My heart pounding and in serious need of caffeine, I jumped on the bus and made that connecting flight to Paris.
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What you mean the plane hasn’t left? No there were other passengers on other planes that were also late and they waited for us. Bobs articles have appeared in the pages of Shutterbug Magazine, Professional Photographer Magazine, Rangefinder Magazine and other industry magazines as. I arrived at the assigned gate 5 minutes after the departure time only to learn I had to get on a bus that would take me to the alternative gate. I literally ran through the airport with my backpack containing my camera equipment and a few extra pairs of shoes (which I truly regretted packing at that point). Our flight out of Minneapolis was delayed, I nearly missed my connecting flight because the airport was to slow getting us through the passport check. Turns out, I had been pretty right-on with my fears.
Now, nothing was going to stop me from taking this trip so I told myself it will be fine for the hundredth time, put on my Big Girl Pants and went. Additionally, we will use one of the lesser-known features of Flask (Werkzeug, really) to create a custom middleware that will allow us to intercept inbound requests and. Boy it was going to be a long couple of months. Shutterbug, the minimal API-only application that we are about to embark on, will allow a user to upload a photograph of their choosing via an authenticated, JSON-based API. Just when I would get it all sorted out in my mind, back again it would come. What if the weather is bad in Minneapolis and I miss my connecting flight, what if I can’t figure out the airport signs when I get there, what if I can’t get through the passport check in time, what if, what if, what if. All the what ifs started to swirl in my head. To say I was anxious was an understatement. Now I have done tons of domestic US traveling alone but I had never traveled internationally alone. He has also published many stories and personal essays in journals, including The Kenyon Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Fiction International, and anthologies. Who knew you could pack so light.Ī couple months before we were to leave my girlfriend and fellow photographer had to cancel due to a illness in her family. Robert Pope has published a novel, Jack's Universe, two collections of stories, Private Acts and Killers & Others, and a chapbook of flash fiction, Shutterbug, from Dark Lane Books. I also spent a great deal of time researching a truly French wardrobe and had the best time shopping for everything I needed. I consider it a sign of respect to be able to speak a little of the native language of the country you are about to visit. I made good use of my time however, I read about French culture and also took a French language class. I was going to Paris to take a photography class and it took that long for me to secure an opening in a class. The trip had been nearly a year in the planning.
Well this story really starts before I arrive in Paris.
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