Archive for the 'Our Trip to the Tour, 2005' Category

Onward to Paris

Friday, August 5th, 2005

We finally arrived in Paris. My family and I took the batobus on the Seine and stopped off at Notre Dame and the Louve, being typical tourists in Paris. It was great fun. I found a very cool TdF flag that I bought as my favorite souvenir (besides the “real” TdF signs we stole from […]

Our Trip to the Tour

Monday, August 1st, 2005

Here are some of our first photos from the Tour trip. All of these are from husband Rob’s camera, because at this point my luggage was still lost!

The first photo is of Dane and me (in BGC shirt!) waiting around on Ax-3 Domaines, and the second is of the yellow jersey group (I think) coming […]

Tour “Day” France

Monday, July 18th, 2005

Hi Everyone! It isnt easy to find internet connection around this place, but I am able to do this tonight–don’t expect much, especially from this french keyboard! We made it about 2 K up Ax-3 and spent hours and hours waiting for the tour, so when it came, we were ready! It was boiling hot […]

Time for the Tour

Monday, July 4th, 2005

It’s our nation’s BD today, and all I can think about is going to the Tour. It was way cool to see Zabriskie take the prologue and the yellow jersey. He seems so shy, having a hard time talking to the press. But he did better in the interviews today. I […]

We’re Going to Le Tour!!

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Is it July yet? A few weeks ago my family and I decided we’re not going to watch the TdF from our living room this July: we are going to go there and scream at the riders in person! This was a huge decision for us, as the expense is grand alright, but […]