Disneyland!

'Yarrgh!' says Tom. (When asked for a contribution to this blog post)

He's been feeling a little piratey since we went to DISNEYLAND yesterday! They had an 'adventureland' area with a pirate ship and a rope bridge and skull rock and some caves and a pirate ride...

The highlight of my day had to be meeting the world's most famous duck in person. We caught him lurking around a corner peeking out so didn't even have to wait in a queue to see him. A photo of me smiling maniacally with Donald was taken and will be posted ASAP. Tom was more fond of the roller coasters, particularly the Indiana Jones Temple of Peril on which he laughed like an idiot the entire time. My favourite ride was Space Mountain, although the park itself was more entertaining than any ride for me. Of course I was a sucker for the big pink fairytale castle and the Once Upon a Dream Parade (Belle and Ariel and Timon and Pumba were in it!). Tom's favourite were the little green GI Joes from Toy Story. They literally had perfectly green commandos with big plastic feet. The whole park was really well designed and themed and was soo cute. Because we booked our tickets well in advance (the cheap way) we didn't have a choice pick of the weather so it was pretty gray and windy but that meant less queueing and more fun :) There was also a proper hedge maze Alice-in-Wonderland themed that was very confusing and lots of fun.

They even have Ben and Jerry's ice cream...cookie dough...mmm....
They even managed to get Star Wars in there somehow...wasn't a Disney movie last time I checked, but hey, Tom didn't mind. We bought a nice souvenir glass to add to our collection of random odd glasses from all over Europe.

It was a fun (though expensive) day and was a great break from the history of Paris.

My next tour is on Friday and Tom starts on Sunday.

Ciao
Amanda

I am tour guide, hear me roar

Just a quick note cause I am buggered.

Tom and I both passed the test last Friday (with minor comments to work on certain speeches etc.) We both got scheduled for this week.

Gave my first tour today! It was actually a lot of fun though I was pretty nervous at the beginning. It definitely improved as it went along. For those who don't know I work for a free tour company, meaning the tourists pay nothing and I'm not paid by the company. I actually have to pay the company 2.50 per person that comes and then my earnings are tips alone.

I made €147.68 today :)
Not bad for 3.5 hours work! I am pretty pleased. Except for the bitch that tipped me the 68 cents lol.

The tour wasn't perfect, of course I missed a few things but it wasn't bad for my first go. My next tour (and Tom's first) is on Sunday so I have a few recovery days lol. Then off to Disney land tomorrow :D

Love Amanda