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Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/02/2014 09:09:44 AM · #51

Well, a little more than 24 hours...guess I should put my things in a suitcase (there's that). Cleaned all my gear...super good clean, grips, caps n all!!! Bought all my SD cards (at 90 mb Wendy!!!).

Totally excited....

Any last minute tips?

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

11/02/2014 09:18:49 AM · #52

Originally posted by Ja-9:

Any last minute tips?

Learn to speak French? :-)

I think you've gotten lots of good advice already -- have a great time!

tome

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/02/2014 11:22:01 AM · #53

Quartier de l'Horloge, the Defender of Time. If you're around Pompidou.

Enjoy Paris!

11/02/2014 11:34:20 AM · #54

Originally posted by tome:

Quartier de l'Horloge, the Defender of Time. If you're around Pompidou.

Enjoy Paris!

added to my list

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

11/02/2014 11:39:35 AM · #55

Originally posted by Ja-9:

Originally posted by tome:
Quartier de l'Horloge, the Defender of Time. If you're around Pompidou.

Enjoy Paris!

added to my list

There is a museum there that's been recommended as well....

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

11/02/2014 11:49:24 AM · #56

Wow, less than 24 hours? Bon voyage, mon petit chou! :-)

Enlightened

Nikon D7100

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

11/02/2014 12:14:33 PM · #57

Have an awesome time!! Bonne Vacances!!

CNovack

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

11/02/2014 03:01:20 PM · #58

Janine have a safe flight and an absolute wonderful time out in Paris!!!

KMcC

Canon EOS-80D

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

11/02/2014 07:07:38 PM · #59

And your almost off... Enjoy my friend!

11/02/2014 09:36:12 PM · #60

oh, do we have a pho pah.....my niece who is the spearhead of this trip - just discovered (the day before) today that her passport expires in 2.5 months from today (requirement is 3 months from expiration)...She is going to the state department tomorrow to apply for an expedited passport!!! Hopefully she will only be delayed by 24 hours!!! Can I say "OMG"!!!

And if you knew my niece this is a MAJOR "OOPS"....MAJOR!!!

Message edited by author 2014-11-02 21:37:01.

pixelpig

Sony Alpha a55

Sony DT 1.8/50mm SAM

11/02/2014 11:46:07 PM · #61

OMG she must be having a fit. Hope it all works out. Have a great trip, in any case. Waiting for your pix when you return.

11/03/2014 06:41:39 AM · #62

Originally posted by Ja-9:

I have a current passport. I'm more than happy to sacrifice and go in her place...

11/03/2014 10:05:21 AM · #63

Originally posted by pixelpig:

OMG she must be having a fit. Hope it all works out. Have a great trip, in any case. Waiting for your pix when you return.

Ahhhh I can't imagine...I would be going nuts. She has a 10am apt with the State Dept. and a flight at 6:55 pm...hmmmm we'll see how that works because from what I've read you have to allow a minimum of 24 hours to get the replacement...but we're all praying this works and doesn't have anymore delays...It's awful!!!

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/03/2014 10:21:48 AM · #64

state dept in Washington DC? You can get it in a day. We've alway had to go in the morning and we don't get it until last minute end of day. But we didn't have that tight of a deadline. I assume that they'll process it quicker than end of day.

But we've never had to wait longer than a day. (we've done it three different times for different people and different reasons. :)

The last one was because we forgot that you need passports for canada now!! Growing up in the northern part of the US, we were very used to not needing passports for Canada. (I guess it's not Canada, it's getting back into the US these days. Regardless, after 40 some years of not needing one, it was a shock to remember last minute that we didâ�¦.

The 3 months before expiration is news to me. I need to go check the expiration dates of our passports now...

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

11/03/2014 12:52:15 PM · #65

What's the point of having an "expiration date" if it actually becomes unusable three months before? Seems to me if you have paid-for return tickets dated for sooner than the expiration date you should be able to use rhe current one.

At least this situation will make the trip (even) more memorable ... :-)

11/03/2014 01:08:15 PM · #66

Originally posted by GeneralE:

More for people that would "extend" their stays???

11/03/2014 01:09:12 PM · #67

Originally posted by vawendy:

Good to know...she's at the SF office now...saying prayers that she'll get to board tonight

Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko

11/03/2014 07:43:03 PM · #68

Thought you'd like to know that my niece picked up her passport this afternoon. So she will only be delayed 1 day...phew!!!

Sorry Wendy...the spot is still taken!!!

PennyStreet

Olympus OM-D E-M1

11/03/2014 07:47:12 PM · #69

Originally posted by Ja-9:

Thought you'd like to know that my niece picked up her passport this afternoon. So she will only be delayed 1 day...phew!!!

Sorry Wendy...the spot is still taken!!!

Woo Hoo! You're off! Have a great time - wishing you good weather, wonderful family time and LOTS of great pictures! HAVE FUN

Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

11/03/2014 07:49:10 PM · #70

Originally posted by PennyStreet:

Originally posted by Ja-9:
Thought you'd like to know that my niece picked up her passport this afternoon. So she will only be delayed 1 day...phew!!!

Sorry Wendy...the spot is still taken!!!

Woo Hoo! You're off! Have a great time - wishing you good weather, wonderful family time and LOTS of great pictures! HAVE FUN

Wave Penny!!! I'm at Newerk!!!

nam

Sony DSLR-A580

11/03/2014 08:32:09 PM · #71

Yay! Some 10 years ago my colleague and I got to our airport here in Omaha, not an international airport, with 26 assorted high school students, parents, and another chaperone - only to find out that while we had actual paper tickets for one flight, the airline had cancelled that flight and re-booked us on a flight three hours earlier. Needless to say, we had been no shows on that flight. Turns out the airline had contacted the travel agency but no one there had thought to tell us!! Of course there was no way to get us to Chicago in time to catch our international flight. So a whole bunch of very disappointed kids went home to await word from us while my friend and I raised a little you know what (we didn't want to say what we wanted to say in front of them if you know what I mean LOL). In the end, my half of the group plus one of her kids flew out at O dark thirty as they say, went to Chicago and then Montreal where we had a six hour lay-over. The travel agency happened to be located in Montreal and they met us at the airport, put our luggage into lockers, took us into town in taxis, bought us lunch, and showed us around for a couple of hours before getting us back to the airport for our flight. My friend's group didn't fly out until midday and took a pretty normal route. The two groups landed in Paris 20 minutes apart!!, met up at the airport, and went about our trip, squeezing the itinerary here and there to get the maximum out of our shortened trip. When we got back, my friend and I badgered the company for weeks until we got a day's refund for each person in our party - maybe $250 or so. So all was well, my kids got an extra country which they thought was really cool, and instead of being completely broke at the end, they all had a little money in their pockets :)

Hope your trip is WONDERFUL and you have nothing any more frustrating than this to deal with along the way :)

11/03/2014 09:01:15 PM · #72

Originally posted by Ja-9:

Thought you'd like to know that my niece picked up her passport this afternoon. So she will only be delayed 1 day...phew!!!

Sorry Wendy...the spot is still taken!!!

Awwwâ�¦. I'm so glad she made it -- but I was sooooo close to a trip to Paris! ;)