Tour de France 2015

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoZoxMdpy96I5x0oBKOIC_QhAjE3j8lM1-T12qWdjyR7IetQDibBS8kTks7654tisKtdCqWz5YYewkPCXnKrZ9uw8g2bjFNjUWA8_CuyoxDzAKw2ek935LyjQOGBOcgzxcTQv_YaXSdo/s1600/2012+Oct+3+Wednesday_200DSC_8076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoZoxMdpy96I5x0oBKOIC_QhAjE3j8lM1-T12qWdjyR7IetQDibBS8kTks7654tisKtdCqWz5YYewkPCXnKrZ9uw8g2bjFNjUWA8_CuyoxDzAKw2ek935LyjQOGBOcgzxcTQv_YaXSdo/s640/2012+Oct+3+Wednesday_200DSC_8076.jpg" width="616" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Tour de France</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It all begins today</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and promises many view of the French countryside </div><div style="text-align: center;">along with exciting competition.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Check it out <a href="http://www.letour.com/us/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Have a great July 4th Celebration)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tour de France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grand Start: Utrecht, the Netherlands</span></i></div>

Tour de France 2015

Tour de France It all begins today  and promises many view of the French countryside  along with exciting competition.   Check it out here ....

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Le Tour de France 100

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUpAX_i-tSUXN_80uopQSaZXjkRqbYzM8CST3IlXFD-WqniWSzJzCCBF9qlkRzfDy3KXOsDX5JC5Q0B8br1JQEio3ugGV90a83RulcyC4-wKPRgdIxeY1Vp-LZeBLn1CfRNCGct6fs4k/s1600/2012+Oct+3+Wednesday_200DSC_8076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUpAX_i-tSUXN_80uopQSaZXjkRqbYzM8CST3IlXFD-WqniWSzJzCCBF9qlkRzfDy3KXOsDX5JC5Q0B8br1JQEio3ugGV90a83RulcyC4-wKPRgdIxeY1Vp-LZeBLn1CfRNCGct6fs4k/s640/2012+Oct+3+Wednesday_200DSC_8076.jpg" width="616" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">100 Years</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Tour</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Tour de France begins today and looks back to the first Tour in 1903.  Three grueling weeks of mountains and time trials, 2,000 miles, 23 stages, all culminating with a finish on the Champs-Elysées.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Tour de France has visited every region of Metropolitan France except Corsica, but the opening stages this year begin on Corsica as part of the celebrations for the 100th edition of the race.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you have no interest in the sport, you would surely love the countryside, the little villages, the chateaus, the mountain ridges, the coastlines.  Take a look at the towns and villages of the 2013 Tour.  There is much to be seen... and, it lasts for three weeks! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Tour de France</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">2013, June 29 - July 21</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Corsica and France</span></i></span></div>

Le Tour de France 100

100 Years Le Tour Le Tour de France begins today and looks back to the first Tour in 1903.  Three grueling weeks of mountains and time trial...

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À bientôt, Le Tour!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NZRLFQcrySUtpOAmtiPZMxe0Gps37oNgI8XSgFWGblQBocZQ640_xNJ6Mvd3WRvvKgc_msf5oThwYXFURDPhbugVDcISLsYvKhtnTjlP4heUm78bzkydpE9SZQz7uBf1By7lKpI1qs0/s1600/DSC_0275cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="419" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497987579949544162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NZRLFQcrySUtpOAmtiPZMxe0Gps37oNgI8XSgFWGblQBocZQ640_xNJ6Mvd3WRvvKgc_msf5oThwYXFURDPhbugVDcISLsYvKhtnTjlP4heUm78bzkydpE9SZQz7uBf1By7lKpI1qs0/s640/DSC_0275cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" width="646" /></a><br /><div>To any/all of those reading this who are either French or feel a connection to France, I absolutely love les trois premières semaines du mois de juillet: <span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.letour.fr/">Le Tour de France</a></span>! What a stroke of genius over 100 years ago for a sporting event that captures the heart of the world and displays the amazing cities and countryside of France. How could you not want to visit every ville along the route? I will be a bit sad tomorrow knowing that the broadcasts from France are over until next year. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>All there is left to say is: "Merci, le Tour!" "Merci, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Desgrange"><span style="color:#000000;">Henri Desgrange</span></a>!"</div>

À bientôt, Le Tour!

To any/all of those reading this who are either French or feel a connection to France, I absolutely love les trois premières semaines du moi...

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