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England – Eurostar

Forrest — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:43:01 +0000

From Paris I took the Eurostar to London.

Eurostar at it's platform in St Pancras Station

France – Time Lapse

Forrest — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:09:04 +0000

While in France I was able to shot a bunch of time lapse movies. Here’s a quick demo reel of some of my favorites.

Time Lapse France

France – Photos

Forrest — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:05:15 +0000

Some of my favorite photos from the second half of my trip to France that didn’t get their own blog posts.

Morning in Paris

France – Hotels

Forrest — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:04:45 +0000

While in France I stayed at several different hotels in different parts of Paris and while I was driving around the French countryside.

Villa Pantheon was the first hotel I stayed at when I was in Paris. Very small room that was starting to look a bit worn out.

Ibis in Poitiers Sud. Ibis is a popular budget hotel chain. I stayed in three different ones while driving around France. Nice and fairly cheap.

L' Yeuse was the closest hotel I could find to the motocross race (still almost an hour drive away). It was really nice so I was kind of sad that I really was there only to sleep.

Hôtel Saint Nicolas in La Rochelle.

Saint Germain Hotel was decent, but under construction. This is actually the second room I was in. The first room was dark, a bit strange and had no wwi-fi, so I switched rooms. This room was nicer, but still no wi-fi.

Hotel Regina in Paris. I upgraded to a room with a view. A bit pricy, but nice.

France – Hotel Regina

Forrest — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:46:29 +0000

The last and the nicest hotel I stayed at in France was the Hotel Regina. Here’s a few photos I took around the lobby area.

The Lobby of Hotel Regina

France – Eiffel Tower

Forrest — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:29:59 +0000

Panorama of the Eiffel Tower.

France – Église de la Madeleine

Forrest — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:48:35 +0000

Vertical Panorama of the inside of Église de la Madeleine

France – Sacré-Coeur Basilica

Forrest — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:36:44 +0000

One of the nicest churches I visited in France was the Sacré-Coeur Basilica in Paris. It’s located at the top of a hill which is the highest point in Paris, so it was a bit of a work out to walk there from the subway station. Very beautiful and in great condition, unfortunately it was also very crowded and no photography was allowed inside.

France – Disneyland Paris

Forrest — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:44:08 +0000

Yes, I know I live less than an hour away from Disneyland in Anaheim, but I’m still a big enough geek that wanted to go to Disneyland Paris while I was in France.

Lot’s of things are similar to other Disney parks, but there’s enough differences to make it worth checking out. One of the biggest differences was Tomorrow Land. The Paris Tomorrow Land has a cool Jules Verne theme to it and Space Mountain has a pretty wild looping roller-coaster.

Entrance to Main Street USA

Walt Disney Studios Park

I'm the taller one.

Let Go! Let Go!

The attention to detail and maintenance was definitely not as good as the other Disney parks I've been too.

Like some of the other Disney parks, there's a hotel above the entrance to the Disneyland Park.

Le château de la belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty Castle)

Pull!

Disney Village

France – Disney – Hidden Mickeys

Forrest — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:23:20 +0000

I only found a couple of hidden Mickeys while I was at Disneyland Paris.

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