Lindsey's in France Blog

Hi all my friends and family! As you all know, I am staying in Aix-en-Provence, France from December 27th thru June 27th! I am attending L'institut d'études politques (L'IEP) as part of an exchange program and living in a family. In this blog I hope to update so you all can know what I am up to, see pictures, and hopefully see some video blogs too! I love you all so please keep in touch, a simply hi can go a long ways :)

Saturday, January 1, 2011

to good to be true, but it is

well first.. the not so good update, still don't have my other piece of luggage (grrr) don't really know whats going on with it and they won't answer phones. also the money i transferred, i only got 60 percent of it back so im basically poor.. yeah not cool france, not cool

HOWEVER

NEW YEAR'S EVE :)
as many of you know, I hated ALMOST everything about 2010 (except the six flagsness) basically. so i was actually excited for it to be 'over'.

and ALSO as many of you know.. i usually chose being a kid over anything else



sooo. would anyone be surprised if on the biggest party day of the year i chose to go to Disneyland Paris? cus I did.. and you shouldn't be :D

so i don't really know what i should say.. i was at disneyland, in paris, on new years eve.. just awesome. we went to space mountain, haunted mansion, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN!!!!!!!! aerosmith's rockin roller coaster. TWILIGHT TOWER HAUNTED HOTEL :D, indiana jones, umm im not sure, just tons of rides.

it was pretty cold, but not even that crowded, pirates was awesome.. very much the same as ours.. but made me sooooo happy (in fact most of the rides), this was the first time i rode the twilight tower (elevator that drops you like. 10 different times from different heights in the complete dark). well the coolest part of it was first the atmosphere inside the ride, and then that when you got to the very top, two different times,  you could see the entire park and it was night, so just beautiful.

indiana jones was cool cus it was little mine train carts and the actors were dressed up, we took a boat ride that showed all the different lands of the different disney movies, there was a parade goin by all the time. We watched a 'magic of disney' movie that went through all the ages of famous films but greened screened a guy in.. pretty awesome. OH and a special effects 'armageddon' thing, in which all the kids were crying.. it was so sad cus they thought people were literally screaming for their lives :( stupid parents

we randomly showed up at a dance party were there was a boyband on stage and a guy teaching by example dance moves to music videos.. kinda lame, but still fun. theen we went to the real dance party in front of the castle. we got there an hour before new years so got to have a nice spot right in front (ish) center by the castle. they had a techno mis going on the whole time in which i danced like crazy (not one non-english song but whatever) there was a group of french gangster guys next to us making a scene but also dancing crazy.. and the place slowly got PACCKKED.

(videos on facebook)

we started to worry there wasn't going to be a countdown but of course Disney wouldn't disappoint so there was :) it was.. just so exciting and fun to be with soo many people in such a pretty place. i wish all my besties from us could have been there with me cus you would have loved it so much

went straight to the haunted hotel (we hadn't ridden it yet).. got lots of 'bonne année's and some 'happy new year's.. and even some other languages. then danced around the park just seeing what was open (not much was.. then going back to the castle there was a lot of people techno dancing too with streamers (i grabbed one for keeps). got home around 2:30am.. needless to say.. completely exhausted

(also just saw that the eiffel tower id only a few puny.. literally tiny fireworks.. so is not disappointed with her decision at all now to not go there)

stayed up talkin to my parents and the lovely amber shrader while uploading all this stuff. was up til 5:30 (so almost the us new year... btw i hope everyone loovved theirs and was safe) and slept til 2 today. going to the bâteau mouche tonight.. should be awesome, i cant wait to see the eiffel tower again :D

love n miss you all.. i had an amazing time but kept thinking how i wanted those im closest to.. to actually be close to me and with me :\  happy new year to you all!

2 comments:

  1. ha ha im glad you enjoyed the six flagsness of 2010:)

    why on earth was indiana jones not capitalized?!

    btw i am incredibly jealous. it sounds like you had an amazing time! wish i could have been there with you.. and trust me you would not have wanted to be with me.. i worked all day and babysat that night.. got spit up on twice. i was cranky and gross.. oo! but i have a couple short stories for you. ill email you.

    i love and miss you very much! bonne annee!

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  2. :) Well, Mlle. You have lived one of my dreams of spending Xmas and New Years Paris. Enjoy every second. Je t'aime!

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