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Sagrada Família in Barcelona.
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Escape in Europe — Day 10
- Jamie up and playing around with Escaping Things website
- Tammy goes on a run
- 9:00a Depart for Escape Room
- 9:11a Miromesnil to Stalingrad
- The Taxidermist — amazing escape room
- 11:51a Metro from Stalingrad
- Incredible lunch at Ladurée
- Walk along the Champs-Elysee to Arc de Triomphe
- Explore Arc for a while
- Look for high-end coffee shop or good boulangerie and sadly didn’t find what we wanted
- Return to Airbnb to drop off things
- 4:31p Metro from Miromesnil to Eiffel Tower
- Explore Eiffel Tower area
- Tyler and Tammy get tickets to walk up stairs to first level
- Jamie realizes not enough time to take elevator and avoid fear of heights
- Tyler and Tammy come back down
- Bateaux Parisiens dinner cruise on the Seine. Very fancy!
- Take in the Eiffel Tower at night all lit up.
- 7:57p Metro from Trocadêro back to Airbnb
- Pack and prepare to leave for Barcelona tomorrow
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Can’t wait to try out Prompt 3.5 on the Vision Pro when we get home.
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Escape in Europe — Day 9
- Rest a bit in the morning in the Airbnb.
- Walk to crêpe stand on Champs-Élysées for breakfast
- Stop at Cojean for cappuccino on way to Metro
- 10:16a M9 from Miromesnil to Puerte St Cloud
- Walk to Parc des Princes
- Stadium tour of Paris Saint-Germaine
- Shopping at PSG Store: Tyler Jersey, Tammy Sweatshirt, Jamie scarf.
- 1:08p Take M10 Boulogne — Jean Jaurès to Mobillion
- 1:35p Burgers for lunch at Specimen
- Walk around neighborhood exploring
- Visit Notre Dame during day
- Stop at Merveilleux
- Coffee at Strada
- 3:31p M10 Cardinal Lemoine to escape room
- Galactic Mission Escape Room
- Saw super cool race car simulator place
- Walk to Gem La Patisserie for Macarons, but sadly they had closed early
- 6:08p Quatre-Septembre
- Visit Le Coin Des Barons — Pokémon shop in Paris!
- Cookie at Ben’s Cookies
- 7:13p M1 Hôtel de Ville to Arc de Triomphe
- Return to Airbnb
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Afternoon cappuccino with espresso starter at Strada in Paris.
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Escape in Europe — Day 8
- in-line for Extra Magic Time rope drop
- Speed walk to first ride (some jogging)
- 8:47a Peter Pan with 20 min wait
- 9:09a Peter Pan
- 9:16a Big Thunder Mountain 65 min (maybe 45 min on app)
- 9:30a Official Park Open
- ChatGPT confirms for us that when a line split happens, bias left. Slightly more people will pick right.
- 9:54 Big Thunder Mountain go!
- 10:05 Indiana Jones with five minute wait
- 10:10 Kids do Indiana Jones
- Do the Swiss family Robinson
- Sea dragon and sleeping beauties castle
- 11:30am Lunch
- 12:15pm shopping on Main Street
- 12:40pm stop at hotel for baggage stop
- 1:00p enter Studios Park
- Mazie and Tyler go off to do Crush Cruiser with 90 minute wait. The single rider line, however, is only a 60 minute wait and they accomplish the ride in around 45 mins.
- Tammy and Jamie go to see TOGETHER: a Pixar Musical Adventure.
- After TOGETHER, everyone reconnects at the exit of Avengers.
- Tyler and Mazie get crêpe and beignet.
- Little shopping. Tammy buys perfect Disneyland Paris jacket. Jamie buys a great Disneyland Paris sweatshirt.
- Jamie stands in line for the next performance of TOGETHER, but by the time the rest of the family gets there it is too late.
- Mazie and Tyler sneak in another quick ride on Avengers
- Run back to the theater for TOGETHER.
- Rush over to theater next door for Magic Mickey show
- Mazie buys perfect Disneyland Paris hoodie.
- Mazie and Tyler fit in one final ride on Avengers. They wait in the single rider line and end up sitting together!
- Jamie and Tammy head back to the other park and get a muffin and a beignet from the bakery.
- Reconnect in the other park. Tyler gets a beignet. Walk with the parade.
- Pick up luggage from Disneyland hotel
- 7:35p Mazie takes off to get train and return to Barcelona on her Vueling flight 😢
- 7:40p RER A train to Aubrey
- 8:35p M9 to Miromesnil.
- Walk back to Airbnb.
- 8:48p Back to Airbnb in Paris for the night.
- Jamie gets Tailscale configured so we can watch Peacock TV as if we were at home.
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Disneyland Paris.
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We are just over half of our escape rooms done for our Escape in Europe trip. The Alchemist was my favorite so far. We’ve got some highly ranked TERPECA rooms coming up though.
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Disney Paris!
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Morning light on Sleeping Beauty’s Castle as Disneyland Paris opens.
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Escape in Europe — Day 7
- 8:00a Up!
- 8:30a Head to Paris Disney!
- Take M9 to Havre-Caumartin.
- Take RER A to Marne-La-Vallée
- Cleared Disneyland Security
- Drop backpacks at Disneyland Hotel.
- 10:30a Enter the park
- Get snack and coffee at bakery
- Mazie and Tyler do Hyperspace Mountain.
- Tammy and Jamie explore park and watch a parade.
- Reconnect and do Nautilus with no wait.
- Do Pirates of the Caribbean.
- Explore Adventureland
- Walk to get ice cream and blocked by parade so watched that.
- Got ice cream
- Tried to go to Phantom Mansion but it was temporarily down
- While walking to small world ran into Goofy encounter.
- Line was too long at small world
- Tyler got crêpe with Nutella
- Alice’s Curious Labyrinth.
- Went to Phantom Mansion with 40 min line that seemed much longer.
- Dinner at Bistrot Chez Rémy.
- Check into the Disneyland Hotel
- Ride It’s a Small World
- Ride Pinocchio
- Mazie and Tyler ride Hyperspace Mountain again. Tammy and Jamie find spot for light show.
- Disney Cascade of Lights
- Return to hotel, done for the night.
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Nice dinner at Chez Rémy Bistro at Disneyland Paris.
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We’ve got our backpacks with a change of clothes and heading to the Metro to go to Disneyland Paris!
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Escape in Europe — Day 6
- Tammy goes for run
- Jamie returns to Sango for delicious coffee
- 10:00a Pat’s Poffertjes for Dutch Pancakes.
- Hustle back to Hendrick’s Hotel to get luggage and checkout.
- Hustle to Amsterdam Central.
- 11:10a Eurostar train to Paris.
- 2:55p Arrive in Paris at Gare du Nord.
- Take M4 to Strasbourg — Saint-Denis then M9 to Miromesnil.
- 3:50p check into Airbnb.
- 4:35p CONNECT WITH MAZIE!
- Walked to dinner along the Siene.
- Delicious pizzas at Senza Nome.
- Explore and experience the Louvre at night.
- Macaron stop at Laduree.
- Walked to Notre Dame.
- Took the M4 to the escape room.
- Escaped from Revolt at Lock Academy.
- Took the M9 back to the Airbnb.
- 11:50p Return to Airbnb
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Arrived in Paris! 🇫🇷
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I’m very happy with how our Escaping Thjngs website has shaped up. It showcases our escape room history in fun ways, including special support for trips like our current Escape in Europe 12-room trip. More to come!
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Return visit to Sango in Amsterdam for a special espresso and capuccino. Train to Paris in a couple hours.
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Escape in Europe — Day 5
- Tammy goes for run while Jamie showers and Tyler sleeps
- Sub-par and over-priced breakfast, but convenient location. Tyler and Tammy try Dutch pancakes that are similar to crepes.
- The Alchemist escape room.
- Walk around Central Amsterdam
- Visit Tony’s Chocolonely Super Store
- coffee at Sango
- Canal Cruise
- Return to Tony’s Chocolonely Super Store to pick up custom chocolates
- Walk around Central Amsterdam some more
- One final stop at Tony’s Chocolonely Super Store.
- Train to Hilversum
- Dinner at Mout Food Hall
- Zoltan Speaks escape room
- Train back to Amsterdam
- Return to hotel for showers for Tammy and Tyler and a Bailey’s in the hotel bar for Jamie
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We met Charlie and Isaac, visiting from the UK, who were making the most of their unlimited beers on the canal tour today. Charlie’s goal was to “not be able to walk off the boat.”
“I’m going to make so many bad decisions tonight.” — Charlie