Reset Password
If you've forgotten your password, you can enter your email address below. An email will then be sent with a link to set up a new password.
Cancel
Reset Link Sent
If the email is registered with our site, you will receive an email with instructions to reset your password. Password reset link sent to:
Check your email and enter the confirmation code:
Don't see the email?
  • Resend Confirmation Link
  • Start Over
Close
If you have any questions, please contact Customer Service

EL DIABLO'S NAKED GRAND TOUR  

spunkycumfun 63M/69F
29519 posts
7/27/2015 8:56 am
EL DIABLO'S NAKED GRAND TOUR

El Diablo (aka Didi Senft):


an American streaker:


The Grand Tour was a tour of Europe taken by aristocratic and wealthy young men. Popular destinations were Athens, Berlin, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Florence, Geneva, Heidelberg, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Venice and Vienna.

On the Grand Tour, one New York Times journalist wrote: “Three hundred years ago, wealthy young Englishmen began taking a post-Oxbridge trek through France and Italy in search of art, culture and the roots of Western civilization. With nearly unlimited funds, aristocratic connections and months (or years) to roam, they commissioned paintings, perfected their language skills and mingled with the upper crust of the Continent.”

The Grand Tour tradition lasted from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century when rail travel allowed poorer (but not poor) people to travel around Europe. Poor people would have to wait until after the 1970s when cheap package holidays became available. Students now have their gap year!

I quite like doing a grand tour of cities when I go on holiday. One good tour I did was Budapest, Prague and Vienna by train. I’m thinking of planning a grand tour of Spain to take in the cities of Grenada, Seville and Valencia. A grand tour of Brazil, taking in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Manaus in the Amazon, is also appealing.

A sporting grand tour is also tempting. Touring America and Canada to take in lots of NHL ice hockey games would be brilliant. But the best sporting grand tour would be to France when the Tour de France is taking place in July.

After consulting with El Diablo, the Tour’s most eccentric spectator, and an American streaker, the itinerary of my grand tour of France has been planned - see photos below.


If you were to go on a grand tour of three places, where would you go?
Is it just me, or are photos of the Tour de France interesting and even captivating?


This year’s Tour de France has just ended. There’s now a massive void in my life at the moment!

For those interested, Team Sky’s Chris Froome won the Tour. However, he was regularly verbally abused, was spat at twice and had urine thrown in his face, plus he faced constant but baseless allegations of doping throughout the tour by the French media. His teammate Richie Porte was also punched by a spectator. Methinks that a few French fans are bad losers or that they don’t like the English!

For other Tour de France blog posts, see BICYCLE RACE, LE TOUR DE FARCE, THE PELOTON AND A WHEELSUCKER, A DOMESTIC GODDESS AND A DOMESTIQUE, WATCH ME NAKED ON THE TOUR, BACK FROM LYON, LE MAILLOT JAUNE, SOME COLOMBIAN, AN INCIDENT AT THE SWIMMING POOL, MEN CAN MULTITASK, THE CURSE OF YELLOW and A COCK WAS SHOWING AND THE ALPS ARE COMING.

You may be pleased to know that this will be my last post on the Tour de France until next July! Many thanks for reading up to here and allowing me to indulge my passion. Also, I promise to make my posts shorter!


some French countryside:


French Alps:


Mont Saint-Michel:


a French village:



Le Louvre:


Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile:


Eiffel Tower:


Avenue des Champs-Élysées:


pal334 69M  
45821 posts
7/27/2015 9:58 am

I am waiting for next July . It is fun though to hear about things that I would usually not follow. Like my Grand Father once said....."If you are not careful, you may learn something" .

If you were to go on a grand tour of three places, where would you go? I would like to go back to my old haunts in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos of almost 40 years ago.

Is it just me, or are photos of the Tour de France interesting and even captivating? I will agree with interesting


Please cum visit my blog,,,,,,,,,,,,pal334



keithcancook 67M
18358 posts
7/27/2015 10:20 am

The pix are fine, even better is the sense of adventure I get from your post!

I'll be in Key West for a week just after Labor Day, then next year I'm gonna be trekking all over Scotland for two weeks. See you in August 2016! Yippie!

Blog on!


kzoopair 73M/71F
25831 posts
7/27/2015 10:29 am

I did have a "gap" year. I can't remember how many gaps I plunged my wick into, but it was quite a few and I cherished each and every one of them. Still do.

If you were to go on a grand tour of three places, where would you go?
Vancouver, B.C., San Giorgio Canavese in Piemonte, and Cardiff.

Is it just me, or are photos of the Tour de France interesting and even captivating?
It isn't just you, but it isn't me either. I'm not a racing fan, although I do kind of like horse racing. However, you have indulged my infatuation with flarf poetry and been a damn good sport about it. I am not about to gainsay your own fetish with men in tight pants on bicycles in the French countryside. We all have our kinks. I suspect you may have taken that profile pic selfie while watching the Tour.

Become a member now and get a free tote bag.


sexysixties2 106F
39750 posts
7/27/2015 12:02 pm

What I have seen of the Tour de France has been pretty spectacular.

If I were to go on a Grand tour.....Beijing, Naples and Moscow.


"Age does not protect you from love, but love, to some extent, protects you from age."

~~Anais Nin~~


Gntillhom 68M
5906 posts
7/27/2015 2:55 pm

As a libertine I'm widely tolerant so you can show your perversion towards muscled men, I'm not shocked.
About the numerous attacks I plead not guilty. I'm indifferent for le Tour and my outrages on Brits aren't that gross.


sweet_VM 65F
81699 posts
7/28/2015 8:30 am

If you were to go on a grand tour of three places, where would you go? France Italy and UK (to visit you)
Is it just me, or are photos of the Tour de France interesting and even captivating? always very interesting and captivating. I love to watch the Tour de France. hugssssssss V

Become a blog watcher sweet_vm


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:34 am

    Quoting pal334:
    I am waiting for next July . It is fun though to hear about things that I would usually not follow. Like my Grand Father once said....."If you are not careful, you may learn something" .

    If you were to go on a grand tour of three places, where would you go? I would like to go back to my old haunts in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos of almost 40 years ago.

    Is it just me, or are photos of the Tour de France interesting and even captivating? I will agree with interesting
A tour of Thailand, Cambodia and Laos sounds exciting. I've never visited those parts of Asia.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:34 am

    Quoting keithcancook:
    The pix are fine, even better is the sense of adventure I get from your post!

    I'll be in Key West for a week just after Labor Day, then next year I'm gonna be trekking all over Scotland for two weeks. See you in August 2016! Yippie!

    Blog on!
I hope your Scotland visit goes well and the weather holds up!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:36 am

    Quoting kzoopair:
    I did have a "gap" year. I can't remember how many gaps I plunged my wick into, but it was quite a few and I cherished each and every one of them. Still do.

    If you were to go on a grand tour of three places, where would you go?
    Vancouver, B.C., San Giorgio Canavese in Piemonte, and Cardiff.

    Is it just me, or are photos of the Tour de France interesting and even captivating?
    It isn't just you, but it isn't me either. I'm not a racing fan, although I do kind of like horse racing. However, you have indulged my infatuation with flarf poetry and been a damn good sport about it. I am not about to gainsay your own fetish with men in tight pants on bicycles in the French countryside. We all have our kinks. I suspect you may have taken that profile pic selfie while watching the Tour.
That is one true gap year you did!
I spent my gap year working out what was pinched in supermarkets!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:37 am

    Quoting  :

I've visted Geneva and Zurich. Geneva was great but I wouldn't return to Zurich!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:39 am

    Quoting joisygirl:
    Oh thank goodness!

    er, um, I mean thank goodness it's only a little over 11 months until next Tour de France. I can hardly wait for additional posts from you on the Tour de France 2016!

    If you were to go on a grand tour of three places, where would you go? Paris, France; Rome, Italy; Los Angeles/Hollywood, California. I've hardly been anywhere really.

    Is it just me, or are photos of the Tour de France interesting and even captivating? Nah, they're pretty spectacular.
Only 48 weeks to go before the next Tour de France!
There is La Vuelta, a cycling tour in Spain to watch, but it's not as spectacular as the Tour de France.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:40 am

    Quoting sexysixties2:
    What I have seen of the Tour de France has been pretty spectacular.

    If I were to go on a Grand tour.....Beijing, Naples and Moscow.

Beijing, Naples and Moscow would be some grand tour!
I've not visited any of those three cities.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:41 am

    Quoting Gntillhom:
    As a libertine I'm widely tolerant so you can show your perversion towards muscled men, I'm not shocked.
    About the numerous attacks I plead not guilty. I'm indifferent for le Tour and my outrages on Brits aren't that gross.
I thought all French people would be proud of their classic Tour!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:42 am

    Quoting  :

It seems it is just me!
If you add England to your European tour, I could show you the delights of Nottingham.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:43 am

    Quoting grayblue1:
    ...I haven't watched the Tour since the days of Lance.......but the scenery is nice...

    blue
Lance Armstrong still casts a big shadow of the Tour de France!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:44 am

    Quoting sweet_VM:
    If you were to go on a grand tour of three places, where would you go? France Italy and UK (to visit you)
    Is it just me, or are photos of the Tour de France interesting and even captivating? always very interesting and captivating. I love to watch the Tour de France. hugssssssss V
France, Italy and especially the UK would be a magical grand tour!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
8/3/2015 9:45 am

I'm very pleased someone else enjoyed the Tour de France photos.


xxxsasaxxxx 49M
719 posts
11/20/2015 3:04 am

COME ON ISTANBUL >>!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
11/20/2015 1:23 pm

I hope Istanbul cums!
Thanks for stopping by.


Become a member to create a blog