The holidays express: Castelfidardo - Eurodisney - Paris. Travel in France with my family

So all 'last minute, my wife and I have decided. We bring our kids (9 and 5 years) to see the magic of EuroDisney el 'grandeur of the Eiffel Tower. A journey of 1300 km ... car!

 

Everything is ready, you start ... and arrive!

04:00 hours awake ... My 9 year old son has not slept a minute, is ready! Fridge portatitile 12V load of drinks, a bag for changes and one for the rest, a few toys, 2 boxes of 2 liters of water (essential) and a dozen small bottles as a tourist. The hood of my Class A 170D is charged. Departure from Castelfidardo (AN) with lots of TomTom map Italy and French-loaded and updated, the path to a distant goal ... mostrosuamente away. But for an asphalt grinder like me should not be a problem, indeed, I think it will amuse me, is my passion to drive. It 'still night el' A/14 rushing, at 6:30 are the outskirts of Bologna and the south aisle, while everyone is asleep, she noticed a parked truck ... you are burning and dense smoke I predicts that between half an 'now I am in need of repair. That's right, a whistle from the engine and the battery indicator that lights up on the dashboard: it is the belt of 'alternative! I can go out to Campogalliano, arrival at the "customs" where c 'is a' factory (Benedict Tomtom). Waiting for half an 'hour and the 8 state a' worker opens the gate. We saved and also our holiday it is. After 3 hours of waiting, the first € 116 of expenditure and a heartfelt thanks to the mechanic, I am back on the street. Between a coffee and a cigarette to the foot of Mount Blanc. And 'huge, gigantic, 10-minute queue for the ticket and 40 € A / R (one week). Within the tunnel, more than 12 km to 70 km / h, are on the ropes, I almost get out and go on foot, do first. I left the tunnel stunned and start winding down. A bell 'cameras placed in the middle of the curve in my lane, with a limit of 70 km / h. Warm welcome to those coming from the belpaese. Me and France introduced ourselves badly and we still worse. Near Lyon I stop for 3 or 4 coffees. ATM "Lavazza", written Italian, and read "espresso" € 1.30,. I am saved, I think. Noooo ... a glass full of colored water ... I give up. Yet my wife had suggested that I make up a bottle of coffee later frozen. Mea culpa, I continue without it, so I learn! L 'French motorways is not better than the Italian, in fact, some parts looks like the desert. Of houses and cities one sees only near the junctions, one every 50 km motorway However, there are huge parking areas, one every 10/15 km. Maybe they did not know what to make of that 'immense green desert?? Oh, I forgot, both petrol and diesel cost an average of 50/70 cents more than in all 'Italy and this is only the' beginning. We arrive in Torcy (Marne La) at 21:00, we run around 20 minutes to 'isolate' s Hotel, unable to find the 'input. We ask passersby but nobody seems to be the place. 'S only an entrance from the street and c' is the ban, the TomTom does not help me. I decide, by counter-hand, no, I see the cars go near a roundabout, we are. C 'is a bar with an intercom and a numeric keypad: Audio, introduced me in French and give me the access code to enter. And 'it! At the reception there is a young man who has little or nothing of French. Smear the credit card and I get in the room, suite on the 2nd floor. Shower and bathroom, a bed, a sofa bed, fridge, microwave, kitchen, closet and a desk. C 'is also a TV with Canal + and RaiUno. Not bad for € 90 per night booked three days before the internet, without payment. Leave your luggage and go down behind the 'hotel' s a commercial area with shops and restaurants. C 'is "pasta and pizza" but Italian' s just the food. In local, there are blacks, yellow (many) and maybe green ... French in France but still nisba. Nobody speaks Italian, very few little English, the vast majority only French. Drinks are a drain. 1 / 2 liter of Sanpellegrino costs € 3.50 and € 2.80 Coca-Cola. At least there's pasta and pizza for € 10 to reach. Can caviamo with € 42, the coffee does not even try and ask what it is. A full belly, a hundred meters on foot and we are already in the arms of Morpheus, EuroDisney and tomorrow we will not see my children 's hour.

EuroDisney, finally !

Awake at 09:00, down from the 'hotel is the shopping area and a bar featuring a' look very familiar. Inside, the walls are painted with pictures of Venice, we feel a little at home. We confidently enter and order espresso and cappuccino. The barman, in broken English (more than mine) reassures us that coffee is Lavazza and trust. Good for both events in France, thank goodness. Leave at once, so it takes 15 minutes by car to get to Eurodisney scarce. At 10:00 o'clock in front of us' entrance, there is little row ... gà are all inside! The parking lot is full to 3 / 4. Backpack, digital camera and my trusty Canon Eos 350 telephoto of 300 brand new in tow. You arrive to the avenue that leads to 'real input in 5 minutes,' s row. Wait 10 minutes and it's up to us. My credit card still steaming for the balance of 's Hotel in' fire: € 384 for 2 parks and 2 Days, "2 adults & 2 children for 2 days. Finally we get, for my children is magic. There are shops theme every inch, fast food, bars, ice cream kiosks etc.. All beautiful, the performances, the various characters who turn in the park, the parade floats. Time is on our side, is cloudy and it 's ideal for shooting in these parks. My son and I go up on the balloon, my wife did not suffer from vertigo and remains grounded. E 'lunchtime c' is the McDonald ... there is also a monstrous row but that's OK too ... so we have no commitments Calmly eat, do a quick shopping tour and begin to turn the park into long and wide. My daughter is a fairy face paint (8 €) and is wearing a dress bought from shops near fairy 'entrance, she is now part of the park. For every carousel 's row, we can make it 4 in total and just get on the train for a ride around the park, sitting. Time flies like literally fly our emotions ... including a parade, Disney characters assaulted by children and shops come to the sumptuous palace of the princess. Beautiful, beautiful indeed, we shoot him twice, we still have some time, rifacciamo a quick tour of the park and then climb on the boat of the magnificent "Small World Tour," a fantastic journey across a wide range of colorful puppets and dolls sing and dance, each represents the place or nation of origin. E 'already time for dinner, eat a sandwich at McDonald. Tired but happy, back to the hotel, so tomorrow we will return ...

Day 2 at Disneyland - The Movie Studios

It's already 9, alarm clock, breakfast bar in the shopping center just below l 'hotel. Has a 'family air, the walls of the room are crammed with references to Venice, the bartender speaks broken Italian, but ... incredible ... Italian coffee, cappuccino, croissants and such kindness! Happy new discovery we put ourselves in the car and in 5 minutes we are already in the parking lot of Disneyland ... now we are at home. We go and immerse ourselves in the "Studios" where there are representations of famous movies and cartoons. The shows are similar to those of Big Ben, of CanevaWorld or other parks, but in addition there are many Disney characters around to the delight of all children (and us adults). Terminator, Monsters Inc. and so on with the various productions Disney / Pixar ... more