Red Mosquito

dad wrote:

doug rr wrote:

wease wrote:

dad wrote:

doug rr wrote:day 10 in Paris out of 40..we've eaten a lot of rich and buttery food everyday and filled up on snails and foie gras and beef tartare..today is the day I have lunch at McDonalds for a break...staying in tonight as I have a home made beef bourguignon ready to go in the dutch oven..

hell yeah.

Nugs and fries?

McDonalds didn't happen that day..change of plans..it happened last night..filet of fish

have you been to Paul Bert yet?

we went I think the second day we were here...great as always..it was funny when we left we were out front waiting for our uber and the owner came out and talked with us for about 15 minutes...
today we are going to his seafood place next door for lunch...going back to the regular one again in about 2 weeks before we leave for Germany

we’re looking at flying to Portland, OR in the summer, then driving up to Vancouver, stopping in Seattle to visit our friends who live there.

make sure to eat japadog when you are in vancouver

they have vegetarian dogs too

96583UP wrote:make sure to eat japadog when you are in vancouver

they have vegetarian dogs too

wow, so many varieties on that menu.

Oh cool they’re shutting down Global Entry and TSA precheck a day before I fly through LAX.

Since TSA was a benefit we actually had to pay for, are they going to refund our money?

Why are they doing that?!

Well, now they seem to have reversed it.

Noem had said it was part of the shutdown and they didn’t have the resources to fund it.

It’s all political grandstanding to make people hate the Dems. “Their” gov shutdown is going to make your travel experience even worse.

Perhaps the adults in the room actually won out here if it’s being reversed.

why is lodging in Vancouver so expensive?

Props to United for stocking delicious Two Hearted IPA

dad wrote:why is lodging in Vancouver so expensive?

Tourism taxes have to fund all the safe injection sites

Sounds like the MAGA geniuses worked out that TSA and Global Entry are funded by their membership fees, not the federal government.

our itinerary is now just comical...spent hours and way too much money to get home and now the airline emailed letting us know it would most likely be cancelled due to nyc blizzard and to start looking for other options..was supposed to go thru jfk and thats not looking good

Is Iceland Express still operating? I bet Bruce Dickinson’s Iron Maiden plane could get you up and around that snow.

now we hopefully get home late Sunday night..such a cluster but at least we now get to go to the Paris/monaco soccer game we have tickets for...

doug rr wrote:now we hopefully get home late Sunday night..such a cluster but at least we now get to go to the Paris/monaco soccer game we have tickets for...

It’s called a match!



By the way, anyone in Mexico right now?

Bammer wrote:

dad wrote:why is lodging in Vancouver so expensive?

Tourism taxes have to fund all the safe injection sites

we’re passing on Vancouver for now, but only for budgetary reasons. gonna stick with Portland, wine country, and maybe a day or two in Seattle.

Global Entry being shut down could make my 1h45m connection in LA pretty dang tight. I’ve downloaded the MPC app which can help expedite immigration, so I’ll look for that line.

VinylGuy wrote:Just got plane tickets for NYC. Late april.

Wish there was a reliable Rmer to meet and have coffee.

jesus, hotels in NYC are crazy expensive