A Little Trans-Atlantic Magic - The (somewhat) LIVE TR! -updated 07/03/13 - Page 17 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
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Ironically, she lost the barrette AT the Eiffel Tower! LOL! I hoped you didn't really catch much of the meltdown... it always feels like the worst scene in the world to me, but I think that's because I'm the parent, and I'm very aware of every whine... lol.
Hey - not at all. We were happy snapping away.
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After we left you, we walked almost to the Champs Elysee, and then over to the Eiffel Tower. Then over to the RER (pausing for a carousel ride), then we got off at Notre Dame, and then meandered all around there, and made our way back to our hotel, stopping at this cute little diner we found. THEN, Meri and I walked around our neighborhood to get crepes.
I'm ready for a hot shower and bed. I really need to go to sleep since I just set the alarm for 5:45am. *sigh*
Oh my goodness Mel - that's insane. I know how much walking that is from having done it before and you must be beat!
Oh my goodness Mel - that's insane. I know how much walking that is from having done it before and you must be beat!
Oh good. Yeah, it was a lot of walking - we were at the point where we were saying, "HOW MUCH FARTHER IS THAT STUPID TOWER!" We didn't go up. We considered it because the line was only about 15 minutes long, but ultimately we felt like, why blow the money on a view of a cloud? LOL!
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I can't wait to read all the details of this trip and see all the pictures.
I hope to type the rest of it up while on the airplane, since I've got 8.5 hours, lol! I'll have a power outlet at the seat, so I should be able to tap away while watching tv on my own personal screen!
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Hello from the airport. I have 15 minutes of free wifi here, so this has to be fast, lol! My bag was yet again not overweight (actually it weighed less than it did for the previous flight! Woo hoo!) and we checked five bags, so we've got less to carry on, which is nice.
I plan on working on the TR from the airplane, so here's hoping my outlet works, lol! Maybe we'll luck out and get economy plus (if it exists). We should get on with little trouble - we are numbers 3-5 on the standby list and there are 28 seats open as of 5 minutes ago. The flight leaves at 9:25am, so we should be boarding in half hour or so.
Mom and Meri are in line getting us coffee and croissants. Sigh. Back to reality here soon.
Will possibly update again in about 10 hours (lol) from Newark! Depends on the wifi situation there. Can't believe the mega-trip is over! Weird.
Sounds promising so far. Hope you make it on the flight Ok. It was a wonderful weekend and I loved every minute of it - so glad we finally got to meet up!
I've had cable outages this morning, so have been dying to check on your progress. Looks like you made it onto the flight from Paris! Hope you get a good seat and can entertain yourself (and later, us) with typing up the trip. Fingers and toes crossed for good luck on the Newark flight! It must feel very weird to have the trip over after having it dangling in front of you for so long!
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The flight from Paris to Newark was easy peasy. We had economy plus (woo hoo!) and the little in-seat screens are totally awesome, I have to say!
But. In bad news, Laurie... our connecting flight in Newark was canceled. Heaven knows why. We're looking into all options at the moment, but it's really aggravating and I think it's going to be a really really long day. *Sigh* Oh well... Meri is doing really well. I, on the other hand, am starting to get annoyed.
Oh well. We'll figure something out!!! But it's still a long afternoon / evening ahead of us. Ugh.
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We were happy snapping away. 
I know how much walking that is from having done it before and you must be beat! 
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