Disneyland Paris, Catacombs and the trip home

Tuesday was Cam's day. Paige enjoyed it too, but Cam made most of the decisions. After we got up, we hopped on a train and rode out to Disneyland Paris. The park is really beautiful - they have done a great job with landscaping. Cam loved the Buzz Lightyear ride. I think it was his favorite. You sit in the little car and then use your laser to shoot at Zurg and other aliens. We went on The Pirates of the Caribbean and Cam liked that one until we went down a little water fall and it kind of scared him. He survived it, but didn't want to try it again. He liked the haunted mansion and really liked Star Tours! Grandma took him and Paige on Buzz Lightyear for a second time while Jeff and I went on Space Mountain 2. Talk about scary!! It is a roller coaster in the dark and it's much scarier than the original Space Mtn. It seemed darker and it went upside down three times. Sometimes I couldn't even tell which way was up. It was great fun. :) Overall, we enjoyed it, but the CA one is a lot bigger and the public in CA is way better. For some reason, the visitors at Disney Paris didn't bother standing in line or giving personal space. They would just cut in front of you and if you challenge them, they'd say they were there first or just ignore you. You had to really pay attention and keep your spot. I got tired of being agressive about my place in line. The only thing I really loved was Space Mt 2.

On our last day, we got going rather slow and then headed off to the Catacombs. They only let a certain amount of people down there at a time and we were the last of our group allowed in so we had a lot of time all by ourselves which really added to the experience. It's about 30 meters deep and then you walk a long way down a dimly lit stone hallway. It used to be a quarry for stones used to build the city. Later, bones from cemetaries were moved down there and stacked and labeled by cemetary. It's sad that they are all piled together so they can't be identified, but it was done respectfully and it was very interesting. Definitely worth seeing. Again.. pictures to come.

Thursday morning, we headed off to the airport. The nutty lady at the Air France desk could not figure out how to issue us proper tickets and boarding passes. We arrived at the airport 2 hours early and she ended up taking so long we actually made the plane late. When we got to the gate, I handed all the papers to the gate check people and they told us that Cam and Jeff did not have tickets and therefore we would not be allowed on the plane. At this point, we were quite upset at that crazy lady out front. Someone made a call to headquarters and it was squared away and we got on the plane. I don't know if the passengers were happy to see us board or not. Two crying kids aren't too thrilling to everyone else :) Eventually we arrived home and Mom had to be wheeled off the plane in a wheel chair because her foot was so swollen and painful. It seems better now though. It's nice to be home.

Speaking of being home, our house is CLEAN! Everytime I turn around, I see something else grandma Patty cleaned while we were away. The shower is cleaner than when we bought the house, everything is vacuumed, the fridge is sparkling, the pans are shiny (how did she even do that?) The garage fridge was washed because something sticky got in there. it is so beautifully spic and span! That was so kind of her. I totally love it!