tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post5437421958834633121..comments2024-03-15T09:29:02.240-04:00Comments on Recollections of a Vagabonde: Tour de France in the Alps – Galibier, l’Alpe d’Huez and AnnouncementVagabondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-42813200757205515212011-08-07T16:00:08.286-04:002011-08-07T16:00:08.286-04:00I saw on Shammie's blog that you have another ...I saw on Shammie's blog that you have another new grandbaby, too! So just wanted to pop in here and send my happy congratulations to you and your daughter!madretzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04476635723827784265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-92011605055591864922011-08-03T04:44:06.030-04:002011-08-03T04:44:06.030-04:00Congratulations on your beautiful, healthy grandso...Congratulations on your beautiful, healthy grandson! You will have so much to teach him. <br /><br />Thank you for showing us all about the Tour de France. I didn't know anything about it before.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-30061800854978923902011-07-28T22:42:31.679-04:002011-07-28T22:42:31.679-04:00First of all, congratulations on the birth of your...First of all, congratulations on the birth of your grandson! How very happy you must be!<br /><br />Second, this is such a splendid post on the Tour, I had to share it with Rick. It didn't surprise me that it was informative and well written, but as one who knows the Tour and bicycling inside out, he was most impressed by your writing, your research, your history. I doubt he comments, but he reads!<br /><br />You mentioned Coppi -- for Rick's birthday, I had my friend in Paris scour flea markets for Tour-related items and he found a wonderful old tabloid dedicated to Coppi (along with some other vintage Tour tabloids). I'll take photos one day and post them or share with you -- not the best shape, but still good. I (try to) read most gently! I need to keep the dictionary at hand!<br /><br />Like you, I am suffering from Tour withdrawal, but posts like this help!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-32994996885627918852011-07-28T11:46:38.810-04:002011-07-28T11:46:38.810-04:00Congratulations on your brand-new, strong grandson...Congratulations on your brand-new, strong grandson! The photo of you as a proud grand-mère is precious. You knitted a beautiful blanket for him and I find the French flag blankets très élégants (especially the knitted one)!<br /><br />Your reportage on the Tour de France is a tour de force! We watched it every day out here in California also. We have a Tour de Franc-style race called Tour of California since 2005. It's very exciting to watch also.Dutchbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296297519447526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-50542352838766267832011-07-26T18:33:20.323-04:002011-07-26T18:33:20.323-04:00French Girl in Seattle, Pondside, Fun Food and Lif...French Girl in Seattle, Pondside, Fun Food and Life in the Charente, Ginnie, Friko, DJan, Dedene, Sandy, Sam@My Carolina Kitchen, Astrid, Dianne, Pat, Vicki Lane, Darlene, Mary, Old Lady of Hills, Baino, JoAnn, Marja, Curvy Kitty, Deborah, Olga and Shammickite – Thank you so much for your good wishes for my new grandson. I hope you had a chance to look at the Tour de France, which was spectacular this year. I appreciate your visit.<br /><br />Pierre Boyer, Claude, Merci de votre visite, Je suis toujours en retard pour ma lecture de blogs, mais j’y arrive! Merci de vous être arrêté et d’avoir laissé un commentaire.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-25447229095480454242011-07-26T09:30:48.827-04:002011-07-26T09:30:48.827-04:00Cangratulations on the birth of your new grandson,...Cangratulations on the birth of your new grandson, I am so happy for you and your family! I will be becoming a new Nana soon too.... it's so exciting when new babies come into the world!<br />Thank you for your detailed explanantions and descriptions of the Tour de France. I have never followed it closely, but your post was so interesting! Congratulations to Cadel Evans from australia, the winner for 2011.Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-68984248864458972232011-07-25T13:23:59.950-04:002011-07-25T13:23:59.950-04:00This is a great post. For me, it is especially int...This is a great post. For me, it is especially interesting, because I frankly don't understand this obsession with Tour De France. However, your post gave me a chance to learn new things about it.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652566920769043373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-42590287454041248412011-07-25T11:00:36.798-04:002011-07-25T11:00:36.798-04:00Bonjour Vagabonde!
Ca fait trop longtemps depuis q...Bonjour Vagabonde!<br />Ca fait trop longtemps depuis que je viens ici - non par manque d'interet, mais les raisons habituelles. <br />You are incredibly knowledgeable about the Tour, and it is very obvious that you're a true enthusiast. I found it most interesting. We once saw the start of the Tour in Dublin, and my eldest son, who visited me two weeks ago and wanted to see something of it first-hand, arranged to be in Paris yesterday. I haven't heard yet whether he was able to be on the Champs Elysé but it would have been a dream come true if he was. <br />Congratulations on your new grandson - what a boy at 9lbs 4! How wonderful to have these children to love.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-29385798674211104782011-07-25T02:32:56.137-04:002011-07-25T02:32:56.137-04:00Yay Cadel. What a thrilling finish. Voekler has th...Yay Cadel. What a thrilling finish. Voekler has the heart of a lion!Curvy Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125129722510203873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-30587330951075172282011-07-24T19:37:51.005-04:002011-07-24T19:37:51.005-04:00oh what a cute grandson. Congratulations You must ...oh what a cute grandson. Congratulations You must be so proud. Here in NZ you hardly hear anything from the Tour the France but I remember it well. The Dutch are pretty good cyclist too. I remeber Joop Zoetemelk winning the Tour the France once and we had many other heroes. Thanks for your interesting articleMarjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-262169566071531542011-07-24T12:31:27.629-04:002011-07-24T12:31:27.629-04:00I really enjoyed reading this post and looking at ...I really enjoyed reading this post and looking at all the wonderful pictures. Congratulations on the birth of your new grandson!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-77354513619515039692011-07-24T05:48:09.967-04:002011-07-24T05:48:09.967-04:00Well firstly my friend, congratulations on your lo...Well firstly my friend, congratulations on your lovely little grandson! We're very proud of our Cadel here. All he has to do now is cruise into Paris. Awesome effort from a country boy. It's such a gruelling race. Sadly we don't get a lot of coverage here but I do grab the snippets on the news.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-4929991925109653022011-07-23T21:58:26.690-04:002011-07-23T21:58:26.690-04:00I didn't say how BEAUTIFUL I think your Baby G...I didn't say how BEAUTIFUL I think your Baby Goodies are...And my deepest Congratulations on the birth of your newest Granchild!!!<br /><br />I particulary liked the multo-colored one where you showed the three together....Very Very Beautiful!OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-47190031315965632312011-07-23T21:56:39.382-04:002011-07-23T21:56:39.382-04:00This is such an interesting post! No matter how ma...This is such an interesting post! No matter how many times I have the "Tour" explained to me---I cannot grasp it. It seems so complicated and I don't understand the whole "winning" team, "winning" individual thing....Also....do they all use sleeping bags at night?? Or do they sleep in Motels, or not sleep at all....(lol)..I know these seem like stupid questions--and I apologize for asking them...But, like I said, I just cannot grasp how this whole thing works, and it is frustrating to me....! The use of the word "stage" is confusing and there are some other words descibing certain things---Oh Dear! It makes my head spin...!<br />Forgive me, my dear....please.OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-11084527196838617532011-07-22T18:05:26.908-04:002011-07-22T18:05:26.908-04:00Again dear, congrats. on this gorgeous new little ...Again dear, congrats. on this gorgeous new little boy who's arrived to join your family. Loved seeing a pic of you too - and it's a lovely one.<br /><br />My brother, who lives near Carcassonne, was on a picnic last Sun. at a spot where they could watch the Tour - he said it was great.<br /><br />Very interesting post - thank you for sharing so much about this amazing race.<br /><br />Hugs - MaryMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-59752841669819726272011-07-22T14:49:52.461-04:002011-07-22T14:49:52.461-04:00Congratulations on your very adorable grandson. I ...Congratulations on your very adorable grandson. I know you must be a proud grandmother. <br /><br /><br />I am amazed that the cyclists can breath and not pass out when going over those high altitude roads. It is a very rigorous tour.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-5896420488077127472011-07-22T13:09:27.891-04:002011-07-22T13:09:27.891-04:00Congratulations on the new grandson!Congratulations on the new grandson!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-79780981937484307472011-07-22T12:04:14.176-04:002011-07-22T12:04:14.176-04:00Such an informative post. I shall take more note ...Such an informative post. I shall take more note now of the Tour de France.<br />Congratulation on your beautiful grand-son. Coincidentally I have just had a phone call from our French son who is on holiday with his family in Florida.<br />Love your rainbow blanket.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-34583452133944427362011-07-21T18:09:38.743-04:002011-07-21T18:09:38.743-04:00congratualtions on your grandson!!
a good strong b...congratualtions on your grandson!!<br />a good strong boy :)<br /><br />I love the shot of the riders coming round the curve in the road, it's beautifulDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-25117366217538810142011-07-21T15:49:19.241-04:002011-07-21T15:49:19.241-04:00Glued to the tube!!!
Voekler still in Yellow by 15...Glued to the tube!!!<br />Voekler still in Yellow by 15 seconds.... wow..<br />Impressive post you have with a lot of things I did not know.<br />As you already know we LOVE the Tour de France.<br />Alpe d'Huez is called the Dutch Mountain, there will be a few thousand lunatics cheering the riders.<br />Some did camp there along the road for a week... to make sure they don't miss anything<br />The Tour de France does something strange to people, like the speedskating, it is a fever.<br />Tomorrow I switched shifts to be able to see the Alpe d'Huez.<br />I love the fact that you make those wonderful blankets while watching... my mom could do that too, watch TV and knitting.<br />That is a wonderful picture of you with your grandson, maybe one time we will see him riding up hill in the Tour de France, you never know ;)astridhttp://www.picturit.shutterchance.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-31609033986488575852011-07-21T15:02:35.639-04:002011-07-21T15:02:35.639-04:00Congratulations on your new grandson. That's w...Congratulations on your new grandson. That's wonderful news.<br /><br />I love all things French and this is one more fun event to watch. It must be very exciting to be in Paris at the end as they approach the Champs-Elysees.<br />SamSam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358601435867848753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-380141452170812042011-07-21T11:49:53.934-04:002011-07-21T11:49:53.934-04:00Congrats on your grandson! I saw the Tour de Franc...Congrats on your grandson! I saw the Tour de France once from my grandmother's house in Luchon...I think it was in the late 80's. It was electric but I think I prefer to watch it on TV- better views of France. =) I didn't know about the beginnings of the race. Great post!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851630568558694769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-59633799735422857402011-07-21T11:02:26.045-04:002011-07-21T11:02:26.045-04:00Welcome to your little grandson. Maybe one day, he...Welcome to your little grandson. Maybe one day, he'll be on a bike in France.<br />I enjoyed your post about the history of La Tour. Right now, at Gilabrier Voeckler is behind by about 5 seconds and Andy Schreck is out in front.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-25324731146413420872011-07-21T08:40:34.402-04:002011-07-21T08:40:34.402-04:00Congratulations on the new addition to your family...Congratulations on the new addition to your family, VB! He is definitely a strong one, more than nine pounds. I must admit that I don't follow the Tour, but now I know much more about it than I ever did before. As usual, a wonderfully written post.DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-19753168089695917112011-07-21T05:20:14.171-04:002011-07-21T05:20:14.171-04:00I remember your post in praise of the Tour from la...I remember your post in praise of the Tour from last year. Only Wimbledon can excite the English to the same fever pitch.<br /><br />Congratulations on your new grandson, perhaps he will become a cyclist?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.com