Thursday, July 9, 2009

Day 6 - Barcelone

09 July 2009

You win, Barcelona, you win.

I’m not even going to discuss what went down last night in this epic city. Just know that it involved wee hours, clubbing, fending off street women, and getting pick pocketed. But all they got out of me was 10 dollars. American dollars. So really, the joke’s on them. I’m not mad at all. I actually find it funny. Had they taken something else however, I’d be royally pissed.

Probably the most fun I’ve had on a non-rest day all-night-out TDF bender. One for the ages.

It’s pouring rain like nobody’s business today. Which is too bad, because from our location on a hill, we can see much of the city. And I wanted to take awesome pictures. But no such luck. I got very drenched today, and kicked off the shoes and socks while working in the truck today (which, by the way, is gross, and I don’t recommend.).

The drive tonight took us into Andorra, the second principality on this Tour’s stop. It’s our first foray into the mountains this year, and I have to say it couldn’t be nicer. The air is so much cooler, and the scenery pretty. One of our runners/assistants, David, brought up an interesting and comical point – with all the tax- and duty-free locations we are going to on this Tour (Monaco, Andorra, Switzerland), the Tour organizers may have money issues in their sights…

This blog is apparently gaining interest. After posting the first round of pictures (here), a coworker in Philly (with whom I’m facebook friends) asked if she could use my pictures on our website. So you may see some of my photography work in a ‘behind the scenes’ section of versus.com soon. Get excited. Get real excited.

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