Rachel's Next Adventure

On the day we travelled home we were scheduled to get the last Air France flight to Newcastle at around 9:30pm, and two minutes before we were due to board the flight we were informed that the plane we should be getting on hadn't even left Dublin yet! So our flight was pushed back two hours, we were given €8 to get "a sandwich and a drink", and with sandwiches costing €6 it wasn't really going to work out that way. My ankle was absolutely killing on our final day so I just sat at the gate with my shoe off for the entire delay. Thankfully my taxi was waiting for me as I left Newcastle Airport, and it was also lucky I still had some £ left over from our departure as our taxi fare had now gone up because it was 1am when we landed so we had to pay a bit extra on top of the prebooked price we had already paid. There was a strike happening at Charles De Gaulle airport the day we left, so its not the norm to be delayed by two hours, and I felt even worse for the...

During our day in Paris we headed over to Lovelock bridge after visiting Notre Dame.  I had ordered a lock from Not on the High Street before leaving for Paris especially for this visit. I know its not the best thing to do, its damaging the bridge, but my lock was incredibly light and I don't mind if they remove it, it was just something i've always wanted to do before they move them all and replace the bridge with glass panels.  The bridge was completely covered, as expected, so if you do intend on putting a lock on the bridge, look on Not on the high street as their locks are quite long so you can squeeze it through a gap in the locks and attach it to the railing. Follow this blog on BlogLovin'

As mentioned in the last post, I went up the Eiffel tower on this visit, its something neither of us have done before but needed to cross off our lists. It was a very grey day, but I think if it was overly sunny it would have ruined the photos I took from the summit. View from Trocadero. View from the second floor. View from the summit. I recommend everyone goes up the tower at least once in their life - or the arc de triomphe, we had planned on going up but because of the weather we decided against it. I only wanted to go up to get a nice photo with the tower in it! Its better if you can book your tickets and time slots at home (they sell out quick, but keep checking back as they release more slots closer to the time - I managed to get mine about two weeks before we went although they'd been sold out for months!) to avoid the long snaking queues that the tower can attract. Follow this blog on BlogLovin'

We got up at 6am for our 7am breakfast before coming back to the room for an hour, we had planned on going out for an hour of extra magic hours but we still weren't sure when to get the train as we wanted to avoid rush hour.  We ended up heading to the station for 9am, the train arrived just after we got there. We started at the Arc De Triomphe, before heading for an early lunch. My fiancé was caught by a charity/scam worker who targets English speakers, while he was dealing with her I had two more come up to me. First one. "Do you speak English? Sign this" No. "Just sign it" No. "Sign it, its ok" No. *brushes passed me and storms off* Second one "Do you speak English?" *shakes head and walks away* We had tickets to go up the Eiffel Tower at 1pm, the queue took about 20min to get to the lift, and somewhere between the two lifts my ticket went missing, but they let me on the summ...

PhotoPass+ Disneyland Resort & Walt Disney World I have used Photopass+ before in California, and Memory Maker in Florida, they are both essentially the same thing, you buy a pass and then when you have your photo taken by a photographer, with a character or on a ride you can have them put onto the pass for you to download at home, saving you money on prints, and you don't have to worry about the photos being damaged on your journey home. Disneyland Paris Photopass+ is still very new to Disneyland Paris, this is the first time i've visited when they've had the system up and running. They still don't have any photographers lurking around the parks at the Castle etc though so you might want to invest in a selfie stick or something similar if you're travelling alone or as a couple. I recommend buying this pass if you're going to Disneyland Paris for at least three days and plan on meeting characters at their set locations and go...

Last week I spent three nights at Disney's Hotel Cheyenne. I didn't spend a full day in the park as we went into Paris on the Tuesday and my fiancé wasn't feeling very well on the Wednesday but its low season and pretty much every ride had a 10minute wait, it was only really Peter Pan that was edging more to 30min, and Ratatouille going up to a 60min wait. This was the first time i've been that i've managed to get the high score on Buzz Lightyears Laser Blast. The ride broke down. Its also the first time we got to use Disney's photopass in Paris. I've not downloaded the photos yet though. On the Wednesday night my ankle started really hurting, not long after a vile woman pushed me in the bag check queue. Its still hurting now, even worse when I wear a shoe (so work is so much fun, limping around in pain!). I think its achilles tendinitis. We watched Dreams on the Wednesday night, its the first time my fiancé has seen it. T...

This will be my last post for a little while, as i'm off to Disneyland Paris! Well, i'll actually be there at the time this goes live. I'll write all about my trip to Disneyland, and into Paris when I get back, but until then you can follow me on Instagram, where I will no doubt be posting photos of my trip, daily! Instagram Follow this blog on BlogLovin'