France v Scotland (Part 3)
15 October 2007Continued from France v Scotland (Part 2)
So, the day of the game had arrived.
Myself and THYB woke early, around 7.30 am and decided to get up, get ourselves sorted and out for a McDonald’s breakfast. A gentle kick and the King Of Bebo awoke from his royal slumbers. Bovril however was curled in the foetal position and not for moving, so we left him to his drunken dreams. What his dreams were at this point I can’t say for sure, although I did hear him mumbling something about Darren Fletcher, Minnie Mouse and a goat - make of that what you will.
We were just about to head out to find a Mickey D’s, when the helpful Frenchman at the reception asked us if we were having breakfast. We decided to take him up on his offer and indulged in a hearty continental breakfast, with Croissants, Cereal and several strong coffees to clear the head. Très bon.
After breakfasting, with the clock creaking round to 9am we decided it was high time for our first pint of the day. We walked round to Place De Clichy and spotted a bar, which seemed reasonable at only £7 + 3 years of hard labour a pint.
I decided to test my French again and bought a copy of L’Equipe from a newspaper stand to read while I enjoyed my beer, hoping it may take my mind off the cost. Sadly it only compounded my misery as I realised that, not only was I skint, but my French was at best useless. On a more positive note I had some excellent banter with the French guy at the stall, about the impending game. When I say excellent banter, he spoke a load of French, I nodded and said “Oui” a lot. It seemed to do the trick though as he promised to buy me a beer if we won (this bit I understood).
We drained our beer and headed back to the hotel to see if Bovril had entered the land of the living. Fortunately he had started to make some sense and at least one eye was open, so with a combined effort we managed to get him up and out the door. Next stop, The Eiffel Tower, La Tour Eiffel, The Big Pylon to meet up with the rest of the Scottish invasion.
on October 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
I’m getting a shocking write up here.
Next part?
on October 25th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
I only speak the truth :-p