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We had a great time meeting Mazie’s home stay host in Barcelona!

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Glad I’m not one of these two climbing and hanging off of the top cross of Sagrada Familia this morning.

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Escape in Europe — Day 11

  • 6:00a wake up
  • 7:00a depart Airbnb
  • M1 to Gare de Lyon
  • 7:42a Valence TGV train from Paris to Barcelona
  • Comfortable and long train ride to Barcelona
  • 2:34p Arrived Barcelona
  • Get 4 day transit tickets
  • Take Metro L5 from Sants Estacio to Sant Pau
  • Walk to Airbnb and check in
  • Head to Pink Buda for smash burgers.
  • Met Mazie outside of Sagrada Família
  • Took tour of Sagrada Familia and went up to Nativity Tower. Jamie was plenty anxious about heights.
  • In awe of the Sagrada Familia and the beauty of it all.
  • Return to Airbnb.
  • Walked to XURRERIA SAGRADA FAMILIA for incredible filled churros!
  • Do The Brewery escape room at Enigmik.
  • Return to Airbnb and sleep.
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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
  • 9:45p Learn that Tyler was accepted to go Edina High School Japan trip in 2027!
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Can’t wait to try out Prompt 3.5 on the Vision Pro when we get home.

www.youtube.com/watch

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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.