June 15, 2002

Le Sport

Le Sport

Motorcycle racing. 15 Juin.
They like a different type of sport here. Goes without saying that baseball and such are not on the menu. Football, a bit of rugby. Pas de cricket (that's the English). Cycling. Also, interesting motorsport: Formula 1, motorcycles, offroad "rally" races.

In Monte Carlo, they still had all the "Monte Carlo Grand Prix" stuff up all around. A huge, prominent Marlboro sign in front of the casino.

Around Paris, though, there is not much sport to be seen (not just lack of runners). Partly, this is because there are no green fields to do it on. A fair number of rollerbladers, some cyclists, and a very very few runners. Didn't see any spontaneous stickball matches in the street.

The car racing on TV is more curvy and challenging generally than the 0-track stuff they do at the Daytona 500 and such. That rally stuff they were showing is rad: wheels flying off cars and stuff.

Posted by amol at June 15, 2002 04:28 PM
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