Yesterday

At midday i left for the Eiffel tower to busk with me pipes on my way there a African man wanted to show me something (a little cautious at this point but to many people to do much harm) he told me to hold my hand out and slipped a piece of string around my index finger and told me to close my hand tight (at this point I thought it was a magic trick) he continued to twist and turn and plat and made quite a cool design out of this piece of string (well 6 strings) and he tied it around my wrist and cut off the loose ends and said "now you pay money for that" *sigh* tourist scam.
Well I did what a sucker would do and pulled out my wallet then he said "you pay ten for this"
10 EUROS thats like $20-$25 NZD for a piece of string, c'mon major tourist scam.
I felt guilty because he obviously needed money more than i did and i was on my way to busk hoping to make more so I gave him 4 euros (stil too much) and went on my way.

OK now a gypsie saw all this (thinking I was easily tricked ) rushed up beside me and bent over to pick up something, I saw nothing there but she managed to find a gold ring (in case you didn't realise it was in her hand) she showed me the ring and showed me two marks inside the ring (like a value stamp) then she showed me it didn't fit and she tried to give it to me *sigh*

WHO DO THESE FRENCH PEOPLE THINK I AM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:O

*sighs again* I said "non merci" insisting it upon her and then I walked off. Ok this never happened but this is what would happen if I accepted the ring she "supposedly" found - she would ask for something in return i.e money, note this ring would be made of copper or iron just colored gold on the outside.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

I also pitied her but hers was more of a trick than the Africans so we parted ways.

Anyway i got to the Eiffel tower tuned my bagpipes played 1 tune when a police officer (carrying a large gun) told me that i can't play here, well a man pitied me (German or Deutsch) and told me "Life is tough, don't give up" and gave me 5 euros (I wasn't asking for money I was there to entertain and practise then a Lady gave me 1 euro as I was packing up my pipes, so i made 6 euros I had 4 "scammed off me" and I spent 2 on a coke so I left with the same amount I came with.

Seeya next time

THE ADVENTURER