Morning light on Sleeping Beauty’s Castle as Disneyland Paris opens.

Disney Paris!

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.

• 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.

Disneyland Paris.

• 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.

Afternoon cappuccino with espresso starter at Strada in Paris.

Can’t wait to try out Prompt 3.5 on the Vision Pro when we get home.

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• 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

• 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!

Sagrada Família in Barcelona.

• 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.

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

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

• Mazie and Jamie get coffee, tea and baked goods before Mazie goes off to school.
• Tammy on morning run. Tyler relaxes at Airbnb.
• Delightful brunch at Billy Brunch.
• return to Airbnb to get Tammy’s metro pass that she forgot
• Take V21 and V19 buses to Park Güell
• 12:26p get tickets for Park Güell stuff
• Explore Park Güell
• Walk to L1 stop for train
• Stopped into Arte Vistas Gallery
• Go to Picasso Museum Barcelona
• Stopped into Brunells Patisserie for an amazing Croissant de Nata
• Explore Latin District and various shops
• Attempt to find another pastry at another shop but decided to return to Brunells and have another try there with a capuccino this time.
• Walk to our 2nd to last escape room on this trip
• Do Jurassic at Golden Pop! First escape room we’ve gotten dirty doing.
• Take L7 train from Plaza Catalunya to El Puxet
• Meet Christina and Natalie and visit Mazie’s home stay!
• Bring new suitcase loaded with stuff to return home from Mazie’s stay, and get Mazie packed up for Croatia trip with Tammy
• Return to Airbnb on L7 and L5.
• Tammy turns in for the night, Jamie, Mazie, and Tyler return to Pink Buda for a “Barcelona dinner” at 10p.
• Return to Airbnb along the Sagrada Família.

• 9:00a: Depart Airbnb
• Take L5 and L4
• 9:40a: Arrive at Paella Cooking class
• Go to market with cooking class
• Make Paella, Spanish Omelette, Roasted vegetables for lunch in class
• Jamie enjoys the red wine
• Wrap up class enjoying Chicken and Shrimp Paella
• Get Tyler a crepe (he wasn’t into paella)
• Make way to Nomad Coffee Bar for delicious espresso and cappuccino
• Tammy and Mazie explore shops a bit
• Tyler and Jamie go to Gemeria to be there when they re-open at 4:30p to see about Pokémon cards
• Gameria is a complete bust but Arco TCG across the street is amazing
• Pokémon exploring, reconnect with Tammy and Mazie
• Take 210 bus many stops into suburbs of Barcelona (note: 210 bus is blue and our cards don’t work but we are allowed on the bus)
• Do Londium Escape Room — #7 in the world!
• Try to return on 210 bus but driver notes our cards don’t work and no go
• Jamie calls Taxi via Uber to get back to city
• 8:15p: Attempt to arrive early to Ali Ocakbaşı for 9p reservation, no go.
• Tyler gets a muffin at bakery that Mazie goes to by internship
• Walk to LearnLife to see where Mazie is interning
• Mazie and Tyler return visit to bakery
• 8:50p We all write up our Londium experience for Escaping Things
• 9:00p Dinner at Ali Ocakbaşı
• Return to Airbnb via L5
• Jamie goes in, Tammy, Mazie and Tyler decide to get a stuffed churro at 10:30p
• Sadly, stuffed churro place is closed. Everyone returns to Airbnb.

Mercat Sagrada Família.

Boldu Donuts! 🍩

Our map for today’s Mazie led tour of Barcelona.

Stop at Dashu for some Japanese Pokémon packs.