Woo hoo! I'll have those down before I go! I'm excited about this trip. On a side note, we did the passport process yesterday. Pretty painless really. We had pictures taken at AAA, 8.00 each for members and then zipped over to the post office. There are huge benefits to filling out the form online then printing it....it was a breeze. We have bets in as to when we will see anything in return.Originally Posted by OusKonNé
No problem Cache Maine!
I was happy when I saw your post, an announcement wrote by a Maine geocacher for Maine geocachers.
But as a matter of fact, we had a text to post as an official announcement on non-francophone forums. We were waiting for the final translation in English. We even had 2 different versions of the announcement. The first one in a more "traditional" style of writing, and the second one in a more, let's say "punchy", style of writing. I'll let you chose which one you prefer...
Now, your first French lesson.
French abbreviations used in the logbooks:
PAT: Premier à trouver (FTF)
RP: Rien pris (TN)
RL: Rien laissé (LN)
RPRL: Rien pris, rien laissé (TNLN)
SL: Signé le log (SL)
MPLC: Merci pour la cache (TFTC)
And sometimes:
DAT: Deuxième à trouver (STF)
TAT: Troisième à trouver (TTF)
Happy Geocaching!
A few tips:
-For the ones that have never had a passport, your original birth certificate is sent along with your application and returned with the passport.
-If you have a passport and it is expired, still bring it with you. That will make life much easier, and they will not need your birth certificate. If your old passport is lost and expired, you will need to fill out the "lost" form.
-Do not sign the application until you are at the post office, you must take an oath.
-Bring your driver's license and make sure they are current (addresses).
-Bring name change information if you have changed your name.
-Roughly three weeks after submission, you can check status of your application at the passport website.
Hope this helps!
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