Arriving Friday for the NZ v Romania match on Saturday we spent Friday night at the fan village that was set up on the banks of the Garonne River running through the city where we met up with a few fellow supporters who were staying at the same hotel. A few beers and the evenings mathes on a big screen out under the stars.
Saturday was match day and we had great seats near the 5m line in the allblacks half (in the first half). With Toulouse being the capital of French rugby the stadium was packed with lots of French fans but also with thousands of kiwis, some from London and many all the way from NZ especially for the tournament.
NZ played well despite having rested some of the key players and we celebrated all afternoon back at the fan village. Hanging out again with a few dudes we met along the way the drinking games began and sadly I was caught making an error and no sooner up in front of the big screen shamelessly embarrasing my self. Thank goodness for liquid confidence, phew.
Toulouse is also the home of Airbus but unfortunately timings weren't right to take a tour of the factory.
Monday we flew out to Greece which was a long mission as we connected via Brussels, Belgium. We arrived late into Greece and had no trouble getting into central Athens and to our hotel which is walking distance to pretty much everything we wanted to see, including a really cheap retaurant (read kebab shop) :)
Tuesday morning and up early (well early for us :p ...) and off to see the Acropolis which was beautiful and inspiring. The clear blue backdrop provided by the Greek skies were perfect for photographs and it was great to see the other parts that the English hadn't stolen and taken to the British museum in London. Still it was hard to imagine what it must have once looked like, and what it must have been like undercovering the buildings buried and crumbling.
So in Athens for the next couple of days the plan is to head to Crete to stay with the kid on Thursday, taking an overnight ferry, so that we can be in Crete ready for the next big clash when NZ will face France in Cardiff for the quarter finales, and hopefully progress one step closer to the final! Aussie v England will hopefully be an interesting game with the winner of that match continuing to face NZ, hopefully :)
Will get some photos up at some point in next week or so of Athens, and maybe the dancing shenanigans too. maybe.
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