Beren Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Of joy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Plane was cancelled yesterday. Handled predictably badly by France/easyjet. Now getting a flight to Bristol then onto Edinburgh. Due back about 11pm! Missing a day of work. Pain in the arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Sat in Lyon airport now before connecting (sprinting) through Paris back to town. Had a class trip despite logistical problems, met some cool folk and seen not a jot of bother. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 What an amazing trip that was. We arrived in Marseille last Tuesday when the Albanians were in town. Got friendly with some of them and up getting pretty hammered and singing with them into the early hours. Next day was the France game at the Velodrome which is one of my best football experiences. Amazing stadium and atmosphere, class national anthem and 2 late goals and everyone went mental. Next day we went to the fanzone for the England game. Probably a couple of hundred england fans there and made the atmosphere good. At 1-1 we were singing "If England score, we're in the sea" so everyone obviously went mental when Sturridge scored and ran for the beach at full time and we had a party in the sea (there's a couple videos on YouTube that give you an idea). Obviously the rest of that day was great fun. We woke up at 7 the next morning as we had to drive for a day trip to Toulouse for Italy Sweden. Ended up with a nice BMW. Game was pretty dull but we were right next to the Sweden fans who were class. No time to check the city out though we made our way back east and stopped off for dinner in Sete before heading back to Marseille. Saturday was Hungary Iceland in the evening (Hungary fans were class) followed by a beach day on Sunday, despite the wind. Annoyingly the wind was bad enough for the fanzone to be closed for the France game so just went into town to watch. Gutted it's over, but a group of us going over to Lille for the quarter final on Friday 1st July. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Great two week trip now almost at end as we sit in the DFDS ferry queue after coming straight from EIRE v Italy in Lille. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Sounds like you've had a cracking time lads. Great to hear such positive experiences given some of the (mainly Russia-related) negative press Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Just about to return from Nice. Swedish fans are absolutely mint and it was good to see the city before the English weekend invasion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 That Ireland Italy game must have been class to be at. Where were your seats? Would either be class to be in with the Irish or class to see how mental they looked from a distance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Home time for our group too, 11 nights 9 games. Had an amazing time and wish it was the start of the groups again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Outstanding that was. Had an awful 15hr journey home via Dusseldorf & Edinburgh thanks to the French striking again like. England game was shite but the atmosphere was fantastic (Slovakia). Also good to be at that Portugal match last night. Generally though, just being around the place was great despite the French being unable to organise a piss-up in a brewery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I want to go out on the piss with the Swedes every night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Good read this fellas, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Can I just say a public thank you to one French taxi driver and receptionist in particular. Was going from Nice train station to the Campanile on Boulevard Risso on Tuesday. My phone fell out my pocket and I didn't realise until after we'd checked in - cue utter panic. The receptionist was an absolute darling who made about four calls to a few taxi companies begging them to radio/call their drivers to see where it was. As it was on silent, the driver wasn't picking up. Went on their computer to access iCloud and Find My iPhone as you can make it play a sound. Eventually the driver picked up and said he'd come back after he'd done a drop off at the airport. The receptionist was convinced he'd want paying for the trouble but he wouldn't take anything from me. Both good eggs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 hope you kicked the fuck out of them as thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 hope you kicked the f*** out of them as thanks. Nah. Just pissed another receptionist - who had been ringing round all Thursday morning trying to sort us a taxi - off when we managed to find an Uber instead and asked her to cancel it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 For the people who went to Nice, did you find there was a shocking lack of Taxis for a city? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 For the people who went to Nice, did you find there was a shocking lack of Taxi's for a city? Same with Lyon when we all got back from St Ettienne for the Slovakia game. Fucking nightmare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 For the people who went to Nice, did you find there was a shocking lack of Taxi's for a city? They weren't prepared at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 For the people who went to Nice, did you find there was a shocking lack of Taxi's for a city? They weren't prepared at all. I felt they were permanently on strike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 For the people who went to Nice, did you find there was a shocking lack of Taxis for a city? Yes! Absolute nightmare on Thursday morning. Wanted one at 8.30am and the receptionist couldn't get us one whatsoever. Ubers were also marked up 2.9 times. Luckily we found an Uber black car for €40. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 For the people who went to Nice, did you find there was a shocking lack of Taxi's for a city? Same with Lyon when we all got back from St Ettienne for the Slovakia game. f***ing nightmare. Got the half 11 train back. Had an Uber in minutes when I arrived in Lyon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Just booked a room the night before the euros final and after for 50€ a night in a Hilton ( I work for them ) worth going across just for the atmosphere?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbonegro Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Most people consider that before booking the hotel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abertoon Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Why isn't there any decent beer in France? Anything darker than a lager tasted like dishwater. Otherwise had an amazing 12 day out there - French were largely class, only really experienced the Parisian wrath before this. No trouble - everyone in good spirits. Bordeaux the highlight - amazing place. Watching Super Furry Animals & Dropkick Murphys for 8 euros in a Celtic Festival in Toulouse a non football highlight. Take me back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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