Trip to Paris

The most awaited trip to Paris started today. This is the first time I am travelling to Europe. I am really excited about it..

[29th August 2015]
It was a three days tours via Star Tours.  Our bus was from Southall at 5. 00 Am.  I got up at 3 am and got ready by 4 am.  I got a bus from Hounslow to Southall at 4. 15 am and I reached Southall by 4. 50 Am.

At Southall,  we get into our bus.  Ours was Bus no.  9.  After some setup,  we departed at around 5. 20 Am.

After around 3 hours of journey,  at 8. 30 Am,  we reached the port from where we have to take the ferry.  Somehow it took more than expected and we were waiting for ferry for about 1 hour.  At 9. 30 Am we got into ferry.

The experience in ferry was just amazing.  It was a large ferry which carried several vehicles along with our Bus to cross the channel.  After one and half hour of ferry journey,  at around 11 Am we reached calais port of France.

From there it was another 3 hours journey to Paris.  Also when we reach France from UK, we have to forward our clock by 1 hour as there is a 1 hour difference in two time zones.

So it was already 12 Pm and we have to travel for 3 hours more.  In addition,  our tour guide said that there is an accident in the way so they are going to take alternate route and it gonna take more time.

Finally around 5 Pm we reached Paris.  Paris is a beautiful city with so many museums and sight seeing.  Soon we were near the iconic Eiffel tower.  Its beauty is incredible. 

We took a ferry near Eiffel tower to see the beautiful palaces and bridges near Eiffel tower.  It was really beautiful day.  Weather was sunny and it bit hot.  Temperature was around 30-35 degrees.

It was half an hour boat ride and we took lots of pictures near Eiffel tower.  After that we got back into the bus and header towards restaurants for dinner.

The dinner was also very nice.  After 1 hour,  at 7 Pm we departed from restaurant towards our hotels.

Our hotel is Novotel hotel.  Its a very nice hotel with all modern facilities.  Right now I am enjoying my stay in Novotel hotel.

Tomorrow we are going to Disney land. We have to leave our hotel by 9am. Plan is to spend full day at Disney land and then see sparkling Eiffel tower at night.

[30th August 2015]
Today we had an awesome day at Disneyland Paris.  Disneyland is an awesome Disney themed amusement Park.  It is mainly for small children's but it has something for almost everyone.

We left from our hotel at around 9 am in the morning.  After around 1 and half hour of journey,  we reached Disney land.  Disney land is divided in two parts,  one is Disneyland Park and other is Disneyland studio. 

Both are big enough that they take at least one day to cover one part.  We decided to go to Disneyland Park.  The Park itself is then further divided into 6 parts called Fantasy land,  adventure land,  USA Street, etc..  A children's train runs around the park and takes you from one part to another and so on....

There are so many rides and things to do in the Disneyland Park.  We had loads of photo sessions and went on few of the rides.  Its really big and takes loads of time to complete...  One day is barely enough to complete the park..

I first went for the Star tours...  It is a virtual tour to a moon of a Planet called Endura. The experience was just awesome..  Next I went to Indiana Jones rides...  It is a roller coaster ride..  It was also amazing...

Finally third ride was the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.  It was the best rides among all. However there was long queues but it was worth waiting. The experience was just too good.

At 6. 30 we left from the Disneyland and headed towards restaurant for dinner.  At 7. 30 we reached restaurant.  The dinner was awesome.  It was pure Indian food in an Indian Restaurant called Bhutan..

After that we went to Paris city center for Paris city tour at night.  We saw some of the famous streets of Paris.  We also saw Eiffel tower.  It beauty just increases manifolds in night. 

At every hour,  the whole Eiffel tower sparkles with the lighting of more than 20, 000 bulbs.  We saw the Eiffel tower sparkling at 10 Pm.  The view was just spectacular. We took some pictures there and then headed towards our next destination.

Then we saw some of the famous buildings and museums of Paris.  Paris is also very old city,  same as London with some of the buildings as old as from 17th century.

We saw Lucre museum from outside.  It is world's biggest museum and houses one of the most famous paintings of the  world.  The Monalisa.
It is said that it takes at least one week of time if you want to see the Luvre museum properly.

Paris has most number of museums in the world.  There are approximately 104 or 105 museums. 

At around 10. 30 our tour for the day ended we headed back towards our hotels.  At 11. 30 we reached our hotels.  Right now I am having rest at my hotel and preparing for tomorrow tour. 
Time to sleep now..  :)

[31st August 2015] 

Today we went to see the Eiffel tower. Yes again but this time from closer. We left from our hotels around 8.30 am in the morning. If was around 1 and half hour drive from the hotel. It was a beautiful sunny day. 

We reached Champ de Mars around 10 AM. It is the place where Eiffel tower is located. The view was just spectacular. I was much much bigger than what I thought and imagined ever. It was amazing. We took some selfies over there and then went to get the tickets for the top floor. 

There were huge queues. Approx more than 1000 peoples were there in the queue waiting for their terms. After around one hour, we get chance to get our tickets and enter the basement of the tower. From there we have to get our lifts for the top floor.

Eiffel tower is divided into several platforms. The first floor is the lowest floor. Next stop is the second floor from where the view is just awesome. And the last one is the top floor. The view from there cannot be described in words.. :)

We took the lift and our first destination was the second floor. The lift was pretty fast still it took around 4-5 mins to reach the second floor. There we had some photographs and then went for the top floor.

Again after 4-5 min of lift ride, we reached the top floor. Eiffel tower is 301 meter high. The view from top is just amazing. It was a clear beautiful sunny day so the view was much better. We had loads of photographs over there.

After spending one hour over there, we started returning to our bus. While returning, we took some more pictures and also purchased some Eiffel tower small statues from the souvenir shops.

Then we started our return journey towards London.

On the way, we had lunch in a french restaurant. It was very difficult to get desired food in french restaurant as you dont know french and they dont know english and the food also doesnt look familiar :). Anyways, somehow we managed to get food. It was long journey ahead. Around 7-8 hours.

From Paris, we had to travel back to Calais which was approx 300 KM from Paris. After 5 hours of journey, we reached Calais around 6 PM in the evening. At Calais, we experienced something amazing which we never experienced before.

We were told that we will go from Calais France to Dover which is in UK via Euro Train Shuttle. It is a special train which travel through Euro tunnel which is a under sea Tunnel from Calais France to Dover UK. 

What's more interesting was that our whole Bus was going to Board the Train. We saw, our Bus entered the Train Bogie and then the train doors were locked. It was just amazing experience to see the Bus being boarded on the train.

After around half hour of journey, we reached UK. At UK, our bus boarded off the Train and then started journey towards London. After further 2-3 hours of journey, we finally reached Southall london, our drop point.

From there we booked a Cab to our home in Hounslow. It was great three days spent in Paris. Overall, It was a more memorable journey.  Au revoir