TDF 2010

Geography

Watching the tube in our Dijon apartment, Laurel had a wonderful idea. If you watch CNN International, BBC World, Al Jazeera or almost any of the global channels, when they do weather map and summaries, they always include temperatures and condition summaries from continents around the globe. Wouldn’t it provide a big boost to US …

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The Six Rue Rule

Thursday, July 14 Today was one of those top-to-bottom glorious days in France. The day began with omelets and hash browns—OK, the pomme de terre with le petit déjeuner but they looked good at the Carrefour.  It was then time to add a bit of culture to our Dijon stay. A quick walk across the …

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Berlin to Strasbourg

No Internet (it’s a series of tubes) for a few days. Today is 7 hours on the train. Time for some catch-up. Berlin has been great fun. I don’t want to know what my LDL number is.

The three W’s

Wednesday, July 7 Today the focus was on Danish history and her monarchy. After a quick breakfast from a pastry shop (Danish, of course), we walked to Rosenborg Castle. Rosenborg is a beautiful historic building and a fascinating museum of cultural history. It houses some of Denmark’s greatest cultural treasures, including the Crown Jewels and …

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Race day 1

   Sunday, July 4 Happy Independence Day!  Dash, dash, dash…  Breakfast was a bit quieter this morning because our French promotional buddies had all checked out and taken off for an early (10:00) TdF caravan. We didn’t make that event. It was a quick train ride into Rotterdam; stash our bags in a station locker …

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