On 15th February I arrived in Leicestershire where I met Poppy and her friend Rory a lion. I found out we were going to Paris in the morning, before breakfast, well in the middle of the night really. Poppy’s dad took us and Poppy’s mum to Luton Airport about an hour away in the car. It was quite exciting to get on a plane as I have never been on one before.
We had to go through an area where we had to take off our coats and shoes and put things in trays and suitcases went through an x-ray tunnel. Then we were in a big area with lots of people, restaurants and shops, and you could see the planes from there! The plane seats are narrow and have tables on the back of them. The plane made a loud roaring noise when it took off and we could see bits of the wing moving when the plane took off and in the air. we could see the ground below from the plane and saw the Eiffel Tower as we came in to land.
When we got to Paris we had to get a special train called RER into the city . It arrived at the Gare du Nord (The North Station) where we had to buy a ticket to go on the Metro.The tickets were for 3 days so we didn’t habe to get anymore. Our hotel was in the Montmartre near the top of the hill. All the artists are there and it is a very pretty area. The bags were too heavy to carry around all day, so even though we were too early to check in for our room we could leave the bags. So we did.
So then we went to the Eiffel Tower. We had crepes for lunch which were huge and delicious. We ate them in the park by the Tower. And then we saw the Tower itself. Wow.! Just wow! It is so high so big you have to bend over backwards to see the top! And we went up it! All the way to the top. It really is a very long way up and we had to take two lifts to get up there! The second floor has shops on it. At the very top is the apartment Gustave Eiffel built to live in. He really lived all the way at the top of the tower! On the way down we stopped at the first floor and there is an ice rink there with real ice, and a glass floor which Poppy like jumping on and took a selfie of herself lying on the floor so you could see the ground below.
We went to a french cafe bistro for our meal.The food was scrummy. After supper we went for a walk around near the hotel and saw the Sacre Coeur all lit up. It was very beautiful.I was very tired by the time we got back to the hotel. The room had 3 beds in it so Rory and me shared a bed.
Wednesday 17 Feb
Breakfast was a buffet with bread croissants pain au chocolat, fruit juices hot chocolate, coffee , ham and cheese and yoghurt fruit all sorts.
Poppy wanted to go to the science museum today so we went to Cite des sciences et de l’industrie for the whole day. It is in a huge park on the north west of the city called Parc de la Villette. It is a huge museum with lots of areas with different things. We visited the Charles Darwin exhibition where we could see how animals adapt to their surroundings, and play on the games there. We had fun pulling faces to look like photos! There was a section on cats and dogs where we could pretend to be cats and dogs and saw a film in the planetarium. That was fun seeing all the stars and planets and galaxies like Andromeda and The Milky Way. Poppy found a maths section. It turns out she loves maths and is very good at it. There were helicopters and a plane with huge long wings. Then we went on a tour of a submarine called the Argonaut. It is quite small and very cramped. I even got to look in the periscope!
The metro journey back was very long and crowded and we had to change a lot of times because we got the wrong train and another broke down!
Poppy’s dad rang her on whatsapp so she could speak to her sisters which was lovely.
Had pizza for supper with salami on and then we went to see a windmill before going back to the hotel and bed. It was very cold outside.
Thursday 18 Feb
Breakfast was lovely again. We checked out of the hotel and left our bags there. Then we went on a walk around Montmartre. We did sone geocaching while we took in the sights. Saw where van Gogh worked, had an icecream even though it was 2 degrees. We saw a statue of a man coming out of a wall! And a vinyard.
Then we went to see the arc de triomphe, the Notre dame,saw the louvre and the pyramids. Walked through the tuileries to the place de la Concorde. Had a look in the shops on champs Elysees. Very busy day. Then we went to get our bags and went to the airport . The plane was a bit late but it was fun looking over Paris in the dark and seeing London lit up for miles.
We got home very late but it has been a lovely few days. The plane was very exciting and it has been so much fun to see Paris and try new things. I am looking forward to meeting my next family.