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Chapter 1 – Fun Holiday Time
They both arrived at St. Pancras station in London at 10:30am ready for the euro star train at 1pm.
"So do you have everything that the company sent…the tickets for the train and opera house?" Beth asked.
"Yes already stop asking dear god woman you are really annoying me now" Leo replied in an irritable voice.
(AN: Just to let everyone know we had this conversation in the past…for example it happened yesterday.)
"Right ok…so…I have my check list for the gate let's get our stuff out and ready. I think my mum put all mine into an envelope for me." Beth remarked.
They had been seated in the waiting area for about 10 minutes now and Beth has been annoying Leo by asking so many questions and even repeating some just because she was on edge, plus it was a bonus to annoy Leo.
They were soon passing their passports and passes through to the security and they passed with no problems. They soon boarded the train at about 12:30pm. They had won the premium seats on the train. The train itself was lovely and the seats were a wide comfy leather that had a reasonable amount of foot room. Enough that Beth would not complain about getting cramps.
Once they had arrived in Paris they had arranged a taxi to take them to the Cleré Hotel, which was near the Eiffel Tower. Their room was on the top floor, so all Beth did was groan and grumble up the steps. They had been given one room which had an ensuite attached, with 2 double beds, a wardrobe, chest of draws and desk with a chair. They room had a balcony which had a table and chairs and was decorated with several pots of plants. The balcony itself had a beautiful view of the city and the Eiffel Tower.
As soon as they had explored the rooms they unpacked all their clothing into the wardrobe and the draws.
"Hey now that we have finished unpacking, do you want to look up somewhere to eat for dinner this afternoon?" Beth queried to Leo.
"Sure, let me look some close restaurants now." Leo replied.
Leo looked up on her phone, which she had not put down since they had arrived in London hours before, the closest restaurant. The restaurant that they went to was called 'La Rose de France'. Beth ordered the 'Steak Diane', which is a lean steak cooked in a sauce which has been laced with brandy and set aflame when cooking, which Beth could see from her seat. Leo on the other hand ordered 'Blanquette de Veau' which is a stew made up of veal cooked in a white sauce usually made with butter, cream, lemon and much more. It was served with some, in Leo's opinion adorable, baby carrots on the side.
While eating they discussed what they were going to do the next day. They finally made a decision and chose to explore Paris and visit the Eiffel Tower in the evening. With their plan made they decided to go back to the hotel and spend some time watching TV they do not understand for fun. They soon fell asleep.
The next day they went to the lobby of the hotel and bought a map of Paris to wonder around the city and find their way to the tower in the afternoon.
They made their way to Notre dame de Paris as Beth wanted to sing songs from the movie 'Hunchback of Notre Dame'. They explored the treasury which contained various items that intrigued Beth and Leo, such as old books and documents relating to the restoration of the Cathedral itself. They also climb up the towers to the top of the building and saw the view of Paris, which was beautiful. They also saw the bells and Beth made a joke if calling Quasimodo's name out. The last placed the went in the Cathedral was the crypt underneath the buildings where some old artefacts from years ago had been found and had been placed on display. They walked to a Crêperie du Cloître, a restaurant near the Cathedral to have lunch. They walked to the metro which took them to the 'Arc de Triomphe' and then make their way to the Eiffel tower by the metro again. They discussed whether to take the lift or the stair, but decided to take the lift as there was too many stairs for Beth to handle, plus she was way too lazy to climb the steps. Beth and Leo both enjoyed the view, it was amazing and Beth could not get enough as she loved heights as did Leo.
They found themselves at a different restaurant than yesterday near their hotel as they made their way back on the metro and they decided to visit the 'Louvre' museum the next day. Beth had explained that the museum itself was very large and that they may not see everything that they wanted to see due to the size of the building. So they returned to the hotel and retired to bed for it had been a very long day and Beth wanted to be wide awake for the tour around the museum and she knew if she stayed up any longer she would not be ready for the next day.
The next day they took a bus to the louvre museum, which cost them 15€ each for the day and they saw the 'Mona Lisa' much to the pleasure of Beth who had been talking about it. They visited the mirrors exhibit, which was an exhibit full of paintings that included a mirror. They also visited the body in movement dance and the museum which was full of statues and different paintings posing. They went to many panting exhibits with different themes and had fun making up who the people in the paintings were from the first look at it. They had lunch in the museum itself, which was French sandwiches and they spent the whole day in the louvre as they had time.
After they had visited all the areas they wanted they slowly made their way to a shop to buy something simple for tea in the hotel room on the balcony. They planned and discussed what they wanted to do. They decided to spend the next 2 days at Disney to explore the parks, so they went to bed early so that they could get early to leave for the bus.
Just as they had planned the next day in Paris they got up extremely early to go to Disneyland Paris. After having breakfast they set off towards the Madeleine, which was a ten minute walk away from the hotel, to get the express bus, which took them to Disney which was 20 miles away. On the bus journey down Beth and Leo annoy multiple of the passengers by starting a sing-a-long and getting their children way too hyper active for eight o'clock in the morning. Upon arriving at the park and getting multiple glares as the other passengers got off the bus with their children, Leo and Beth headed towards the park entrance and Beth got excited over Mickey Mouse being on her park ticket whilst Leo was amused with Beth reaction when she realised Leo had Minnie Mouse on her ticket.
Leo then proceed to drag Beth towards the Studio Park first they passed through security quickly and they grabbed a map and spent a few minutes studying the map trying to decide the best route to get through the attractions they want to. By the time they stop for some lunch at 'Restaurant en Coulisse' where Beth proceed to get and freak out over her Dark Vador burger meal which consisted of a drink, fries, a Yoda cupcake and a black bun beef burger which cost her 15.99€ whilst Leo got a chicken burger with a side of fries, a chocolate brownie and drink 13.99€. Whilst they were eating lunch they talked about the rides they had already been on in Toon studio and in Toy Story Land. After lunch they went to watch some stunt shows whilst their meals settled. They headed to the Rockin Roller-coaster first as they were closest to this ride where they luckily managed to get front row seats on the ride. After the ride they headed over to The Hollywood Tower Hotel, as they walked off the ride Leo was ready to murder Beth for dragging her onto the drop ride. They stopped at another restaurant is Disney before leaving the parks for the day
After the long day they headed back the express bus and headed back to the hotel. Once the arrived back at the hotel they went straight up to their room and proceeded to crawl into bed to regain their energy before they head back tomorrow for the Magic Kingdom.
On the fifth day they headed back to Disney again. They worked around the different areas going on the rides and meeting the different characters and getting pictures taken with them. They went to lunch at Restaurant Agrabah Café where it was Middle Eastern restaurant as well as a buffet. They continue going round the park going on rides and watching the various parades throughout the day. That evening though they went to watch Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show where they were given green cowboy hats and unfortunately did not get the opportunity to perform in the show alongside the cast (but Beth came close to being picked) but they both had fun and bought many souvenirs for themselves as well as gifts for various family members.
It was nearing midnight when they returned to the hotel with their six million bags of gifts and souvenirs, as Beth was way too enthusiastic about buying things. They knew the tour planned for the next day was in the afternoon, so they went to bed to have a lie in ready for the tour of the Opera house the next day.
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