Le Tour De France

So, the real reason why I took 3 months off work finally came around today. And what a day filled with dramas it was. After starting off the day attending mass at Notre Dame Cathedral at 11.30 and then lighting a candle (as has become the traditional on this trip). We made our way over to the route that would be taken by the cyclists.

We were able to ask a somewhat unhelpful Policeman if he knew what time the riders would be there and got three different answers from him ranging from 1400 (that would be 2 pm) through to 1700 (that would be 5pm). This was ultimately the correct time but in his defence, he was French. I'm not fully sure he understood our hand signals.

So I took up a position right on the safety barrier with easy access to the track. (I had promised friends and family back home that I would do this so that they could see me on TV). And there I waited and waited....... The occasional greeting from a fellow Australian in a similar t-shirt to myself and a pin from someone from SBS wandering though the crowd helped pass the day.

When the time finally came, I was in no position to jump the barrier (it was a very warm day and unhelpful Policeman was 3 people away), so had to settle for cheering on the Aussies and taking lots of photos.

A fun day and another of the things I must do before I die ticked off the list.