that you're willing to work here for free, we're gonna go ahead and give you that opportunity to. And she started there as an intern and she, you know, she was a tour guide as well. And she gave tours and then later went on to the publicity department, working in publicity on shows like Little House on the Prairieand some cheek on the man and I used to go. So I went out there with her because we could not afford childcare.
So a lot of people were kind of flocking to the castle. And the tour guide kind of just took us around, and he started to talk to us about how the British soldiers, who lived and worked in the castle, used to married the local Ghanaian women, which was something I had never heard before and really fascinated me.
And I wondered about the lives of those women and how they could possibly kind of be walking around free above these captives, because the next thing that the tour guide did was to take us down into the dungeons. And I don't know if they do this in every tour, but they closed the door, so you can see how dark
So we're hoping that, to get us started with this section, you'd read a little bit from the book. And the tour guide wasn't trying to keep it a secret, you know?
We said, let's do nature. This is a tour guide standing in front of the bus saying, on your left is Martha Stewart, or on your right, that's
I don't know who was more excited about being there me, or the tiger. But I got this tour guide , this weird but awesome tour guide , that took me to Si Racha and when I told him I wanted to go to Si Racha, his immediate question was "Why?" And I told him--.
All the Museums." And it's so much fun to be a tour guide . For 25 years I was a tour guide , learning what they need to know and just as important what they don't need to know. If I study my passion for teaching over the last 30 years, it's evolved in an interesting way. Kind of like Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
got all these social/realistic ranting and raving at each other instead of the people. I spent 25 years as a tour guide , I know what's it's like.
got all these social/realistic ranting and raving at each other instead of the people. I know that the average tour guide is concerned not about where is the cute place for a rest stop, but where can I park the big bus?
It's now MOFCOM, effectively. But he was tapped one day to be a tour guide for this guy called Jerry Yang, who was visiting China. This was Jerry's first visit.
But the vodka drinkers needed only 11.5 seconds. And he would exchange his services as a tour guide for free English lessons from the American or Western visitors.
The really cool thing was I actually got to actually--. We--. My tour guide again was awesome. We found this factory and that's what I wanted to do.
It's really, really great. But again, my tour guide was my hero. I wish I remembered his name 'cause I owe him a hug.
map. So those of you who got this I hope that's helpful for you. I also had a great experience of being in Iran as part of my work as a teacher and a tour guide to bring home a better understanding of Iran. And that's a different talk than what today's topic is. But if you are curious about my Iran show -- have any of you seen my Iran show on PBS?
I wrote a book called "Europe 101." And -- which is the story of Europe from the Pyramids to Picasso. And then a book named "Self-Guided Tours to All the Museums." And it's so much fun to be a tour guide . For 25 years I was a tour guide , learning what they need to know and just as important what they don't need to know.
And they're really quite good. But you need to take the initiative before you get there to find out where they are and then plan that into your trip. Like you're your own tour guide . You want to see bones in Rome? Many people want to see bones in Rome, and they go to the catacombs. There's no bones in the catacombs in Rome.
got all these social/realistic ranting and raving at each other instead of the people. their tours without having to wait with 50 other people and have a tour guide with a conflict of interest. I mentioned Europe Through the Back Door is
The women play a very integral role in this. But this chance meeting-- because literally, he was a tour guide to Jerry, because he spoke such good English, going back to meeting David-- chance luck. Fast forward from-- this is '97, I believe, to 2005.
And it was a rich experience. And no tourist in town took advantage of it. I mean, it's a clear example of how if you're a clever tour guide , you can maximize the experience. I love nature. You probably do, too. We got great natural wonders around here in the West Coast. The nice thing about Europe's natural wonders
And again, he'd been an English teacher. Having learned English from the Morleys and others, he squeaked into college, became an English teacher, and ultimately was a tour guide . So after he lost China Pages, he worked for MOFTEC, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, which no longer exists.