Sunday being day of rest and also the Six Nations Rugby game between England and France, we had already decided that the day was a write off. We made our way to the French HQ which was showing all the games run by a very nice Parisian called Anthony who could not look more stereotypically French if he tried and who took the invasion of dozens of English rugby fans with great spirit. We were literally 3 minutes late for kick off and amazed to see 7 points on the board to England already, so despite the 11am kick off we decided like everyone else to have a beer to celebrate a good start. It was a fantastic and good spirited atmosphere, predominantly English supporters though with respectful applause for good French play and respect for their supporters cheers which is to be expected with rugby fans. The first half England played better than I have seen them play for years with try after try going into halftime with a score of 29 - 0. All the English fans, I think like ourselves had set themselves up to be disappointed and therefore were in very high spirits, commandeering the bell behind the bar to mark each try and conversion, amusingly returned by Tony when France managed to edge back slightly just after halftime at a rather muted volume contrasting with the louder and longer repetitions which each of England’s points had been greeted by the increasingly enthusiastic fans beside it.
The second half was rather move defensive on England’s side but was nevertheless very good entertainment and everyone was fairly merry, Tony graciously shook Kevin’s hand who was wearing an England shirt. Several people were straight onto their mobile to declare how they had just watched the game in Nelson’s Dockyard built predominantly to protect England’s interest against France and not only that but with the French HQ within it!
We retired to the nice café on the waterfront next and met a few people from other boats before returning back to the boat and not being used to lunchtime drinking I was in bed by 4pm!
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