You may ask yourself, what does this passport have anything to do with bicycling (remember all our photos this week are themed bicycling for bike to work week!)? This is actually a photo from the 2010 Tour de France.
We caught the first days of the Tour near Brussels. Admittedly we were star struck hanging out by the team buses. If I can use the term cycling groupies, that’s what it felt like. A small crushing crowd surged towards the barriers as the cyclists emerged from their team bus to check their bikes and prepare for their race. A few of the cyclists came over to great the crowd and the guy next to me shoved out his passport for an autograph. We all laughed as the cyclist (I can’t remember who it was anymore) asked if it was even legal to sign a passport. Who knows, but hopefully the fan got back into the US without a problem.
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We traveled Europe quickly, covering a lot of ground in just a few weeks. Our main objectives were the Tour de France and the running of the bulls (San Fermin) in Pamplona, otherwise we traveled without a set schedule, stopping into see couchsurfing friends along the way. We had a blast despite the fact that our timing as all last minute. What have been your favorite last minute holidays?
Haha! I’ve never had my passport signed. There should be a contest for the prettiest stamp though.
I am not sure I would get mine autographed! Surely I could find something else if I wanted an autograph that badly! I need the passport for my stamps!
That is too funny. I never thought of having somebody sign a passport.
@Christina, Jeremy & Christy- I never would have gotten mine autographed for fear of invalidating it or something like that. The whole crowd was sort of in shock that the fan had it autographed. As I said, I wonder if he had any problems getting back in…