The sequence of hilarious adventures, cultural clashes and heartfelt whirlwind romances that Laura and Dominique, the two free lance young tour guides, undergo provide readers with a read as exuberant as the heroines themselves while also emphasizing the value of a multilingual, multi-cultural attitude toward life.
The two young stars first meet in Toulouse, France while attending college overseas. Both Americans and both Air Force brats, Laura and Dominique have grown up with appreciation of foreign languages and foreign cultures. After settling in Miami, they take advantage of their outgoing personalities to launch themselves into the dazling world of international tour guides.
Sometimes traveling with Americans in Europe, but mostly handling European tourist groups in America, these cheerful young ladies accumulate one entertaining adventure after another as they strugle to handle the cultural quirks and idiosyncrasies of their charges.
It is not long into their careers that they mutualy discover that Spaniards are hardheaded,the French are smooth talkers and Italians love nothing so much as change. Germans of course, make the perfect sergeants.
For anyone who has traveled and would like to be reminded of their own cultural adventures, or for those who would like to travel in the comfort of their own cozy arm chairs, Confessions of a Tour Guide is and entertaining and educational read.
