Summer holiday 2011- Paris

Bonjour mes amis...moi am back

I'm glad to be home again, but oh là là,

what a wonderful time did I have in la douce France!!!

I will first tell you about the day we spent in Paris!!!!

What a beautiful city!!!

We walked from our hotel to the subway

and near the Notre Dame we got out again!

When we crossed the Seine we saw the beach of Paris

with these wonderful sandsculptures!!!

Then we walked to the Notre Dame!

M-tje wanted te climb the tower,

but there was such a long queue,

we decided to skip the tower!!

M-tje was a bit dissaponted  

We walked around the Notre Dame

and then we went looking for a letterbox.

When we crossed the Seine the bridge was covered with hundreds of locks!!!

 

Most of them are placed there by sweethearts as a sign of their everlasting love....

 Well...I have nothing more to say about that, but I did like how it looked

But I don't think it would be as nice if every bridge was filled with so much locks!

But let's go on..the letterbox!!!

We found it!!!!!

They made a very nice stamp of the Conciergerie!

After finding the letterbox we walked to Centre Pompidou...

I don't like that building at all,

but the fountain next to it is funny!!! 

After a well deserved tea-break we walked to palais Royal to look for another letterbox.

On the way we saw this peculiar Metro entrance...

 At Palais Royal it was so crowdy,

we couldn't get to the letterbox!

But nearby was another one...at the Louvre!

And that one we did find!!!

And then..I saw the Eiffel Tower!!!

After an icecream at Palais Chaillot,

we setteld down in the grass next to the Eiffel Tower. 

I enjoyed le vin...l'eau...le pain...I was in no hurry at all!!!  

But after a while we went on to Jardin de Luvembourg,

where we rested in the shade by this beautiful fountain! 

After a quick meal at McDonalds we went to the Sacre Coeur,

to look for another letterbox,

but the kids were so tired....

they didn't want to look anymore!

So we walked upstairs and downstairs again.

Got on the subway and went back to our hotel! 

It was a wonderful day!!!

Our holiday is already a succes

Visiting M-tje's brother Rob

Yesterday we visited M-tje's brother!!!!

I looooooooove visiting him...

he has so many wonderful things in his house to play with

M'tje's brother must be very rich......

he let me swim in thousands of dollars!!!

He told me it's "hell money"...

Hell bank notes are not an officially recognized currency or legal tender anywhere in the world, as their sole intended purpose are burnt-offerings to the deceased as often practiced by the Chinese.(Wikipedia)

After my swim...I rode a Polar bear!!!!

He's soooooo sweet!!!

If you listen carefully you can hear him growl!!!

And after that fantastic ride,

 I had an adventure with a Star Wars AT-AT

It was very exciting!!!

I threw the bad guys out and went on without them!!!

But that wasn't all!!!

MiniM and I were in an adventure together!!!

I was captain on a pirate ship.....

My sailors were a strange bunch
and they didn't know MiniM was my friend...
so one of them tried to throw her overboard!

But MiniM is very smart...
and in the end the sailor was in the water  

Aren't I a handsome pirate??

 And of we went...
sailing the oceans and finding many treasures!
MiniM is in the crow's nest!!!

It was a wonderful day!!!!