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The
plan to make a tour to Paris was born in mid Feb, you need
to plan a lot and get your tickets booked well ahead to
get good deals, Our trip costed us 190£ for the To and fro
Eurostar trip and 3 nights stay in a 2 star hotel, we even
booked the Disney land tickets in advance.
Read
on below to know more details........
 Eurostar
Experience and the Hotel
Do you
fancy the long and troublesome process of immigration and
hour long Q's in airport, just for a
1/2 hour trip you end up wasting 2 hours, so now the
Eurostar comes in Handy, there is no irritating Q's, the
total immigration process takes only 1/2 hour and
everything is finished in Waterloo itself, just walk out
of the train in France........
The
amazing fact is the Speed of the train, i guess it reaches
300Kms/h and its fastest on the French side rather than
the English side, you have 20mins inside the Euro Tunnel,
nothing to see outside, just dark.
The
Hotel..........
An
arms reach from Gare Du Nord station, its here the
Eurostar terminates.
A
budget class hotel, if you need a space to keep your
luggage and a sleep in the night, then this is the hotel
for you, the Rooms are pretty small, so as the lift, has
just exact space for two, squeeze yourself to get your
friend inside if you don't want his face going eggs.....
Rooms
are small, but very clean rooms and bathrooms, you might
be a bit disturbed by the sound of the traffic as the
hotel is on the main road.
 Places
of Interest in Paris
 Sacrecour:
(2 to 3 hours)
This
is a historical church with its beautiful white domes and
gardens, a mile from the station.
 Eiffel: (evening
to late night)
 Reach
Eiffel by 3 or 4 in the evening, based on the season the Q
might be very long to wait for 1 to 2 hours before you
could get a glimpse of the lady at the Billet Counter
(Billet is Ticket in French).
Enjoy
the Eiffel by climbing up to the second level, and you get
a bird's eye view of the Paris city.
Stay
late after dark to enjoy the flashing light effects on
Eiffel.
 Disney
Land: (Full day)
Am
falling short of words to explain the beauty of this Park,
if you love
the exciting and thrilling rides, then the Disney land
park is the one for you, you have a lot of themed rides,
for example, the Space Mountain, takes you through a mind
boggling loop of stars, planets, the sun and the
moon......a very memorable one, each ride is unique in its
own way.....
Make
sure you finish the exciting rides, and as the day goes on
you might end up waiting in the Q's for each ride for even
up to an hour, so the fast tickets comes in handy, get the
fast tickets and enter the ride in the specified time.
If you
finish the park a bit early, you can visit the Walt Disney
Studios, fully dedicated for all special effects and
simulations you see in the films.
Especially dont miss the rock n roll musical roller
coaster, studio tram tour and the Armageddon show.
Reach
early to avoid the rush.
 Going
around in Paris.
You
get a 3 or a 5 day Zone 1 to 3 RATP pass and can be
purchased in Waterloo Eurostar station
itself.
If
you are used to the transportation in London Underground,
then you are not for any surprises in Paris except for the
names of the stations, which would sound funny to French
people, when you sound it, i say this because a beautiful
French female was smiling all the way when we tried to
read out the station names.
I felt
the Metro was a bit more confusing, London underground is
very easy and causes less or no confusion.
So
take care you read the map and the sign boards well before
you get to a train line.
Travel
Information.
London
Waterloo to Paris Nord - 2h34mins
Going
around Paris - Use the RER, RATP and Metro lines to go
around.
Check
out the
 fotos
section to find out more on the enchanting beauty of Paris
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