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That just sounds so exhausting and draining! Meri's a trooper to not have a major melt-down having to deal with all that at her age, although for her I guess an appreciative audience will do the trick! Glad you were able to have a quiet dinner and hope you're all getting a good night's sleep tonight!
Meri always loves an audience, lol. She did a good job. I was the one on the verge of the meltdown, lol.
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Sounds like a mammoth day. Still, glad you enjoyed it though.
I think you should come on the Trans next year
Don't tempt me! Or, really, do!
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Ahhhh, Paris. Just the sound of it is lovely. Please get a plain sugar crepe for me. OK if Nutella happens to fall on it, that is OK too
How long is that flight to Paris anyway??
Glad Meri was a trooper, I know its hard with them but just everything that she is seeing and doing is awesome, great memories!!!
The flight to Paris is a little over an hour, I think. Easy peasy - especially since it's not standby!
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Low 20's (Celsius) translates to around 70 F (here in the States).
Nice! Thanks Coop!
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Wow you have packed a lot in! I'm sure I'd be exhausted! I'm excited for your visit to Paris!
I can't wait! I just love Paris!
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Low 20s equates to low 70s here. They're forecasting high 70s by the weekend.
He may be there, but it's the one Disney park in the world I won't do characters. There's no order to the lines (at least there wasn't the last time we tried) and we were upset to see how the French parties were seen before any British - that left a really sour taste in our mouth, watching a British child constantly ignored, so we decided not to bother with them again. This was a lot of years ago, so things may have improved since then, but unless I know they have, I won't risk it again. I just found it too much hassle and it annoyed me as well.
Oh man, yeah, that wouldn't work at all for me... I'd get mad and the New Yawk would come out, lol. I'll eyeball it perhaps and see what's what, but I will prep Meri when we get there, telling her we're focusing on rides and that we've already met all the characters, but we can wave when we go past. That way if it looks like they've changed things, we maybe can say hi to one character with a short line, but I'm not going to waste the one day we have at DLP standing in really long lines (or masses of people with no lines) for characters we were hanging out with a week ago! LOL!
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A fair percentage of the traffic at DLP is local. Given that schools are still in session both in France and in England and it is exam season at both I'm hoping the crowds will not be too too bad on Friday. The najority of the children there should be preschool age.
A fair percentage of the traffic at DLP is local. Given that schools are still in session both in France and in England and it is exam season at both I'm hoping the crowds will not be too too bad on Friday. The najority of the children there should be preschool age.
We are pretty much all packed. Today we slept in and then spent the morning packing. I think we got the weight of the bags distributed evenly enough that I shouldn't have a problem. My big suitcase isn't even all the way full. Worst case if I'm a few pounds over, we've got a contingency plan, since mom's carry-on has plenty of room in it for an emergency! I think we should be ok though. Here's hoping! I just checked in, and got row 5, seats a-c. Meri will get the window, I'll be in the middle, and mom can have the aisle.
We'll hit the zoo this afternoon, after we shower and grab a snack. Then it's early-ish to bed, we hope, because we want to be up and out by 930am. We don't know how long it will take us to get to the airport (we are debating between a taxi and the metro - mom wants to do the metro, because it's only $2 each. I don't want to juggle all of the stuff on the metro. Especially with all of those stairs. She's also worried that if we call a taxi to come pick us up, they won't show, and we'll miss the flight. She's had bad experiences with taxis in the past. We'll see...
I can not WAIT to get to Paris, though! Home sweet home of my heart! I can't wait to see if I still love it as much as I remember!
Ok, off to shower and get going, finally, I guess. I've enjoyed sleeping in and taking my time today. Meri spent the morning creating a race car out of a cardboard box, and now she's racing her baby doll around the living room. Cracks me up! I'm just glad she's amusing herself.
Sounds like you are set!
I agree with you, though, the idea of traipsing on the metro with the luggage does not appeal! Good luck transitioning from Barcelona to Paris!
I squealed when I saw Cheryl's countdown says it's only 22 hours until her PP meet!! That's YOU!! And Hazel!
Glad you've got the luggage sorted. I wouldn't like the idea of the metro for getting to the airport, either. If there's a hotel near where the apartment is, maybe you could just get the luggage that far and grab a cab there?
Sounds like you are set!
I agree with you, though, the idea of traipsing on the metro with the luggage does not appeal! Good luck transitioning from Barcelona to Paris!
I squealed when I saw Cheryl's countdown says it's only 22 hours until her PP meet!! That's YOU!! And Hazel!
I KNOW! Though actually it's really a little bit longer than that til I actually MEET her I think, lol. We are going to meet up Friday morning at DLP... so exciting!
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Glad you've got the luggage sorted. I wouldn't like the idea of the metro for getting to the airport, either. If there's a hotel near where the apartment is, maybe you could just get the luggage that far and grab a cab there?
We thought about it, but we decided to fork out the money for a pre-booked car service. It's really not too bad... only 59 euros. *shrug* It's worth it for the peace of mind. The first taxi company we called hung up on us three times in a row, so we nixed them. There's a hotel about a 15 minute walk from here, and there are cabs there, but it's really a pain, and I just didn't want to deal with it. Besides, a taxi would likely cost close to as much as the car service. So now we have peace of mind. We're getting picked up far earlier than is necessary, but we like to have lots of wiggle room, especially in an airport we've never been to, for an international flight. So we're getting picked up at 9:30am for a 1:05pm flight. We'll have about 2.5 hours to kill before boarding, but when you figure we have to check the bags, go through security and then have lunch, I think we'll be fine.
A fair percentage of the traffic at DLP is local. Given that schools are still in session both in France and in England and it is exam season at both I'm hoping the crowds will not be too too bad on Friday. The najority of the children there should be preschool age.
That sounds good to me - here's hoping!
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I can not WAIT to get to Paris, though! Home sweet home of my heart! I can't wait to see if I still love it as much as I remember!
I hope it is. Can't wait to finally meet you!
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Sounds like you are set!
I agree with you, though, the idea of traipsing on the metro with the luggage does not appeal! Good luck transitioning from Barcelona to Paris!
I squealed when I saw Cheryl's countdown says it's only 22 hours until her PP meet!! That's YOU!! And Hazel!
I know - I squealed when I saw it too! In fairness, my countdown is to us getting out to France tomorrow. We won't see everyone else until Friday, but I always go for when we get there as our countdown. I may update it tomorrow night at the hotel if I get a chance...
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Well, I started reading this when you first got on the ship, and then I forgot to comment/subscribe. And now you're already in Europe!!! Totally enjoyed playing catch up for the last 30 minutes and can't wait to read more!!
BTW, my mom's name is Nadine too. Kinda rare!
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Oh, good. I'm glad you booked a car service for the airport. Well worth the money and you're right, probably about the same as a cab would have been. You'll soon be in Paris!
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Just had a couple of texts from Melanie. It sounds like they are having a trying day. She was sitting at the airport (no overweigth bag Yay!) at 9:30am this morning waiting for her flight. then i got another text at 1:30pm saying big delay and that they were taken off the plane and bused to another one. Hope she gets here soon, at least it is one an hour one they do finally take off.
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Can't wait to finally meet you! 
In fairness, my countdown is to us getting out to France tomorrow. We won't see everyone else until Friday, but I always go for when we get there as our countdown. I may update it tomorrow night at the hotel if I get a chance... 
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