...and then there were two!

Going to Disneyland...

... turned out to be a really longdrawn affair. And to complicate things, raise my blood pressure and take 5 years off my life, we set off late. Again. If you're a friend, you're probably chuckling to yourself and thinking, "Well, if the Ongs are ever prepared and on time, I will eat my socks!" Yeah, I will eat mine too.

To cut a long story short, we had to take a train to London because that's where the Eurostar leaves for Paris. And before that, we had to deposit the car at a friend's place for safekeeping while we were gone, then take a cab to the train station, get tickets... yadda yadda yadda... it sounds boring because it was!

How do you keep a toddler (who often behaves like he's on speed) entertained on a 1.5 hour train ride? We packed a sticker book, little toys (trains, cars) and some tranquiliser. Just kidding. We packed an interesting (and legal) snack pack for DN instead - juice box, grapes and an onigiri. And it was gobbled down in 5 minutes. *sigh* Dang, we should have packed a turkey.


He doesn't look it here, but DN was really excited to be on a train. We took the 3pm train and expected him to take his afternoon nap on it, but no dice. *sigh* I knew we should have brought that tranquiliser!

We got into London at about 4.30pm and then had to catch the tube to King's Cross station where the Eurostar leaves from. Did we then catch the 3-hour Eurostar train to Disneyland? Hell no! I know what torture is and no way was I going to handle a 3-hour train ride with a grumpy toddler. We booked a hotel just across the station and spent the night there. And what a hotel it was! For £89, it was worth every penny. It was really quite fancy-schmancy.

Here's the walkway to the bathroom... which was stocked with Gilchrist and Soames toiletries. Woah nelly.

And we had one of those Grohe shower systems that can massage you, recreate a rainforest shower and cook your dinner. Like I said, fancy-schmancy.

We ended up staying in the hotel the whole time and had dinner there too because it was so nice (and had free internet access!). To keep the little one amused, we let him have a bubble bath.

Coming up next... Disneyland updates!