Tour presentation

It didn't rain today! Did some more sight-seeing (Natural History
Museum, Harrod's, Piccadilly Circus), then ended up at Trafalgar
Square for the opening ceremony for the Tour about 1.5 hours early ...
already getting crowded there, but we had a pretty good spot to the
left of the stage in front of one of the big screens. Except that the
MC's kept getting in the way of the riders as they were interviewing
them... and one of the cameras kept getting in the way as well.
Still, I think Ed got some good shots, hopefully we'll get a chance to
put some up soon (as in, when Ed remembers to bring his USB cable to
the internet cafe).

Ed and I always laugh at the Olympics or similar when non-English
speaking athletes are interviewed, usually with the journalist going
on and on with some complicated question only to get the response,
"yes, I did good race today and happy" or similar ... couldn't help
but think of this when the Astana team was presented and both Vino and
Kash answered an English question in French (and Kash said about the
same as the above quote when pressed for something in English).

Went out for something to eat afterwards with a DP Forums member, neat
to meet someone whom you've only ever e-mailed :-) . Now, off to bed,
going to check out the cycling/Tour displays at Hyde Park tomorrow
before watching the Prologue (aka initial stage of the Tour).
M