room was about 10 foot by 10 foot and the bathroom maybe 8x4. The guy at the desk asked if we wanted to upgrade to the bigger bed so we did, when we got to the room we saw the upgrade was two double's pushed together with a huge hump in the middle, Mollie and I both could swear they were box springs. It was fun because it was right off the street so we could open our big windows and look right out to the street. That night we walked down and got some dinner then headed back and went to bed. The next morning we got breakfast and then walked to the Eiffel Tower, it was only three or four blocks away. We didn't go up in it because the lines were outrageous so we enjoyed from the ground. When done we saw the red tour buses stopping every now and then so we caught one, it was 25 euros for two days of riding. It was a double decker tour bus with an open top, it took us to all the fun places around Paris, we went to the Luve and took pictures with the Mona Lisa and then went to the Arc de Triumph, then to the Opera house, the church of Notre Dame, we walked down to the shops there and looked around for a little while. Mollie got some really fun scarves that she was pretty excited about, she told me that we couldn't do Paris without getting crepes so we bought two from a man making them on the street... not ON the street but you know ;)We sat down on the side walk there and ate and then jumped back on the bus. We just rode and saw the other sights from the bus. It stopped at everyone so you could get pictures. After we reached the Eiffel Tower again we raced back to the hotel and hit the little boys, and little girls room, Paris is one place you don't want to use the restrooms. Once we got back and got relaxed for a minuet we started talking about how we were both dreading sleeping on the box springs again, so we packed up and headed back home that night. It was so much fun to be there but we were ready to sleep in a comfortable bed after Disneyland and the city both days. The next day we woke up and went to the city by were I live and went and walked through all the little shops. The rest of the weekend we just lounged around and enjoyed being together.

8 comments:

  1. Lucky ducks! Sounds like it was a great trip!

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  2. I know what you mean about the traffic!! And what's wrong with the Paris bathrooms?!? Please tell me because I "went" all over that city!! Did I catch something?!

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  3. That sounds so stinkin fun! I am dying to go there and have you tour us around. Yee Haw

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  4. It looks and sounds like you two had so much fun. I hope Mollie is doing well know. The pictures are great, although I didn't get to see the last 5 or so. Paris sounds crazy yet beautiful. Is it really where you fall in love like they say in the movies? hehe. Stay safe.

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  5. sounds fun. I want to go to Paris.

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  6. Wow! What a trip! Im so glad you got to spend time together! Someday when you guys have kids too, we have to go to Disneyland together!!

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  7. Wow, sounds like you guys had a great time! Sorry I missed your reception, had the flu. Heard it was absolutely beautiful. Saw some pictures and it looked like a wonderful celebration, wish I had been there. I'm so glad you have each other. I read your blog now and then and will keep up on your lives that way!!!!
    I love you,
    Aunt Lisa xoxoxox

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