We wore our flashiest outfits for the Tour, in the hopes that we'd make it on-camera! I don't think it worked. we did end up finding a great rooftop vantage point 300 m from the finish line!
Tom scored us some sweet hats to help cheer on the cyclists :) And boy did we look gooood!
About half an hour before the riders were due to arrive, an entire flotilla of cars and trucks went by for a solid 40 minutes, with the intent of getting the crowd pumped up, and to give away millions of useless things! People go NUTS for free stuff, as we witnessed as men battled children for keychains, and mothers with babes-in-arms pushed battled the crowds for frisbees and pens. I particularly liked the float above, as it's a bread basket!
Vittel water was one of the major sponsors, so they had float after float of cars made as water bottles, and many of the floats had people spraying the crowd, which would have been nice if it was +30, but on a cloudy day, it was unnecessary!
One of the first packs of riders (not the winner, Voeckler - we have a video of the sprint finish, and I'm not sure how to upload video yet!)
Up close and personal as they sprinted to the finish line.
Jodi and I in our ladybug hats!
After such an exciting day, we needed refreshments, so Jodi stopped and picked up a hot dog, though in France they don't use our traditional buns - oh no, they use half a baguette! I don't know what tool they use, but they extract the middle of the bun without cutting the bottom, so none of your condiments fall out - genius! |
Whatever do you mean you three were not seen with those colours on?
ReplyDeleteLove love those "ladybug hats"!!
But how big was the hot dog ???