life Around Tour de France – Stage 10
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a professional Quizmaster and a passionate traveler Petanque – a French pastime !! As we made our way from Monaco to Issoudun, we saw what is a familiar sight to us now, a group of people standing around a small patch of hard soil, each of them with […]
Life around Tour de France – Stage 9
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a professional quizmaster and a passionate traveler A route through Lourde !! The 9th Stage in this years Tour de France started off in St.Gaudens & ended in the town of Tarbes. This is a very untypical stage in Pyrenees as with stage the visit to Pyrenees & […]
Life around Tour de France – Stage 8
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a quizmaster by profession and a passionate traveller Andorra – Jewel in Pyrenees!! According to legend, Charlemagne founded Andorra in the year 805, but the first documented proof of its existence is from the Act of consecration of the Cathedral of Santa Maria d’ Urgell in 839. Then […]
Life Around Tour de France – Stage 7
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a quizmaster by profession and a foodie Pyrenees here come the riders!! As we head from Barcelona to Andorra, where the Stage 7 ends, the bus crosses into Andorra almost 2 hours into the journey & the Pyrenees in its glory is there all around for everyone to […]
Life Around Tour de France – Stage 6
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a quizmaster by profession, a passionate traveller and a hardcore Tour de France fan Barcelona – Hola, Hola!! When I wrote my first piece in this tour dairy – I wrote of the book by Alexander Frater “Chasing the Monsoon” and now that is becoming a realty!! We […]
Life Around Tour de France – Stage 5
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a quizmaster by profession, a passionate traveller and hardcore Tour de France fan Perpignan – the centre of the Universe!! Salvadore Dali, the surrealistic painter from Italy whose works are psychedelic to some, once claimed that when he was traveling in the city he suddenly had a vision […]
Life around Tour de France – Stage 4
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a quizmaster by profession, a passionate traveler and a foodie Montpellier – the city which gave us Parachute … The 4th Stage was a team trial from city centre at Montpellier & finishing in the city of Montpellier itself. The start was at Opera Comedie the city centre […]
Life Around Tour de France – Stage 3
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a quizmaster by profession and a passionate traveller Doubting thomases, Lance is rising… The 3rd Stage is set from Marseille to a tourist town of La Grand Motte. Marseille is a very scenic place with lots of history going back to the 11th century. There are many a […]
Life Around Tour de France – Stage 2
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a quizmaster by profession and a foodie! A Nice stage for the tour… This part of South France where the race is now on, is usually known more for the sun & beaches, for the holiday spots & the jetset glitterati who sail around on their yachts – […]
Life Around Tour de France – Stage 1
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a quizmaster by profession and a passionate traveller… Monaco turns yellow!! Since finding a place to stay was being very expensive ( had visions of coming back home after 2 days if we were to stay at a reasonable Hotel in the city!!!), we had found a place […]
Life around Tour de France – Stage 0
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a quizmaster by profession.. All roads lead to Monaco!! A few years back when I read Alexander Frater “Chasing the Monsoon” – a travelogue of an Englishman written in the late 80’s about how he waited for such a long time to follow the Monsoon from the beginning […]