Sans douches, nous etions obliges d'aller a la piscine Olympique d'Auckland pour se doucher!
Now the centre of Auckland was vibrant with thousands of French supporters.....the French had arrived!!
Maintenant le centre d'Auckland etait plein de supporteurs francais - les Francais sont bien arrives!
Again it was a chance to see the Port of Auckland. This was, 15 years ago, merely a fishing port where few visited. As a consequence of hosting the Americas Cup and general development of the Marina, apartments, hotels , restaurants and bars it is now magnificant....all completed in 15 years!
Encore on a visite le port d'Auckland. Il y a 15 ans c'etait qu'un port de peche, mais grace au Coupe America et un developement enorme de la marine, les apartements, les restos, et les bars, c'est magnifique - tous en 15 ans!
Noon here is celebrated, as in Hong Kong, with the Noon Day Gun which caught us by suprise as we calmly walked around
On a entendu a midi le gros canon qui nous a pris par surpris!
Kate and Vaughan joined us and I'm afraid to say we overenjoyed our lunch before returning to Alexandra Park to prepare for the evening match!!
On a retrouve Kate et Vaughan pour dejeuner sur le port ou nous avons trop bu avant de retourner a Alexandra Park pour prendre la navette a Eden Park.
We were not alone in looking foolish with some other neighbours also dressing for the occasion
Tout le monde etait bien deguise en couleurs de la France ou des Blacks!
Eden Park for the match was absolutely full with an ambiance extraordinary:
Pour le match, l'ambiance a Eden Park etait absolument super:
Being enjoyed by one and all....some more than others!!
Tout le monde se regalait..... quelques unes plus que les autres
The Haka of course was well received by all, setting the scene on the match:
Le Haka:
We all know the result with some exceptional tries scored by the All Blacks.........a lesson in Rugby Down Under and a match to remember. After the match the French team were well received by the crowd
Tout le monde connait le resultat - il y avaient des essais exceptionnelles des Blacks - une lecon de rugby et un match a se rappeller. Apres le match l'equipe francaise etait bien accueillie par les supporteurs NZ.
Un autre fete cette soiree, la 100eme selection de Richie McCaw - le premier All Black de l'avoir fait.
And so ended the evening of a very special match
Le fin d'une soiree exceptionnelle.
Back to the Sports Bar and a chance to see the match over again on the television
Retour au Bars des Sports pour revoir le match a la TV
