Okay, I know it isn’t Friday, which is the day to celebrate France on my blog but I have a few France-related matters I want to share.
First, in case you didn’t know … but really, how could you not … you DO follow le tour don’t you? Even without Lance … and we won’t go there right now …
The 100th Tour de France began last Saturday and currently
the riders are passing through my favourite part of France. They were in Nice today and will be heading along the coast, past Antibes and up into the hills near Grasse, heading for Marseilles in this next stage.
FRIDAY UPDATE- My friend, Claire McAlpine, told me about the day the Tour passed through Aix. All the children had the day off school so they would not miss the excitement. I like that!
Today, the ride is from Montpelier to Albi.
Click here to go to the official site for videos and all the information you could possible want on this extraordinary sport. (I’m not mentioning the skin tight cycling outfits … but … if for no other reason …)
And now I want to mention MY tour de France. The fabulous Emma at Words And Peace now organizes excellent FRANCE BOOK TOURS that allow authors to share their work through the fine bloggers she contacts, according to the genre.
If you have time, please go to her site or any of the sites below to join in the tour, try for a giveaway, or just say hello to me. The main purpose of these tours is to allow author’s to reach new readership by being featured on different blogs. It’s a wonderful way to get in touch with readers and I want every blogger involved to know how much their involvement and support is appreciated. Book bloggers rock! Merci!
VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE
Monday, July 1
Giveaway at Vvb32 Reads
Tuesday, July 2
Review + Giveaway at Chocolate & Croissants
Wednesday, July 3
Review + Giveaway at The French Village Diaries
Interview + Giveaway at An Accidental Blog
Thursday, July 4
Review at The Most Happy Reader
Friday, July 5
Interview at The French Village Diaries
Saturday, July 6
Excerpt posted by Helena Fairfax
Sunday, July 7
Review at Walkie Talkie Book Club
Monday, July 8
Review at Vvb32 Reads
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace
Tuesday, July 9
Review at Faith Hope & Cherrytea
Giveaway at Walkie Talkie Book Club
Wednesday, July 10
Review at Impressions In Ink
Review + Giveaway at Queen Of All She Reads
Review + Giveaway at The Redlady’s Reading Room
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Patricia will be co-leading an 11-day tour of 14 women
to Nice and the countryside of Provence in June 2014.
Come join in the magic!
http://womenstravelnetwork.ca/promenade-en-provence/
I’m dashing out now to go watch our 5-year-old grandson’s (The Adorable Jack) soccer game! If any of these links aren’t live right now, I will fix them later tonight. First things first, right?
What are your priorities these days? Is your plate overflowing or do you have everything under control? How do you find the balance?
What a coincidence that you’re blogging about the Tour de France, and I’ve just discovered that Stage 11 of the race ends in Mont Saint-Michel which is the focus of my current blog post on wordsfromanneli.
I love stopping by – there is always something exciting happening!
I’m always delighted to see you have popped in! Thank you for taking the time. Are you traveling these days?
Heading over to Europe in a couple of months. In the meantime, I head over to your blog where there is always something happening…
What fun! Of course, you know I’m watching le Tour. I was totally thinking of you all morning each time they mentioned Nice. Some day, I’m going on a bike tour of Provence. It’s far too beautiful!
I always think of you when I watch it now! I hope I am on that same bike tour with you! Countdown to Atlanta, my friend, 14 days to go …
Gee…You sure are busy. On a tour, going to France, off to soccer games and before you did all that, you had to write a book. I can feature your book on my blog if you want.
Totsy, I would be honoured! I’ll email you!
Balance? What’s that?
I can see from your schedule that we will not be getting together until you come back from France. Thank goodness for Skype!
Tu as fait une petite blague, ma chère! I’ll see you after Atlanta! But you are right … thank goodness for Skype! I just ate a giant piece of lemon meringue pie. Why???
Because it’s delicious and refreshing! Do not question what the palate wants.
Well, I wasn’t really watching the Tour, but now that you mention the skin tight cycling outfits….excuse me while I retire to the TV room.
LOL! Thanks for the laugh-out-loud moment!
I am reading The Promise of Provence right now and will be part of the blog tour for your book next week!! I am loving the book….dreaming of fields of lavender, crème, and France!! I have been to France once, many years ago and I dream about going back!
And just to keep you in the picture, tomorrow the Tour de France will be here in Aix en Provence, kicking off at 12h50 making a circuit of the ville before heading out to Eguilles and passing conveniently by in front of our apartment (or you could say inconveniently as the road is closed all day!). So all very exciting, the children have the day off school due to the road closures but it means they can participate in all the festivities.
Oh, lucky you! It’s so exciting to watch it on tv, I can’t imagine the rush of seeing it in person! What fun! I’ll be waiting for a full report, Claire!
Always fun the follow the Tour de France. I remember a couple of years ago they were riding through my town – unfortunately I was not around and missed something so wonderful to see in person. I will wait for the next time they ride by!
Oh darn! Hopefully it won’t be too long a wait!
I just like reading what you have to say about France!
Thanks, Meg! You know I enjoy reading all about your travels too and seeing your fab photos!
Love le Tour! And I will mention the skin tight biking shorts! That’s almost the best part of the race! Wishing you many new readers after this blog tour, Patricia. I’ll try to catch a couple of the blogs. Have fun with the Adorable Jack and when you all go to RWA. I so wish I could be there with you all!
The Tour is such a grueling athletic competition. I appreciate the athletes that participate in it.