1 Month To Go

We are all starting to get a little excited now. Tyler and Mia are telling us about all the things they are looking forward to doing on the holiday. We are in the process of booking all of the train tickets for the 8 journeys we need to make to get from one place to the next, which is pretty much all that's left to do. Booking the train tickets has been the most difficult part of the organisation process for this holiday. I had no idea how difficult the train companies make it to book tickets. We have decided against Eurail Passes and opted for point to point tickets which means having to book all the tickets via the train company's in each country. Some allow you to book 3 months ahead and some only 1 month ahead. Some allow you to book, pay and print out your tickets in one go while others make you send off for a quote and wait 48 hours for a response. The Eurostar leg from London to Paris was a breeze, just like booking an airline ticket. Then I tried the Paris-Munich leg and forked out 550 bucks for a $200 fare. Confusion set in and I ended up paying through the nose. It's seriously confusing but I think I have the hang of it now, after some advise from the the man in seat 61. Buying train tickets for Europe travel is very painful but I do think it will be worth it in the end and I would suggest if you are going to try it, visit the seat61 website.

Tyler's comments: I’m really looking forward to our holiday because when we get onto the plane I can play playstation and a lot more games. I can’t wait till the lady comes and says “what would you like to eat“. When we get off the plane I can’t wait 'till we see our apartment. After we have looked at our apartment I’m excited about going out to get a snack (but the problem is I don’t know the name of the snack). I can’t wait to go on the London eye. I’m going to beg mum (if it is fun) if I can go on 5 times. I’m excited about going up to the top of the Eiffel Tower and seeing the restaurant up at the top and having a snack. I think it is going to be fun.

Mia's comments: I'm looking forward to going on the London eye because I will get to see the lovely view of London and maybe having a funny feeling in my tummy while going around and around. I'm also looking forward to going to the interesting, inspiring wax museum because there are going to be lots of different types of statues made out of wax. I'm so excited about eating yummy scrummy macaroons with yummy flavours in Paris.I am also looking forward to meeting funny looney tunes characters like Donald Duck and Minnie Mouse at Paris Disney. I can't wait for my holiday to start.