Wednesday 06/07/2016 – Danny and his many friends

It was never going to be an early start with the threat of a very late finish and the more likely threat of trams, buses or Metro going on strke!!!  Danny had a croissant and orange juice.  He ate the croissant so quickly that I only managed to get a photograph of his empty glass of orange juice. 

The café was on the route to the ticket collection centre so we had various Cymru fans sitting down with us for a chat whilst they re-hydrated for the walk to the Collection Point. We decided to stay in the café and Danny met lots of new friends.

The proprietor of a Lyon taxi firm had his lunch with us.  His wife was from Didsbury and they had a renovated farm house outside Stratford upon Avon. They hope to open a deli there in the future but Brexit may ruin those plans for them.  He was a true Anglophile and waxed lyrical about the benefits of the UK over France, although the implications of Brexit worried him as his wife had not had a vote.  He had a love a rugby and this was an indicator of his wish that Cymru should emrge victorious from the game.

After he left us we were joined by a group of five fans from Guernsey,  They had won four tickets for each of the semi-finals and had drawn lots to see who missed out on each of the semi’s. 

Time flew by and it was time for our pre-match meal.  Danny thought we had made a wise choice with a jambon pizza.  It looked delicious when we chose it.  After it had been baked the base turned out to be puff pastry – it tasted great but was very, very heavy.  Danny will be flying low tonight. A short rest and we were ready for the very hot and sunny journey to the Stade.

As usual the journey was again by tram and as efficient as we had come to expect. Danny gave a gasp when he first saw the impressive stade in the distance.