Bike Tour

I went with some friends last night to take a bike tour of the city. We met under the Eiffel tower and then went to get our neon vests and bikes. It was then that I realized how little thought I had given to this bike tour thing.

First overlooked but painfully obvious detail: The tour would involve bike riding. I haven't ridden a bike in 12 years!! You know the saying 'it's just like riding a bike'?...now forever tainted in my opinion. Throw in about 20 adults who haven't ridden a bike in years and it's just not pretty. At one point I almost fell over after someone almost ran into me because someone had almost run into them and one of the guys made a comment about how we shouldn't mix drinking and biking....I hadn't even been drinking, those were just my natural bike riding skills. Needless to say, it was entertaining.
Second overlooked and yet obvious detail: The tour was from 7-midnight. That's 5 hours on a bike. I am definitely paying for it today!!

Third overlooked obvious detail: It's hard to take pictures at night, especially while you're moving on a bike...especially when you find yourself flying out of control every time you take even one hand off the handlebars to snap a picture.
Fourth (and maybe the most important) overlooked detail: Bike riding involves following some semblance of traffic laws. I'm not so good at that. It's not my fault, I blame it on Sudan. I haven't actively participated in any sort of traffic rules for a really long time due to the, well, the lack of.

Combine all of these things and it can make for a pretty exciting time. But we all survived and we all had fun.