Paris and Fat Tire Bike Tours

Okay, by far the coolest thing we had done up to that point on the trip.
We took a bike tour starting at 7 pm through Paris for about five hours.
Biking was the perfect way to see little niches of the city and appreciate some of the more common, but beautiful architecture. And the guides took us to so many cool places.
To start, we saw one of Johnny Depp's residences, the tunnel where Princess Di was killed, where Marie Antoinette was held prisoner during the revolution, and where she was eventually hung in the middle of the city.
We also saw the building where the original crown of thorns was displayed along with a part of the cross that Jesus Christ died on. We saw the bridge from the Sex and the City finale, where people gather with wine and cheese and french bread to just hang out in the evening. So cool, right?
We saw the building where the French National Society works to preserve the French language. They actually create words in French that translate new words invented in English. The computer, for example, is la ordinator in French because they are so intent on preserving their language. It's quite admirable actually. No...Frenglish?
We rode through the Louvre at night - which was beyond comprehension. The guide said if a person looked at each exhibit for one minute 24-7, they still would not be finished in 200 days. Whoa.
We saw the Pont Neuf, the first bridge in Paris and rode to the Notre Dame Cathedral, which was actually cleaned within the past decade. Apparently it used to be black, but was cleaned with special lasers. Everything except for the steeple, which was left black to remind people of what once was.
The tour ended with a boat cruise in the Seine, complimentary wine - as much as you can drink.
So naturally, we took two bottles each and crashed our bikes the whole way home. Ha, just kidding.
But some people did go a little overboard - we just laughed and sipped our little cups.
Starting at 10 pm, the Eiffel Tower glitters for 10 minutes, every hour, on the hour, until 2 am. Neither of us knew that, and was so cool to see.
The tour was a blast, with or without the wine. =)