The Build Up.

The Tour rolls into Paris tomorrow and Im super excited, there will be many more pics to come but here is whats been going on so far.

PAris Has.....

Bike Cops, Bike Sharing and DUI Bars.

Paris....1

Went out on the bike for the first time yesterday for a little trip to the Eiffle Tower and Napoleons Tomb, it was a good time. The paris streets are wild though, there are bike lanes but sometimes they just end and you get crammed between buses and mopeds. In all it is good riding, though I do need to get used to their traffic system it will all come together.

(Sorry I couldnt figure out how to flip the pictures)

Rolling in and out of Days.

I am here at last, it was a long trip and a very interesting first day. Right off the plane while waiting in line to get checked for passports a woman began to yell for the police, they arrived and took a man down for reasons I am un sure of. I got in at about 6 in the morning Paris time and waited to move through the lines like cattle, it was ok, I met a man named Pascal who had been teaching in Montreal for nine years and was just coming back home. When I went to get my bags I freaked out when I did not see my big bike box on the luggage belt, with a tear in my eye I said I would have to move on and get my car and call the airport later, well, as I walked to meet my ride there it was waiting with a bunch of other huge boxes at the exit, needless to say I just about yelled aloud with joy. With all of my belongings accounted for I moved out into the soft summer air and made my way to the center of Paris. My driver was a nice man, he drove like mad and I was amazed at how the motorcycles and vespas weave in and out of traffic with out a care in the world. I got to my hotel and was told my room would not be ready until 1. Thats fine, its 9 in the morning I will figure something out. So I left my things and walked about. Notre Dame was just a few streets away so I went there and walked around, its free to get in so I spent some time in there and wrote a bit. Other than that it was just walking around taking it all in and trying to stay wake. Things are off to a good start and tomorrow I will have some pictures up and the bike out. I just hope I can get through these 7 days with the little to no French I know.

Tomorrow..............

I leave for Paris tomorrow and am super excited, got a new camera and some cash in my pocket, this is going to be awesome.