Paris, France by the kids

On the 14th we were still on the plane going to Paris, it was a long plane but luckily there was a tv, I played the games on it till we landed, when we got out, we went to passport check, we went through it pretty quick. Then we went to the metro station (it was in the airport) we took the metro to another station where we went on another one that took us to our hotel. When we got there, it turned out that it was someone’s house not the hotel, we thought we got scammed, but when mum checked there emails the owner had texted and they said it was house 27, not 17. When we got there, we went into our room and it was pretty nice, we then went to out to a boulangerie get our first baguette sandwich, it was unbelievably good, too good to explain, it was, perfect. After that we went to see Papy Jean (our French grandad), we met him just on the side of the seine across Notre-Dame, we chatted for a while, it’s nice to see family members you haven’t seen in a while after that we just walked around Paris a bit to just get used to it then we went to some of mums friends called Thomas and Celine, mum and dad chatted to the parents while me and Emma played with the kids (Heloise, Timothe and Theophile), it was a little hard when no one can understand your language, we played for a while but sadly we had to go home. When we got home, we went to sleep.
On the 15th we woke up and went over to Papy Jean, we stayed there for a while and then we went over to the cemetery, the one where mum’s mum is buried, when we got there, we went and found the grave. I miss our grandma a lot, but it’s probably nothing compared to mum’s sadness. After that we went to a restaurant with some of the French family. It was an Italian restaurant, so I got a lasagna, it was pretty nice, Emma didn’t finish it, so I got to finish their’s, dad was hoping he was going to finish Emma’s, but he didn’t, I did. After that we went to a shop got some pasta and cheese, then we went to the hotel and made dinner then we went to sleep.
On the 16th we were going to go to the parc floral so we could do this rope thing in the trees, there was some rope bridges and ziplines, it sounded pretty cool, but then we were looking at the website and saw they only did it on Wednesday, sad. So, we changed course and went to another park called Jardin d’acclimation, I thought it would be a park like with trees and a playground, I was wrong. It wasn’t really a park, well I guess you could call it a park, well an amusement park, why, because there were rides everywhere. When we first came in, we saw lots of rides, the first one I saw was the Ferris Wheel, I thought it would be a good idea to go on that first so we could see all the rides and then decide what ride to do next. We stayed at the top for a while with was good so we could get a good look out at all the other rides. There was a couple of roller coasters, there were five roller coasters but only four were in action, when the Ferris Wheel finished, we just started walking towards the closest one. We didn’t go straight to the roller coaster, we stopped at a few other rides on the way. When we got in line, we noticed that we were in line for another roller coaster that was right next to the one we wanted to go on, stayed in the line because we were in the line so why leave. When we got on it was pretty fun, we did dips and then we went back up, and then it started spinning. When we got off, I was dizzy, but I didn’t hesitate, I went straight to the other roller coaster when I hopped in, I was really excited. When it started it started up slow because it was going up a slope, when we got right up to the top we took off, it was going really fast, it was awesome. The ride only lasted about thirty seconds, but it was really cool then I remembered I had seen another roller coaster that was even bigger, so I started going in the direction it was in. I went I on a few other rides on the way, but none were as fun as the roller coaster when we got to the next roller coaster, I saw that it was called the red dragon. When I got in line it was like three times longer than the other one, with is hopefully a good sign. When I was watching I saw that the ride would do a course and then when you think it’s ending it goes on a big turn table turns around and then does another course and then goes back to the start. When I got on, me and dad (dad also came along), we got to go in the front which was cool, but when it started the auction in my brain for the title of best ride was like the red dragon burst in and one the auction by a light year. Which means, IT WAS AWESOME, was it absolutely amazing? Yes. Best ride by far? Yes. Is it a ride I could spend all day doing? Yes. Will mum and dad not let me do that? Sadly, yes. After that we did a bunch of other rides and then we went home and went to sleep.
On the 17th, we went to the park called le Jardin du Luxembourg we were going to meet Papy Jean there, when we got there, we walked around a bit and then I saw a fountain. Then mum said they had boats for rent, well toy boats, I thought they would be like remote controlled boats, but they weren’t. They were little sailing boats that would get pushed around by the wind and when they would sail close to the side of the fountain (it was a big fountain like 15 meters across all ways) we would have sticks and would aim it and then push it. The boats were cool they were like proper sailing boats but shrunken, they had flags of different country’s on them, my boat was flying the flag of Angola. I liked pretending it was a proper ship, I called it an Angolan merchant ship I was peaceful and ready to trade, there was this little house in the middle of the fountain for ducks, I called it the duck house, my ship kept trying to trade with it when I didn’t want it to. The reason why I didn’t want it to, is because whenever it hit it, it got stuck there for ages. After that we went over and played on a playground for a while and then we went back to the boat place again, this time I was sailing for Brazil, I was I Brazilian navy ship, I crashed into a total of 24 ship and almost sunk three. They were built in a way that they were annoyingly practically impossible to sink. After that we went to see Tonton David, one of our French uncles, when we met, he gave mum a really big hug, then he said hello to me, dad and Emma. We chatted for a while, mum got emotional, I would to if I were seeing Emma for the first in three years and I didn’t even see them much before that. When we left, we went back to the hotel to sleep.
On the 18th we went to the parc floral we were doing the rope course, when we got there, we put on the equipment and then watched the safety demonstration, there were four course yellow, green, blue and red. Yellow was easy peasy, green was a little harder, blue was a bit of a step up and red was the hardest, we started out at green, it was too easy for me, then we did blue, it was fun. When we finished blue Emma decided to do yellow while I went on to red, red was the best it was really fun. After that we went home and slepttttttttt…………... zzzzz zzzzz zzzzz.
On the 19th we went to a park called la Villette, we were meeting Tonton David there, when we came out of the metro, we found him and then we went in. It wasn’t really a park, well it sort of was there was a big open area with grass and in the middle of the park there was a river in the middle with bridge over it we went over the bridge and we saw a huge slide. The biggest one I had ever seen (that wasn’t in a water park) the slide was shaped like a dragon, it was pretty cool, I was going up to try it but then a saw that it was closed off, not happy. Then I noticed a big building called bubble world I had seen posters for it, and they looked awesome, so I was keen to go in. When we went in Tonton David paid for it (I love him) then we went in, we were told there are nine rooms, the first room the floor was a screen and there were fish that if we stepped on them, they would go really fast, it was fun. Me and Emma were stepping on them and having fun, we appointed ourselves to clearing out a certain area, there were 4 types of animals, turtles, sting rays, some skinny pointy fish and a hammer head shark. After that room there was a room that was about 8x8 meters and it was filled with pink balloons, the balloons weren’t your average balloons, they were like 10 times bigger and tougher. If I chucked one up and then hit it really hard it went flying, I liked trying to hit people, but I didn’t have very good aim, so it mostly just went in random directions. When I did hit people, it was normally dad, dad would then turn around and start chasing me, it was fun, dad had a good strategy, he would barge through, and the balloons would fly up so dad could then hit them at me. After that room there was a room with one really big dome, in the dome it looked like you were in a glass dome with different liquids pouring on me, also the way the dome was shaped, it made all the sound in the dome reverberate, it was cool. After that room there was a room with lots of silver balloons there were also fans that were blowing them into the middle they were fun to play with. The room after that had four things where we could take photos in, the first one was where you could make it look like your head is on a plate of balls. The next one was a bathtub full of rubber ducks that I could lay in, the next one was the best, it had a ring that I could pull up around myself, but the ring had the liquid you use to make bubbles on it. So when I pulled it up, I pulled a bubble over myself, it was awesome. The next one was a bubble that I could sit in. the room after that was a ginormous pool of balls, it was very hard to move in. The one after that was a fake hot air balloon with screens all around it making it look like a proper one. After that it was a small maze thing with lots of lights bulbs hanging everywhere, also there were mirrors as walls, so it looked like it was never ending. After that there was a VR thing, I did it and it was pretty cool, that was the last thing so after that we got out and went home and slept.
On the 20th we were going to go get Emma a pandora charm, we went to a pandora shop and there were two that Emma couldn’t decide which on to get. Mum and dad were going to by one for them, so Emma decided to buy the cheapest one and get mum and dad to buy the other one. After that, we went to have a walk around Paris. We found a café and Mum and Dad had drinks while me and Emma had a Nutella crepe. I had ice cream on it and Emma had whipped cream and it was very nice. Soon after we kept walking and find a lolly shop that was called Pirate lollies. You would get a paper bag and the lollies were all in barrel, then you scoop up the lollies you want and put it in the paper bag. You pay 5 euros per 100 grammes. We then kept walking because we were going to Thomas and Celine. When we got there, we got straight into playing. The first time we were there, we played Monopoly game but did not finish it, so we were going to play again and see who won. We did not finish it this time either, we ended up throwing money everywhere. Emma started it, not me (Emma edit: Andrew is a very big liar, he started it!). It was one of the funnest day of the travel. I love playing with Theophile, Heloise and Timothee. Then we went back home and slept.
The end
Andrew (10 years old)

We are in Paris!
On the 14th we landed in Paris. We were in the airport, so we took the metro to the middle of Paris. Then from there we took more metros to close to where we booked. The email said we were in 27 but we were meant to go to 17. So, we arrived at some one’s house. They let us stay there until we worked it out. So, we went to the wrong address at first, but we ended up finding the right one. The person that we booked the place from did not say sorry once we found them, all they said was “it was meant to say 17”. We set up and then went out for a late breakfast or an early lunch. We had a baguette sandwich. It was delicious. We kept saying “The French know how to cook properly.” After that we went to see Papy Jean and Laurence. They were down at the front of Notre-Dame selling books. We saw the outside of Notre-Dame because there was too big of a line up. It was being rebuilt. Then we walked in Paris. Lots of buildings. I could smell lots of foods. Then we went to Celine and Thomas for the evening. We played with Theophile, Heloise and Timothe. I had fun playing with the other three kids. We stayed up late playing. By the time we got home it was a bit before midnight.
On the 15th we had a French breakfast. We had pain au chocolat and croissants. After we had breakfast, we went to the cemetery to see mammy Chris because it was her birthday. It was hard to see mammy Chris’s grave because she was very important to us. I’m sad I don’t remember her properly, all I have left of her are photos and a toy. Then we went to Papy Jean’s house to print paper. Then we had lunch with the French family. Me and Andrew got a lasagna each and it was good. We left around 5pm. Did some shopping and then back home. The sun is still up at about 10:30 pm.
On the 16th we went to an amusement park. They had a Ferris wheel, a bunch of roller coasters, a few boat rides, some rides where you sit in seats and you go up high and then down fast, loads of rides. Over a hundred rides. My favourite ride was the clock tower. It is a ride where you go up, up, up, and then they let you down fast but a kid version. I was a little scared to go on some of the rides at first but then it turned out I liked some of the rides. I was happy mum made me go on the clock tower because I loved it. After the amusement park we went to Laurence’s place for ice-cream.
On the 17th we went to a park called Jardin du Luxembourg. It had a pond where you could rent a boat for half an hour. Me and Andrew rented it twice each. We got a stick to push it around. When the boat gets in touch with the wind it either turns or goes fast. In the park there was also a playground. Me and Andrew played a bit and then went to the bar for drinks and ice-cream. Then we met with mums’ brother, David. He brought all of us stuff. Well, first of all, he gave mum the biggest hug ever. They haven’t been in touch for ages, and they were so happy to see each other. He got me and Andrew a toy each that had $100 euros in it which is about $160 dollars. He gave dad a face scarf. We stayed in the park for a little bit and then went for dinner. Andrew got his first steak hache and I got a burger with a steak hache on it.
On the 18th we went to park floral. It had playgrounds and rope courses. We had booked to do the rope courses, but we got there early as usual, so we played a bit. We got ready and then they taught us how to clip ourselves in, because nobody will be up there to help you. Yellow is the easiest. Green is second easiest. Blue is second hardest and red is the hardest. I started with green and then blue and just for fun yellow. Well to be honest, they were all the same stuff just higher up. There were a few ziplines. I was a little scared to do the ziplines at first, but then I remembered I can’t fall, I am always clipped in. someone invented a clip that you put on at the beginning, and you can’t take it off until the end. So, you are always safe. I could never have done it without mum and dad. They kept telling me that I couldn’t fall and encouraging me. I am vvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy proud of myself. I impressed myself that day. After a little bit, I got better and I never thought I would say this, keen to do a few more ziplines.
On the 19th Andrew had a drum lesson. We waited outside for Andrew to be done. We could hear Andrew playing a little bit from outside and he had a good beat. I read my kindle. When Andrew was done, we went to Villette to meet Tonton David. We went to a park with him. We play a little bit and then we went to a place called bubble planet. Tonton David paid for us all. There were 9 or 10 rooms. in the first room you were under water and there were water animals swimming under you, and you had to step on them. (The animals were on screens.) in the second room there were balloons. We kept hitting the balloons at each other. We got very sweaty in there. In the third room there was a big dome in the middle of the of the room that we went into. It looked like cells inside the human body. In the fourth room there were more balloons but smaller and dad taught me how to spin the balloons. In the fifth room there were photo things. There was this photo one that I really liked. You would stand on a platform and pull a rope. The rope would lift a ring that made a bubble around you. In the sixth room there was a big ball pit. You had to get in by stairs. I could barely move. Dad had to pull me back to the stairs. In the seventh room there was a platform that we stood on and watched a screen as we went through portals to different lands. (It was just screens that we watched.) in the eighth room there were loads of light bulbs. They kept changing colours. It was beautiful. In the ninth room you could get VR headsets. I didn’t because I don’t like VR stuff. In the tenth room there were two robot hands that had stuff to make bubbles. My favourite thing was when they used a big net. They would dip it in the bubble mixture, take it out and hold it up to a few fans. The wind from the fans would blow the bubbles and make very big clumps of bubbles. Some of the clumps of bubbles were the size of me. Then we went to look at the shop to get the photos they took of us.
On the 20th we did blog in the morning and then went to walk in Paris. While we were walking, we spotted a big lolly shop. There were baskets of lollies that you could get lollies out of and put then in a bag. Then you would go weigh the lollies and it cost 5 euros for a hundred grams. Then we went and found pandora to get my charm for Paris. I couldn’t decide between a baguette with cheese or a cancan dancer. Soon I gave in and got both. Mum and dad got me the baguette with cheese, and I got myself the cancan dancer (Mum and dad got me the more expensive one because they are nice and loving). Then we walked to Celine and Thomos’s house. We played with the kids. We ended a have a pillow fight. It started out as a monopoly game and then a monopoly money fight and then a pillow fight. We left their place a ten, got home and went straight to bed. Night-night.
YOU DID IT, YOU FINISHED THE BLOG FOR PARIS. WELL DONE.
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