I’m learning all about sports this month. It’s all about the Tour de France now. It is insane what these guys do day after day! The tour was one of the main reasons for Lori and John’s visit to Europe. We spent Saturday watching it (well, actually, waiting for it) near a small town called Lamoura, France, which was about a 1 ½ hour drive from Morges.
It was a hot day and we waited in the sun for several hours but it was well worth it. John was pretty pumped to be seeing the tour in person. Highlights for me (I’m sure John’s highlights were different!) included the spectators – some a little more tipsy than others and some who were getting way too much sun exposure in their speedos – and the caravan, which came through an hour before the race. It was a big parade that came out of nowhere with lots of free stuff thrown at us. Then the racers came. If John hadn’t been there to tell us who we were seeing, we wouldn’t have had a clue. He pointed out Lance Armstrong as well as some other well known bikers (all new names to me as I only knew Lance).
It was a really fun day in all. Lori and John’s next stop after Morges was to a small town in France to bike up one of the mountains that has been on the tour in previous years. That’s some serious bike riding. Glad they didn’t ask me to join them for that part of their trip.
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