Some of you did not expect this from me, but every Summer I’m under
\nthe spell of the ‘Tour de France’.
\nFor you who don’t know what this is: The Tour de France is a bicycle race
\nthat is made up of 21 stages and covers a total distance of 3,430.5 kilometres.
\nFor three long weeks, I spend half of the the afternoon in front of the TV.
\nThe first days the route leads over flat terrain which isn’t very spectacular
\nto watch… normally.<\/p>\n
However, this years’ tour is thrilling and spectacular right from the beginning!
\nThe riders seem to be nervous, and there were a lot of accidents and battles
\ngoing on in the riders platoon…<\/p>\n
[Are you getting tired of me talking about bicycles yet? ..<\/p>\n ‘The tour’ get’s really interesting (and scary!) though when the tour caravan Heck, it even takes courage to sit on the couch in front of the TV screen… I found inspiration in the race and wrote a haiku for today’s Haiku my Heart<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In my last post, I promised to spoil you today with a video that shows you
\nHang in there crafters… there’s something creative in this post too!
\nIt’s even a video, to make up for my ‘sports-talk’]<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nreaches the high mountains! It takes a lot of courage and sweat to climb the
\n‘Col du Tourmalet’ (2115 m) in the Pyrenees and the ‘Col du Galibier (2645 m)
\na mountain in the French Alpes.<\/p>\n
\n(picture men throwing themselves from a mountain with 50 miles an hour!)<\/p>\n\n\n
\n Tour de France
\n<\/strong>Een man op een fiets
\nkans op ritzege eindigt
\nin het prikkeldraad<\/td>\n<\/td>\n Tour de France
\n<\/strong>A man on a bike
\nthe chance to win this stage ends
\nabrupt in barbed wire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nthe awesome ‘thing’ I made! I keep my promises, so here it is!<\/p>\n