It's been a great week since we got back from Scotland. Monday was absolutely beautiful; Courtney and I went for a walk down Les Champs-Elysees and it was so warm, I didn't even wear a coat! L'arc de Triomphe is absolutely beautiful and we enjoyed the view of the grand avenue from below it. We went through another week of classes, partying on Tuesday night for Dane's birthday, and then Thursday finally came.
Now something interesting about Courtney and I is that we are both recovering from periods of excessive stress and responsibility since we left our Presidential positions. The reason I use the word recovering is because we don't fully understand what non-presidential people do with their time. We have decided to fill ours with excessive workouts and conditioning! I've been running on and off over the past 2 weeks but Thursday was our first official conditioning day. Let's just say it kicked my butt, literally. It's two days later and I'm still walking funny. Our goal: fill time/sexy by summer.
Thursday night we went out on the town near our apartment building. We had an amazing night full of wine, beer, and crepes! We stopped by our favorite crepe stand, like we do every night we go out, to say hi to the Pakistani Crepe Stand Mani, as we like to call him. He gives us free refills on fries because we give him so much service :) We bar hopped a little, ended up at the Irish pub Corcoran's where we had a few beers, and then about 2:30 we decided it really was time to get to bed because we were going to Disney in the morning! But, as Patrick the Irishman said, we had to take one for the road or it will be bad luck. So Courtney and I split one for the road, and got the best luck ever the following day.
Friday morning we woke up at about 8:15 after only sleeping about 5 hours. Personally, I prefer at least 8 hours of sleep after a night out so I wasn't the happiest morning person. But since it was for Disney, I simply had to make sacrifices! So I popped two Excedrin, got ready really fast and headed for the metro. After a 45 minute train ride, we were in Disneyland Paris! The happiest place in the world! It only opened in 1993 and was laid-out perfectly. We spent the entire day hurrying around the park to get the most out of each section. Over the course of the day, we managed to eat a hot dog, french fries, churros, ice cream and bbq ribs and potatoes. It was a feat.
The rides were amazing. My favorite was space mountain. The amazing thing about Disney rides is that most of them are indoor and you aren't just experiencing a rollercoaster, you are enjoying a rollercoaster plus special effects plus music plus decorations and every ride becomes more of an experience than a ride. From what I've heard though I've never been there, Disneyland Paris is very similar to Disney world but much smaller and they took the best rides from world, improved them and made them longer for Paris. Well, we couldn't beat that! Again, the weather was amazing, 63 degrees, so we walked around the park all day in the sunshine without jackets, and since it was a Friday there weren't very many people there and our average wait time per ride was approximately 7 minutes. Now that was luck.
After a fun filled day of Tower of Terror, Space mountain, Buzz Lightyear's adventure, and so much more, we finally headed home to get ready for Monica's birthday celebration! We went out last night to Cafe Oz which is a giant bar (bigger than a normal bar but smaller than a club). Monica was loving life and I was loving our giant group of friends and having everyone together. But it got better! After being at the bar for about an hour or two, who walks in but my best friends from home, Kelly, Audrey, Natalie, and Karrah! I was thrilled! We stayed at the bar till 3:30 and then walked home in a big group. We didn't make it to bed till 5 but we're all up and ready for another night out. First we're going out for French fondue for Monica's birthday! I'm hoping that our luck lasts and it is another great night with my friends from home and celebration of Monica's birthday part 2!
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