Aaaaaand it's back!

Hey everybody.

So, sorry I've been slacking on the blog posts. My last one was in November so you can imagine my month of December was pretty crazy. I learned and started giving tours, finished papers for school, and had Katie visit for 2 weeks, all while dealing with a psychotic, delusional roommate. I was a tid bit busy.

But here's the update:

Things have been going very well. I've started giving walking tours of Paris, of both the center ville and an area known as Montmartre which has the Red Light District and Sacre Coeur. I basically work off of tips, and so far, the tips have been good. People are very generous even when they are traveling, and though I was worried at first it wouldn't be enough to get me through the year, I just might pull it through. Of course, that means I won't be able to indulge in too much of the Affligem anymore, which is a wonderfully flavored Biere de Noel that comes out during the winter time.

However, I am planning on doing a bit of traveling. Next week I will be going to London and visitng a friend there and doing the New Europe tour there. In February, myself and Ryan Godke who is studying in Vienna are doing a EuroTrip, visiting Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Stockholm. I'll be taking lots of pictures for you all to see.

Of course, Katie came and visited me for Christmas. I was fortunate to get to talk to most of you on Christmas Day, but for those of you who haven't heard from me yet, here's the round-up:
Katie arrives in Paris a few days before Christmas. She comes on some tours with me, we go eat at some really good restaurants and some not so good restaurants, she takes advantage of the great shoe shopping in Paris, we spend Christmas Eve on the top of the Eiffel Tower and eat Tiramisu afterwards, we spend New Years Eve under Disney Castle watching brilliant fireworks, she gets more tours of Paris, and eventually (unfortunately) she flies back off to the real world.

I plan on giving you a post about Disneyland soon enough. Should be entertaining.

What has also been entertaining is the roommate situation that has played out in the past month. It's a horribly long story that I will share with you all sometime when I see you, but briefly:
-Roommate throws a fit about having to live with guys
-Decides she's going to keep 2 of the 4 mattresses in the apartment to herself because they "belong to her"
-Has a lock installed on her door and accuses me of picking her lock, breaking and entering, theft, slander, among other things.
-Has excluded me in the process for selecting my next roommate
However, on the bright side, she is leaving us all here in France to go back to the States (where you will unfortunately have to deal with her). Sorry, but good riddance.

Other than that: January should fly by. And soon if will be February, and that will also fly by. March will be long, but come April, I will be visiting for Easter and I'm very much looking forward to that.

Blog posts to come:
Disneyland
Stop by Stop of the Walking Tour of Paris
EuroTrip (in February)

We'll talk soon. ;-)

Justin