European Vacation 2001: The wrap up entry.

broderic on July 27, 2004

I am using this entry to tie all the posts from our European vacation into one easy access point. Until I get Google on this site, this will be the only way to get to read all of my journal entries in one place.

  1. Prologue

  2. August 2, 2001

  3. August 3, 2001

  4. August 3, 2001, part 2

  5. August 4, 2001

  6. August 5, 2001

  7. August 6, 2001

  8. August 7, 2001

  9. August 8, 2001

  10. August 9, 2001

  11. August 10, 2001

  12. August 11, 2001

  13. August 11, 2001, part 2

  14. August 12, 2001

  15. August 13, 2001

  16. August 14, 2001

  17. August 15, 2001

  18. August 16, 2001

So give it a read. If it peeks your interest then drop a comment.

Let the debates begin.

broderic on July 25, 2004

Is Lance Armstrong the greatest cyclist of all time? Being a six time winner of le Tour de France is a great achievement. A difficult task that the greats of the sport, Anquetil, Hinault, Indurain and Merckx never achieved. But is he the best of them all. My take is similar to what Paul Sherwin during today’s telecast said, “He is the greatest Tour rider.” I believe that Eddie Merckx is the greatest. Not only winning the Tour 5 times, but also the Giro d’Italia 5 times. Merckx is the best overall rider winning in different races throughout the season. Lance winning six makes him the greatest American rider.

European Vacation 2001: Good-bye Iceland.

broderic on July 25, 2004

Aug. 16, 2001

07:40 Showered in sulfery water. Geothermal energy.

14:50 Done with Iceland. Blue Lagoon. Perfect end to the vacation. And the lunch wasn’t bad at all. Flight in an hour.

15:50 Sitting on floor. Waiting for the boarding shuffle. I get the seat w/either stinky Europeans or crazy Americans. Can’t wait to board.

21:35 Stuck between a bunch of French students. Pissing me off. When do we get home.

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This is the last entry for our European vacation of 2001. It was a blast. A cruise. Then decompression in Iceland. If you get the chance, I think you should check out the Scandinavian side of Europe. It will delight and entrance you.

European Vacation 2001: Iceland!

broderic on July 25, 2004

Aug 15, 2001

19:15 Back @ Hotel Saga/ Ate Chinese at Aziahusid. First country. Last country. Chinese food. Saw waterfalls Gullfoss and Geysir. Thingvellir, the place of the first parliament in Western. Lots of walking. Pulsyr. Hot dogs. Sunrise @ 4:00 am. Sunset @ 10:00 pm.

The cruise may have been over, but my brother, my mom and I visited another three days in Iceland. Amazing place. The mid-Atlantic ridge peeking out of the North Atlantic. I want to go again at least in mid-summer and mid-winter, the longest and shortest days of the year.

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.