With this in mind I will fast forward todays antics/adventures
to about 7pm when the tour comes to town.
Mike and Oscy, when you see these pic’s you’ll wish you
never left!
I arrived at the Arc de Triomphe with about 20min until the
Boys on Bikes came through on their first lap. With a million people camped out
I muscle in and use my best French ‘pardon moi’ to secure myself a spot (100mts)
on the approach to the arc about 5 people back. Good position I think. With
crazy short fat man yelling behind me (serena you would have been in heaven)
and the drunk Aussies beside me I can just see over the people to see the first
lap. As fast as they came, they were gone. ‘This is no fun’ I think and take
off to find me a better possy. Walking around the Arc de Triomphe was a very
cool experience – normally this roundabout housing the most famous arc is home
to 5 lanes of traffic and I think the rule is give way to anything already on
the roundabout…… Death wish if you ask me. But today it was car/bike/bus/crazy
taxi driver free and home to about 1,000,000 tour spectators. The day had been
about 38 degrees and the tar on the road was melting……CRAZY
Somehow I manage to get up to a barrier about 150mtr around
the arc which was a million dollar view. Oscy, hold onto your
pants……..check these bad boys out!!!!
The day wouldn’t be complete with an update on some cute
boys – this pic is for the ladies….. Seriously the French have it sorted when
it comes to men in uniform.....
Lastly great food day had again today, although still not
feeling 100% but pushing through with as much jambon, fromage and champagne as
one can eat and ordering yet another crème brulee scoring just half a pigs
trotter.
I wanna know:
ReplyDelete1. What happened before 7pm?
2. Did you get the number of the crazy, short, fat guy?
3. Was that plate of charcuterie and fromage as good as it freaking looks???????