PARIS:
Rented a cute little apt centrally located, walked the Champs-Elysees, shopping, Arc de Triomphe, mom brought pocket Edward (great), took pictures with him EVERYWHERE, bread, more bread, think we found the fountain in European vacation where Chevy Chase gets his camera stolen, Eiffel tower by day, elevator up to the top, boat ride on the seine river, Eiffel tower by night, Eiffel tower glitter show, dad lost the keys to the apt, everyone panicked, ran back to Eiffel tower, they were still there (phew), found out Steph snores (loudly), slept in until 10:30am, Steph had a cow, mom almost got pick-pocketed in the subway, took the train to Versailles, rented a golf cart to see the complex, ate dinner at Hard Rock Cafe (family tradition), toured the Louvre, fought the mosh-pit to see the Mona Lisa, saw a group of high school girls inappropriately touching the private parts on all the naked-men statues (hilarious), went to Notre Dam and saw the flying buttresses, ate dinner at an authentic French restaurant (adorable and delicious), went to Disneyland Paris, it was the most magical day of our trip, the genie tried to kiss Stephanie, got a picture with the Mouse himself, dad tried to mail a postcard at a fake mailbox (pretty funny), saw a french-singing blue grass band in Frontier land, dad got a huge kick out of it, got back to apt to find out the Icelandic volcano erupted, good thing we were taking the train, cab was suppose to pick us up at 5:40, didn't show up until 6:00, train station was a mad place since planes were cancelled, barley made it to our train on time that departed at 6:30, but we made it, the craziest part of our trip was over, or so we thought...
LONDON:
Road the Euro-star to London, went to Abby road, felt like idiots trying to imitate the Beatles, ate at Hard Rock (first one ever was London), enjoyed the free re-fills, went to see the Lion King, Steph forgot her ticket at the hotel, ran back to hotel, got a cab to theater, taxi almost ran over a biker, biker got pissed and yelled at our taxi driver, we ran off to make our show, missed the first song, but the show was great! Steph still snores, took pics in red phone booths, went to Tower of London, saw the crown jewels and tons of other amazing things, took a boat ride on the Thames river, saw London Eye, Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey, went to the Churchill Museum for dad (very interesting), St. Paul's Cathedral, walked to the top of the dome, great view, ate fish and chips, went to Trafalgar Square, climbed up on huge lions, a group of Chinese tourists stopped to take pics of Steph attempting to climb up on lions, funniest thing I've ever witnessed in my life, took a double-decker bus tour, saw the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, went to the British Museum and saw the original Rosetta Stone, went to Piccadilly Circus, wishfully shopped at Harrod's (most beautiful place on earth), bought an "I love London" t-shirt and immediately regretted it when we found out our flight to Prague was cancelled, Dan was suppose to meet us in London for the weekend but wasn't able to get to us, I was oh so sad, had an extra day so we walked over the Millennium bridge (the one from in Harry Potter), saw Shakespeare's Globe Theater, went to the Imperial War Museum (very moving), took pictures at Platform 9 3/4, found out another flight was cancelled, moved-in to the Starbucks at the airport, set-up camp and spent the night with other stranded families, dad got us all on a flight leaving Wednesday morning for Prague, hooray! spent two extra days in London and lost two days in Prague, so sad...
PRAGUE:
Daniel picked us up from the airport, went home and showered since we hadn't for 2 days, took the fam to old town square, went to wenceslas square and ate sausages, walked down Paris street and toured the Jewish Quarter, ate our first home-cooked meal in a week, Steph dad and mom left to get Thai massages, I got worried when they weren't home and sent out a search party, turns out they were just enjoying the lovely Prague night-life (silly me), walked over Charles Bridge, went to Lennon's wall, shopped in Mala Strana on our way to the Castle, saw the changing of the guard at the Castle, went inside St. Vitus Cathedral, walked around the Castle complex, took a walk through the vineyard on our way back to Charles Bridge, shopped for souvenirs, ate at Hard Rock (3 for 3), ate gelato for dessert, mom found a hair, tried to give it back and made the gelato lady mad, went to take a river boat ride at night, but missed the last boat, took one last walk by the river taking night pics of the Castle lit up, went home and packed up, made a bed for Steph in the living room so Dan could get some sleep (hehe), put the fam on a plane and was sad I didn't have more time to show them the Beautiful city that Prague is.
SUMMARY:
coke in Paris= 5 euros, t-shirt in London= 7 pounds, gelato in Prague= 25 crowns, spending time with my parents and sister= priceless.
For all pics of the trip please visit my facebook, should be up later this weekend. Thanks!
