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And then we went to the Centre Pompidou, and then along Rue Saint Martin to the Tour Saint Jacques.











Our destination was the Hotel De Ville, but before we saw a Mc Donalds and it was right from noon that Claudio was looking for one of them to have fries...


After this break we again stopped in front of the Hotel de Ville where there was a guy who played Michael Jackson.
He was really talented!


Moreover this year in the park "Captain Eo", the movie in 3D with Michael Jackson, would be open unlike last year and we could finally see it! 


Claudio also took a quite long video of him dancing and singing.

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We went through Pont D'Arcole...








... and we arrived in front of the cathedral of Notre Dame.

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In front of Notre Dame there was a drinking fountain so we could fill our bottle that was beginning to be dramatically empty!

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We then headed to the Jardin du Luxembourg.
Along the way we passed by a comic book, video games and various collectibles store for the joy of Claudio.




















And we also accidentally witnessed the start of a race (or maybe an event) on skates.
There were thousands of people!

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Then we arrived at the Jardin du Luxembourg.

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And here we had a break, because we had already walked about 15 km, it was already later than 17:00 ​​and we were out from the morning.
We sat on the green chairs while many sparrows hopped around us.

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After the break we went around the gardens.
What can I say? They are really well kept and beautiful!








Walking around we found a small Statue Of Liberty, that was put there in commemoration of the victims of September 11.








The Palais Du Luxembourg:








The Medicis fountain:

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It was time to go back to the hotel.
We walked to the metro station Saint Sulpice.











The church of Saint Sulpice:








The Fontaine Saint-Sulpice:





And the inside of the metro station:





Grand Theft Auto 5 is the video game that Claudio has waited for years.
We are both fans of the GTA saga, and our first GTA was San Andreas on PS2, which was located, among other cities, in Los Santos.
GTA 5 is again located in Los Santos but it is for the new generation of consoles, Xbox 360 and PS3, so with a much more spectacular graphics than the PS2.
And for Claudio strolling again the streets of Los Santos with a million times better graphics, is a dream coming true!
The game was released just a few days before!
And for Claudio not being at home to watch the first gameplay video posted on youtube was pretty dramatic, hahaha!
Besides, in Paris there were these advertisings in all metro stations, all! They did a really strong advertising, much more than in Italy!


We then took the metro with the last t+ tickets from the carnet, and we returned to the hotel.
We ate the last can of tuna and we finished the bread.
We still had some cookies and some juice for the next day breakfast.
We went sleeping early because the next day we would wake up at 7:00. The RER A would take us into the reign of magic, yeeeeah!!

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Day 3 (first in the park) - Monday, September 23rd


We woke up at 7:00, had breakfast with cookies and juice, and then we got ready quickly because the park was waiting for us!!


After the shower we had to put as much as possible stuff inside the trolley.
Arriving at the park in the morning it was possible that the room would not be ready yet, so we would had to leave the trolley at the bagagerie and take with us only our backpack with not too much stuff inside, just the minimum to avoid carrying unnecessary weight around the park.
I had to sit down on that poor trolley and we managed to close it.


There were two options regarding the travel to Disneyland.


We could take the metro line 9 from Porte de Montreuil station to Nation station and then change and take the RER A to Disneyland, or directly walking from the hotel for about 20 minutes to the Vincennes station where we could take Rer A.


We chose the second option: taking line 9 to Nation, changing and taking the RER, would take us the same twenty minutes!
Moreover, in this way we would save a few euro, because the travel to Disneyland from Porte de Montreuil was from zone 1 to 5, while Vincennes is already in zone 2.


We arrived easily at the RER station.
We had to buy the tickets.
There were only vending machines . Oh well, if they did not accept banknotes we could try to use the credit card.
I had seen on the map that it was a secondary entrance, just a little further there was the main entrance that was much larger, and I think that there would be a ticket office with a human.
However we were there, why don't try.


In front of us there was a guy who was trying to buy a ticket.
He'd insert the credit card, but seemed to have some difficulty.
After a few attempts he turned to us and I think he asked us if we knew how it worked...
We asked him if he spoke English, he looked at us very surprised, he apologized because he had taken so long, greeted us and gone.


Ok, a French man asking us how to use those machines wasn't really encouraging!


We approached that machine. It only accepted credit/debit cards, no bancknotes and no coins.
But you could select the Italian language! Great!
At the end it was very easy: it is enough to select the names of the stations of departure and arrival (Vincennes and Chessy Marne la Vallee), the number of tickets you want (2) and insert the card into the slot.
Our prepaid card worked good with no problem, and as usual I got the sms notifing the charge almost before the confirmation of the transaction on the monitor!
Cost for 2 tickets: € 12,80.


It was 8:40.
The train arrived almost immediately.
At first it was pretty full, but then slowly emptied and we could sit down. At that point it was time to take out my Minnie ears that we had just bought at Disneyland the year before.


We arrived at the station and what a joy to see the Disney Village just out there!
We went to the bus stop for the Hotel Cheyenne and within few minutes we were in front of the hotel.


We had to wait for about ten minutes for the check in.


Finally it was our turn and the cast member gave us our envelope with the entry tickets for the parks for 5 days, the cards for breakfast (all at 7:30) and the keys of our room which was surprisingly ready.


We were in building 23, Butch Cassidy, room number 2333.
Almost at the end of the way on the opposite side of the park.


As the room was ready we went there to take out all the stuff from the luggage.
When entering the room the TV was showing the welcome message:

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And in the bathroom I saw the new shower gel with ears that made me crazy!





The year before there were these:





that were still beautiful, but those with ears were briliant!!


We unpacked, arranged all things, made ​​a video of the room and then we went out.


It was a beautiful sunny day so we did the walk along the river, the lake and the Disney Village.
It's really nice and relaxing.
It was later than 10:00 and there was no one around the hotel so we could take a lot of pictures.

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We took the path along the river and we found lots of mushrooms!

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Shortly after we arrived in front of the hotel restaurant, the Chuck Wagon.








And then we found the Indian camp and the fort.

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We then arrived in front of the balloon Panoramagique.





We then arrived in front of the Disney Village.
One of the first restaurants is the Rainforest Cafe, and outside there was the advertising of the Volcano!

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So cool. I love your photo's of Cheyenne. That hotel looks so nice. Cannot wait to read and see more of your trip.