{"id":2155,"date":"2006-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/2006\/06\/20\/j185-6-20-2006\/"},"modified":"2006-06-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-19T22:00:00","slug":"j185-6-20-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/2006\/06\/20\/j185-6-20-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"J185 – 6\/20\/2006"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Top d\u00e9part. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Dans les rues de XI’AN. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Dans les rues de XI’AN. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Daniel court le dernier kilom\u00e8tre de l’\u00e9tape avec Serge. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Serge retrouve son fils Thomas. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n

Serge sous le regard de Laure, Thomas et Maxime. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

D185 – 76.8Km<\/h4>\n

D185 – 76.8 Km
TUESDAY, JUNE 20
N34 26.092 E108 32.177 (513m – 10km after Liquan) – N34 10.767 E109 10.782 (699m)
76.8 km – 9H42′<\/h5>\n
This urban stage was done in record time.  Serge tends to accelerate the pace when he is in cities, as if he wants to get out as quickly as possible.  At the 20th kilometer, he crossed Xianyang, before entering the immense and very beautiful city of Xian, which he went around to the South.  The Shaanxi television team, which has accompanied him since yesterday, was with him all day and we thank them for guiding us in this immense urban district, 40 km long, with a population of 6 million souls.<\/p>\n

It’s the last day for our 3 boys: Daniel, Thomas and Ludo, who will catch the plane tomorrow to Shanghai and then Paris.  All three leave on the Trans-Eurasia the mark of their kindness, devotion and attention to Serge’s needs.  They watched over him for 51 days.  Changes in the team always have a bittersweet flavor.<\/p>\n

Apart from fleeing cities with their pollution, noise and traffic, Serge knows that tonight at the hotel he will find his son, Thomas, who will be a member of the new team.  His motivation to finish as soon as possible is multiplied tenfold.<\/p>\n

Thomas C and St\u00e9phanie, Thomas G (alias Tom to distinguish him from the other), Maxime and Fran\u00e7ois, arrived in the center of Xian, where we are staying tonight, at 17H30 looking tired but smiling broadly. Serge arrived on their heels, radiant.<\/p>\n

Father and son hadn’t seen each other for six months and fell into each others arms.  A minute of emotion floated over our heads like a whisper.  The whole group, new and old, gathered around the table at 19H30.  The meal was joyous and lively, Serge was in heaven. <\/p>\n

English translation by Lee Hecht<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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Top d\u00e9part. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS Dans les rues de XI’AN. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS Dans les rues de XI’AN. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS Daniel court le dernier kilom\u00e8tre de l’\u00e9tape avec Serge. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS Serge retrouve son fils Thomas. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS Serge sous le regard de Laure, Thomas et Maxime. Photo Thomas BREGARDIS D185 – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}