Tam & Peg’s Excellent Adventure

Day 7 - Men’s Semi-Finals

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We didn’t post a blog yesterday because the tennis went so late that, by the time we returned to the hotel and then searched out a market to buy some salami and cheese to eat in our room, it was 11PM and we were exhausted. Of course, if we had stayed up to post, our blog would’ve spoiled the suspense
Semi Finals yesterday were beyond exciting! Nadal handily dismissed Djokovic in three sets. Federer defeated the French crowd-favored Monfils in four sets. Both were so fun to watch because the crowds were so thooughly engaged and excited, especially the Federer match. See photos.
Today we have Women’s Finals: Ivanovic vs. Safina. Tam is predicting Safina will win.
The weather is still gray and it is quite cool today. Rain is forecast, but we have the lovely hospitality suite to escape to, if necessary. Lunch is provided there each day. So far, we’ve had 2 lunches, both cold lunch plates, dramatically and beautifully presented. Yesterday we were served cold salmon, crab with glass noodles, cold shrimp served over a fruit and squash salsa (it sounds awful but it was lovely), blanched asparagus, pate, caviar…. Amazing! Desserts are as extravagant; both of us completely devoured yesterday’s Napoleon and neither of us ever eats dessert!
OK. Since we know that some of the folks who may check in on our blog may not be keeping up on the French Open, we are recording some interesting crowd shots. Irreverent? Oui! Great fun for us, though.
We want to point out that tomorrow is the day that our 7-day internet access code expires and we may be unable to post for a few days. Tom made sure, during all of his planning, that all of our hotels would have internet access, but we didn’t realize that it would be a very costly “extra.” Nothing is “free” here, and now we know what to expect in the land where it is common to be charged 10€ ($16+)for cup of coffee! Voila!