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Africa : Travel Preview

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I still can’t believe it. We’ve been back for about 2 days now, and I’m *still* looking at Nate every now and then asking, “Remember that time we were in AFRICA?!” The whole trip was such a whirlwind- While it feels like it went by so fast, when we were there, it felt like we’d been gone for months. I’m so excited to bore your faces off with way too many photos and stories from our trip, but it’s gonna be a while, seeing as I’m taking some personal time off and not yet ready to start editing the 170 GBs of memory cards we shot on! After going through the photos, these are my favorites at the moment. Except I’m not posting my absolute favorite yet, ’cause we have to save something to be desired. :)

For those of you who don’t know the story, Nate and I went to Africa and spent 2 weeks safari-ing in Tanzania. Our best friends got married while on the trip, those previews to come Wednesday. :)

I love this first one- The giraffes were kind enough to arrange themselves in near-symmetrical order. :)

I’m pretty sure this was taken the morning after our first night at camp- Aka, the night I thought I was gonna die. Much more on that later. :/


As one of our many amazing thank-you gifts from Lorie and Jon for coming with them, they surprised us with a hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti. Just sayin’.


Not sure where yet to have this on canvas in our home, but I’m excited. :)

Pretty cool, no? Can’t wait to share the rest in the coming months! :)

Disneyland Paris : Travel

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Welcome to the last chapter of our Paris Chronicles! ;) Just incase you missed the previous posts:

The Roots do Paris Part 1

The Roots do Paris Part 2

A lovely Paris engagement session with our best friends!

The Roots do Tennessee (Just incase you were interested in that, too!)

Though I’d been to Disneyland Paris in the past, it was long before they opened the Walt Disney Studios park! On our first day, I was dying to get inside and see what it was like. :) The park is really different- You walk through this main building with a couple shops and a quick-service food place to get to the rest of the park.

I think the reason I love going to other parks (well, just Disneyland and Disneyland Paris, I suppose) is that it all feels like a dream. I know Walt Disney World like the back of my hand, and I love learning new lands and seeing how even though so much is the same, it’s all just a little off. Like the Partners statue being in a different park, or Sorcerer Mickey’s hat being so tiny!

Me new favorite quote. <3

I love their Sleeping Beauty Castle! I think it’s so much prettier than Cinderella Castle, though I admit it may just be one of those ‘grass is greener on the other side,’ things.

The best thing about it is the huge breathing dragon found in the dungeon. :)

The Queen of Hearts isn’t sweaty here, just wet from rain. So gross!

We were excited to be “painting the roses red,” ok?!

I wasn’t buying Jack Sparrow. :/

The biggest waste of money, ever… Their Blue Lagoon restaurant! It was such a horrible experience- The food was terrible, it took us over an hour just to get our drinks, and to top it all off, the service lights on Pirates of the Caribbean turned on, killing the only thing this place had going for it- The atmosphere!

My favorite, Phantom Manor. <3

So pretty!

Nate and I came back again just before our trip was over.

I will say I was bummed with their shops. I’m pretty much the easiest guest ever when it comes to Disney merchandise because I wanna buy everything, but I think the only thing I came away with for myself from DLP were coffee mugs. (Well, hot chocolate mugs, here in the Root home!)

I know that Disneyland Paris often gets a bad rap, and I dunno, I kinda love it. I think it’s so unique and even though it’s much simpler than all the other parks, I think there’s something really sweet about it. I love going to hang out more than do stuff. While I wouldn’t make a trip to Paris just for Disneyland Paris, I wouldn’t ever take a trip to Paris and not go. Does that make sense?

I’ve also heard people complain about the cast members. I’ve always found them to be just fine, but you have to remember the cast members are French! I’ve never had a problem with the French being rude to me, I think it’s because I try really hard to speak to them in French first, breaking out my high school French! Once they saw me struggle for a few minutes, butchering their language and miming out what I could, they’d always jump in and answer my question in English. :) So I think just like here in America, so much of their attitude reflects your attitude. If you’re getting frustrated and yelling at them in English, they’ll do the same back to you! *Gets off soap box.*

Whew! So there you have it, folks, our trip to Paris! Don’t be bummed it’s over- Make sure you come back next week for a preview of the fun we had in AFRICA! :)