Recap of the Last Week

So mostly, this is a blog to catch everyone up on the last week of my life.

1. I've started giving walking tours of Paris. One of the walking tour guides got an amazing job that she couldn't refuse, so my boss asked me to fill in for her for the rest of the summer. Its kinda cool that Mike asked me cuz he said that it was because that clientel for the walking tours is a little more intellectual and I "know my stuff." I'm honored, but at the same time - walking tours are 10 times more tiring than bike tours. We walk from our shop (near the Eiffel Tower) and end in front of Notre Dame - it ends up being about 4 hours and 4 miles. (VC - can you imagine doing that in Texas weather?)


2. Fete de la Musique was last week. Basically its this big music festival for the summer solstice (the longest day of the year). Local bands come out and play on all the street corners. No one had to give tours that night so Fat Tire had a "Moveable Feast" which was basically a progressive dinner through the city - so as we moved from apartment to apartment we got to see all these cool bands. It was pretty out of control... "Tour Guides Gone Wild" if you will. Everything we tell our tours not to do - we did! Cutting off cars, racing through the streets, yelling at taxis... Hilarious! We started with drinks at Julien's, then fruits and veggies at Dana's, bread and cheese at the "Penthouse", main course at the "Tension", and then ended with dessert at Mike's. This may be one of the most fun nights of my life... I love these kids!!! Here's a pick from early on in the night (Team Red at Julien's apartment... check out that view!)
3. I've had some BAD tours lately - some of my favorites:

• the 30 person Israelii segway tour. 8 segs is normal (but still a lot) - 4 groups of 7 segways each that keep meeting up at all the stops plus a camera crew that insists on them zooming around in circles in high traffic areas is anarchy!
• the Australian woman who fell off her bike
• the ass-man who lost his chain, didn't tell me, and got lost in the Champ de Mars during the first 5 minutes of the tour
• being attacked by millions of tiny gnats for 4 hours

4. My farmers tan has reached epic proportions. Its time to take action. Operation Even-Out has commenced. I'm brining my bikini to work everyday this week.

5. I've decided to become a flight attendant... no for real this time. Every night I have flight attendants and pilots on my tours and they are some of the coolest people ever. The other night I had 2 from Delta on my tour, and they basically convinced me that this should be my life path.

So after all that excitement - I need to get out of Paris; so I'm going to Interlaken, Switzerland for a few days. YAY!!!