The park is about 40 minutes train ride from the main city and is a whole new world in itself. Its divided into three parts viz. Disneyland, Walt Disney Studios and the Disney Village. The Disney Castle is the main attraction in the Park and the kids throng to see the well dressed princes and princesses and other royalties...adults are no less enthusiastic about meeting and getting photographed with these characters here. There are many theme based rides here which all are different and exciting in their unique ways.Since Halloween was around the corner when we had gone there, the entire park was decorated on that theme and one could see a lot of colored pumpkins around which gave the place an air of joy and festivity.
In the Walt Disney Studios, there are various famous Disney characters milling about and children and adult alike line up to meet them and get photographed with them. It was thrilling to meet Goofy, Ratatouille etc. As a 25 year old adult, I may be sounding silly but people older than me were as excited as the kids there...such is the infectious atmosphere of the place. Theres also the toy train ride which takes you on a tour of the Disney Land and all the famous action scenes of famous Walt Disney Movies like Titanic, Pearl Harbor etc are depicted here....sitting on the train you can experience a bomb blast,torrential rain and fire all around...all seems so realistic that it leaves you spellbound and amazed.
Disney Village is more inspired with the Hollywood theme and there are lots of restaurants and souvenir shops here. We also bought some for friends and family although they are a bit expensive and over rated but then souvenirs always are.
On our last and final day..we went to Louvre in the morning. Louvre is one of the biggest museums in the world and is famous for the artwork it has notably Mona Lisa and Venus de milo. The entire museum is vast and is divided into sections and its easy to get lost here...though 6 hours are never enough for this place which houses so many artistic treasures of mainly Gothic and Renaissance era, we completed the tour nevertheless and proceeded towards the famous Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame....it is well maintained and preserved and some of the best artworks of the Gothic era is visible on the church walls and the ceiling. In the end we took a cruise on the River Seine. It was very romantic sitting on the top of the boat in the breezy afternoon with the tour guide telling about the places on our left and right and about so many bridges that we passed under...it was very informative and I was surprised to find so many bridges and each had its own history.
Finally we scrambled to catch our planes as we had got very late and thought we might miss our flight. But thankfully we reached right on time and a friendly airport official got us our boarding passes very quickly than expected.
The last image I saw was from the plane after the take off was of the Eiffel tower lighting up the city and proudly adorning the Paris Skyline. It was a wonderful and an unforgettable trip...one I will cherish forever.
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