France Away - 7th September

I'd echo the positive Paris vibes. Great trip, result aside of course. Stayed around the Porte de Versailles - lovely peaceful area, lots of cracking restaurants, and within walking distance of the stadium. Not big into the main thoroughfare side of things but ventured to Corcorans for an hour before the game to see if there was much of a buzz. Was met by a few young fellas getting photos with the French police - bit cringy but all in good spirits and the police seemed to enjoy it. No trouble visible from my time there. Our seats were to the left of the upper tier right next to the big draping net that segregated fans. View was a bit obscured by it so we relocated when it was clear there would be a lot of empty seats. I'll skip over the match bit. Couple of French fans approached us after the game - again all in good spirits, nothing untoward. They did suggest we get behind the rugby team, however.

Peak YBIG

One thing that did annoy me was the metro station on the way back only having one ticket machine in use and a massive crowd trying to use that one machine in a sweltering station. I just don't know why they can't just open the gates and have free travel for a period after the game so people can get back into the city. This is not just a Parisian issue but it should be commonplace with sporting events. 

Think the lads climbing all over moving vans with their tops off need to be fired into the sun.

Enjoyed the psrc des princes for a change.

Weather was criminally warm. 

Didn't stray far from boulevard clichy other than a few beers before the game. Can be pricey at times but no worse than temple bar say.

Terrific sing song in corcorans yesterday afternoon.

How??   You were stone cold sober chatting to you outside the stadium after

Delighted for you

We deserve every bit of misfortune that is bestowed on us