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[The InnFORCEr]

Anyone going to be in Marsielle for the quarter finals?

To quote Doc Neeson from the Angles "take me away to Marsielle"

[PerthGirl]

Where abouts are you staying TQO? We're staying at the Kyriad Rabatau, booked in for nights of 5th,6th,7th Oct. maybe 8th as well or we might head back to Nice before continuing our trip. Can't wait!

[Thequeerone]

Campanile Marseille Vitrolles Griffon for the night of the 7th - we are at a wedding on the 6th in England

Will have to suss out a place to meet up in Marsielle.

Montpelier is easier - all the Rugby World Cup action is centered around Place de Comedie - they have organized large screen to televise the matches - this is official base for the Wallabies in France - the tourist office will have details of special events for the Aussies - more info as I get it - can't wait

[The EnForcer]

Good tip: find a square or street with lots of busy restaurants, and then have a nosy down the smaller streets in the area. You'll often find good cheaper places this way. Same thing applies to drinks - smart bar on the corner will charge significantly more for the same beer than the one just down the street.
And in both these cases it may have more character and better service!

Good advice!

[The InnFORCEr]

Good tip: find a square or street with lots of busy restaurants, and then have a nosy down the smaller streets in the area. You'll often find good cheaper places this way. Same thing applies to drinks - smart bar on the corner will charge significantly more for the same beer than the one just down the street.
And in both these cases it may have more character and better service!

Do not do this in Campbelltown though

[fulvio sammut]

Bon soire, mes enfants.

We (four couples from Palmyra) will be ensconced in a petit villa in the picturesque village of Ganges, about 15 kilometres out of Montpellier from the 21st to the 30th September.

From our maison, kindly loaned to us free of charge, fully equipped and with an extensive wine cellar by a generous benefactor, we shall make occasional sorties into Montepellier, into the surrounding country side, and otherwise roam as far as Toulouse, Andorra and Barcelona in our rented minibus.

We shall catch the Australia - Fiji qualifier in Montpellier and that between New Zealand and WGaF in Toulouse.

In the process we shall inevitably get genteely drunk on a regular basis, make sworn enemies out of lifelong friends, disgust and embarrass our spouses, set back International Relations by 30 years (one of us is a Kiwi) and cause grievous bodily harm to our livers and credit cards.

But assuredly we shall enjoy ourselves in La Belle France.

Afterwards we shall drive across Northern Italy,visiting friends made on rugby trips of long ago, thence into Austria and Slovenia, before making our way to Rome and home.

We look forward to meeting any of you who are in Montpellier at the same time as we are, and perhaps we travellers can arrange to meet up at a local game or TWF function or pissup at JBO'rielly's or the Bowling club before we depart.

Ciao Bambini

[Em-Forcer]

Monsieur Fulvio - that sounds like a brilliant trip - enjoy! Sounds like you truly have a kind and generous benefactor!