David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
Leaving the girls off at the EuroDisney Park on another day of periodic rain and a cold northerly wind, I took Diana to Torcy and a superstore next to the station for shopping and then back to treat Diana to a large 95FF plate of barbecued ribs, chicken, sausage, sweet corn and beans at the "Chuck Wagon".
I then took a drink with her in the "Red Garter Saloon" to sit and hear a couple play and sing some Country & Western music.
News of more Serbian army advances in Bosnia with two British soldiers injured so that the region is in even deeper crisis again. A shotgun siege in England following a bank raid and the repercussions reverberate on the so-called "friendly-fire" incident in Iraq
A good lay in this morning - by far the longest - as we reckoned that at least it was warmer in bed than back in the exposed EuroDisney park. We eventually got Debbie into the bathroom whilst I carried on cuddling up to Diana and resting until the last moment. Breakfast at the Cheyenne Hotel food-rush cafeteria as usual and then, at Diana's behest, we dropped off the girls at EuroDisney again for a few hours and took the train two stops along the line to Torcy to do some shopping.
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Overcoming the DisneyLand obstacles we then went by train to visit Parc Asterix where there were theme areas, water rides, white-knuckle attractions and lots of other things for the children that combined the "Asterix the Gaul" theme.
News of US warplanes accidentally killing over 20 allied soldiers in a so-called "friendly-fire" incident over Iraq.
I was awake very early this morning and, after rolling over to see Diana for a few minutes whilst the girls were still asleep, I lay there and thought that we had already spent enough time in EuroDisney to see the place and it would have been better to go somewhere else for the day.
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Leaving the girls at EuroDisney, Diana and I took a day trip to Paris by train. We first looked at the shopping complex as Les Halles and then headed for the Latin Quarter at Diana's suggestion and looked for somewhere to get a coffee.
Then a dash across Paris by metro to see The Eiffel Tower where we took the lift up to the Premier Etage before back to the girls at EuroDisney
Diana and I decided on a change of scenery today and, after a later breakfast to get some rest and peace, we dropped the girls off at EuroDisney and saw them through the gates before we got day travel tickets from the railway and set off for Paris. Priced at 90FF and called "Formule 1", these tickets allow unlimited use of trains, metro and buses for one day and there are others that represent even better value for longer periods.
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Avoiding the breakfast stampede and buying drinks in the expensive bar as we eventually enjoying the Wild West Show on EuroDisney's 2nd Anniversary
A cold and windy day again so that our breath condensed in clouds so that we had to warm up well again as much as our lack of forethought and packing allowed us. Up early to moderate the Hotel Cheyenne "Breakfast Stampede" and then to get some more French Francs for an expensive day ahead.
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Our first full day at EuroDisney on another very cold and breezy but dry day after very poor breakfast arrangements at the hotel.
EuroDisney is much smaller than in the United States with less rides and less snack and food places offering smaller portions for more money.
News is of another Allied air strike in Bosnia as NATO nations get involved again.
It was another very cold and breezy day but with no rain which we supposed was one blessing to be thankful for. We took a fair lay in after our loss of sleep yesterday and, by the time we walked over to the hotel restaurant/canteen it was a picture of overcrowding and confusion.
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After a very early start at 5am, on off on BA 757 from Heathrow for our flight to Paris and EuroDisney, staying at our resort hotel, the Cheyenne where we found freezing cold conditions with gale-force winds and snow flurries.
A good afternoon and early evening overcoming the weather by picking inside attractions in Fantasy land and getting snacks in between.
We had set our alarm clocks for 5.00am and earlier and it was not easy sleeping with that fact in mind. To oversleep would be to miss the outgoing flight and, with it, the holiday. This did not bear thinking about. All up and ready in good time before the 6.00am courtesy bus called, the first of the day, for Heathrow Terminal 4.
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