{"id":1479,"date":"2009-06-23T23:50:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T13:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2009-06-23T23:50:56","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T13:50:56","slug":"wimbledon-and-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/europe-travel\/wimbledon-and-tour-de-france","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon and Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wow, what a weekend June 21st was &#8211; the <strong>Summer Solstice<\/strong>, <strong>Father&#8217;s day<\/strong>, the <strong>British F1<\/strong> races and lots of summer festivals all over Europe. Thank goodness that weekend is over.<\/p>\n<p>And now to get ready for the next big weekend on <strong>July 4th<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Independence Day<\/strong> for our American friends, the <strong>Tour de France<\/strong> starts off from Monaco and grand finals at <strong>Wimbledon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wimbledon<\/strong> is currently on in London and summertime is always a nice time for that holiday in England.\u00a0 So anyone from the Continent wishing to watch the grand final of <em>Le Tenis <\/em>on July 5, you&#8217;re lucky to be able to hop on the <a href=\"http:\/\/track.omguk.com\/?PID=5223&amp;AID=13957&amp;CID=420495&amp;MID=4883&amp;WID=14600&amp;UID=ESTAR&amp;Redirect=http%3A\/\/www.eurostar.com\/dynamic\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Eurostar<\/strong> <\/a>to get into London in no time.<\/p>\n<p>For me, the next most exciting sporting event coming up is <strong>Le Tour de France<\/strong>.\u00a0 Less than two weeks to go before these amazing champion cyclists punish their bodies on this most gruelling of cycling races.\u00a0 For us couch-potatoes, watching the mountain climb on television is painful enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Tour de France has captured the imagination of many non-cyclists like myself and I&#8217;m sure lots of people are eagerly awaiting the start of the race.\u00a0 Londoners wanting to watch the winners ride up the <strong>Champs-Elysee<\/strong>, I hope you&#8217;ve already got your <a href=\"http:\/\/track.omguk.com\/?PID=5223&amp;AID=13957&amp;CID=420495&amp;MID=4883&amp;WID=14600&amp;UID=ESTAR&amp;Redirect=http%3A\/\/www.eurostar.com\/dynamic\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Eurostar<\/strong> <\/a>\u00a0tickets and <strong>Paris hotel<\/strong> booked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Tour de France goes through some amazingly beautiful areas of France and to set you in the mood for the Tour, see what places are really like from Travel Signposts photos of France and some of our France country blogs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/France\/\" target=\"_blank\">Travel Signposts France Photo Albums<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/France\/\" target=\"_blank\">Travel Signposts France country blogs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, what a weekend June 21st was &#8211; the Summer Solstice, Father&#8217;s day, the British F1 races and lots of summer festivals all over Europe. 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