Tour de France

Yesterday was the final stage of the Tour de France. I am not really that into it but is pretty big deal over here, so I decided to go and watch the finish of the final stage with a group of friends. We decided to get there early, at 9am to get a good spot and we did get a very good spot, right on the corner coming into place de concord. It didn't have a view of the finish line but those spots are VERY hard to get as most of that area is made up of grandstands, but they had big screens around so we could see the finish. It was a long day in the sun, but we brought umbrellas, folding chairs and lots of food and there was about 15 of us so we had a chance to go away and sit in a near by cafe to have a break every now and then while others manned the spot.


The riders make 9 laps before finishing so we got to see them go past each time. We met an Australian girl there who lives in London and comes every year to watch the final and knows everything about it, so she told us all about who had the yellow jersey (the best time so far), the green jersey (the most points) and all the rest of the jersey's and the rules and pointed out the Australians as they went by. The finish was quite exciting with an aussie out in front until the last second. In the end an Australian came second and third for the stage, and an Australian won the green jersey for the whole tour so we did pretty well really.

Now I am tired from my busy weekend, so I am going to bed but I will post the rest of my (not particularly exciting) news tomorrow.