…but it was anything but Tranquil. The hotel was over 500 years old, had no shower (just a bathtub), and possibly the most uncomfortable spring mattress bed I’ve ever been on. Getting 4 hours of sleep was not cool. Though we did stay in the coolest location out of the whole crew.
The race was nothing special today, although it was quite cool to see Robbie McEwen kick ass as always. Don’t know how that guy does it (maybe he’s on the juice?), but he’s damn good. I’m pumped because my first feature (of 5) aired today. Big ups to my homeboy Dave Skowronski (aka “D-Ski”) for cuttin’ that shit. Big ups. He gets a free plug: http://www.dski.tv/.
After the race, we had to drive to the port at Dover, England, to take our cars across the channel on massive passenger/freight carriers. This operation is a sight to see. The port had to deal with thousands of Tour vehicles plus vehicles still traveling from the F1 British Grand Prix PLUS normal everyday traffic. We were lucky enough to sneak on one of the first boats out that evening, thinking we would be much later. After landing, we switched driving to the right side of the road, and were one of the first groups to the hotel, despite sitting in a good deal of traffic.Gent is a typical Belgian town, from what I can remember of Belgium from last year. Already an improvement from last night, the hotel is new, it has a shower, and a decent bed. The best part of the Tour de France is the places other than France you get to go. I also just realized we’ll probably be staying in Spain again one night when we’re down in the Pyrenees later this month.
Haha, an interview of Philippe the chef just ran on “Le Journal” news program on RTL, as I’m writing this. It’s interesting to watch other networks’ coverage of the same event you’re working on, to see what they focus on, or ignore for that matter.
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