wow, so fast!

wow, so fast!
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On Tuesday Nick and I went to Compiegne to see the Tour de France. Our day there consisted of several hours of loafing around in cafes drinking and reading, two hours of waiting by the race route and watching various promotional vehicles drive by (bottled water,, Haribo candies, shower gel, and Les Simpsons all favored us with free giveaways), and approximately 90 seconds of bicycle racing. That 90 seconds was cool, but given that it was only 90 seconds, I kind of don't get France's national obsession with bicycle racing. I kept reminding myself that the French probably don't understand the appeal of Nascar or the Kentucky Derby, but then I remembered that I don't like those things, either.

Still, it was cool to have seen it, and I finished my book on D-Day during the aforementioned loafing, so that was nice. I think my attention span has lengthened considerably since I've been deprived of English-language TV. I definitely couldn't sit and read for four hours at a stretch this spring. Very upsetting -- I can't wait to get back to the states and my TV, where I'm sure a few episodes of The Girls Next Door will help me forget all about this disturbing discovery.