European Vacation 2001: This is the end of the line

broderic on July 24, 2004

Aug 14, 2001

02:45 Got back from the disco. Got some fun.

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Need to wake up after 3 hours.

06:25 Up. Morning. Not much sleep. Can’t wait to get off this ship. Purple @ 7:00 in the theatre.

08:25 Waiting in line. Dumb European airports.

12:28 Iceland time. It’s kind of cold. Better than the heat wave in the US. Asta is our guide and Bjorn is our bus driver.

Thus ends our Baltic cruise. Visited lots of interesting countries. Those three email addresses are from some of the people we had met on the cruise. Unfortunately, I have never used them. What do you say to people whom you think thought you are strange? Anyway. We still have the disco.

Get Bourne again

broderic on July 24, 2004

Caught an early evening showing of The Bourne Supremecy. I kind of liked it. At the start, it felt like we had walked into the middle of the movie, because it continues from the last Bourne movie, The Bourne Identity. There was a little less action than in the first. The flick was a revenge movie, because once Franka Potente’s character was killed, Jason Bourne had to avenge her death. The plot was methodical. Slow like Europe.

3 of 5 stars.

The Big Man On Wheels

broderic on July 23, 2004

I am going to have to take this back. Lance Armstrong is a monster. That sprint win over Andreas Kloden on the final mountain stage today was just amazing. You never stop pedaling! All seconds count! And Lance takes it on the line! He is just a monster. I think 7 straight is a distinct possibility.

The importance of winning.

broderic on July 22, 2004

After watching hours upon hours of men on bikes, I finally read an article which does true justice for being a fan of le Tour. It is about those hot and amazing podium girls. Where do they come from? What do they do? Why are they so damn hot? Why aren’t there more pictures?

If you know of any site that has podium girl pictures, please tell me. They’re so damn awesome.

I, Robot

broderic on July 22, 2004

This will be a quick review.

I saw I, Robot this past weekend expecting it to be an action flick. Turns out it was equal parts thriller and detective story for three quarters of the film. Then as all summer movies must be, the action kicked in and the story turned for the worse. Not as bad as I thought it would be considering it was a Will Smith movie.

3 of 5 stars.

L’Alpe d’Huez

broderic on July 22, 2004

Today, Lance Armstrong just clinched his record sixth Tour de France. Finishing first in style on the mountain time trial on the infamous l’alpe d’Huez. He put time on all his rivals, Basso, Kloden, Ullrich. Awesome performance. He is still not the greatest cyclist. Eddie Merckx is. But Lance is damn close.

European Vacation 2001: Oslo by the sea

broderic on July 20, 2004

Aug. 13, 2001

07:30 Viking tour. Last day. Early. Last night won some lose some at the craps table. Seasick from the motion. Rough seas. Had to check the horizon. Went to be early 01:00.

07:45 Mantz is our guide and Harris is the driver.

13:25 Leaving Oslo. Short time. Very pretty, clean, and nice wouldn’t mind coming back.

16:40 Packing up. Just jam the clothers in the bag. No worry about wrinkles.

21:50 Packed and ready to go. Few things left. I’m kinda missing this place already.

Oslo. Nice town. Small by the ocean. Saw the Holmenkollen! That would be a nice thing to launch off of! Loved Oslo although it was our shortest stay.