Bike Tours and Bottles of Wine

Well yesterday morning my alarm clock didn’t work, so me and Hannah had five minutes to get ready. We rushed downstairs, and I ate half a crescent, and then we headed to a bike tour of France. The bike tour was a lot of fun…we went everywhere, but I can’t remember half the names of the places unfortunately. After about two hours, we had lunch in the Tuileries Gardens near the Louvre; it was really pretty and quaint. I sat next to our tour guide, and he was so interesting and I want his life. He works 6 months a year in Paris doing bike tours, and then he goes home to Oregon the other six months and lives off his tip money. I’d love to work half a year and live in France! It is definitely an option to consider. We then biked a few more hours, and along the way a car almost hit me. I was lagging behind because I didn’t like being too close to the other bikers. They crossed the street when their light was green, but it was red when I crossed, but I assumed the cars would let me by. That was a bad assumption! The driver who almost hit me just stared at me the whole time and kept going, so I had to slam on my breaks at the last second. I looked like a retarded American, oh well, I learned my lesson!

After the tour, I headed back to the hotel to shower. I hadn’t showered since America, so I was so happy to finally be clean! Hannah and I just hung out in our room relaxing and getting ready for the rest of the afternoon. Later on, we all went to le supermarché to get 2 euro bottles of wine and sandwiches. We took the metro to the Eiffel Tower and ate and drank on the Seine River. It was a good time! We hung out there a few hours until dark, and we saw the Eiffel Tower light up and sometimes it had sparkly lights. It was so pretty! We then headed to the Latin Quarter again to check out the night life, but since it was Sunday, not much was going on. We weren’t allowed into the first place we tried (I think because we were American), but we eventually found some places. One place I had a drink called a Manaco, and it was stella artois, grenadine, and lemonade. It was very tasty! We headed back pretty late, so the metro was closed. We had to take two taxis, and the other taxi was only charged like nine euros, but we were charged 20 for some reason. I just went to bed when we got back, and now I am awake writing this. I have no idea what the plan for today is, but it is a free day for us!