Time for revenge is over... Yesterday France lost the second test-match in Rugby against the All Blacks, the New Zealand's team. It took place in Paris (where there are better rugby supporters than in Lyon...) and also one week after the first game...and the BIG SLAP! Indeed, France lost 3-47 against a team which didn't put all the regular players on the field... So for the whole nation this second game was an opportunity to take our revenge !!! Unfortunately we lost again, but not on such an amazing difference: 11-23. Although we were playing like warriors, we only were able to face them during 40 minutes (one half time actually) in scoring a try, but after....the All Blacks strongness and its speed of execution...and finally its talent overwhelmed us. What can be said is that the All Blacks are the current best team, they even "slaughtered" the Brits, the current World Champions, 2 weeks ago, and when you talk about All Blacks in Rugby it's the same as if you were talking about Brazil in Football... They are magicians and warriors!

 

Above ths score, there was a special night, it was the celebration of the centenary of the France VS New Zealand's games, and basically everytime New Zealand plays, it's a special game! First because they are amazing on the pitch, the way they play is incredible. For example most of the players weight more than 100 kilos, but can all run a lil bit slower than the 100 meters-runner champions! That's why they're amazing, once they're running with the ball, it's almost impossible to block them (unless you go with 2 or 3 partners, LOOL) ! I mean, you can be quite impressed if when you see an amount of 120kg of muscles running at 30km/hrs in front of you... I would!

 

The other typical stuff of this team is its "Haka". Indeed all the Islands above Australia have quite the same history which comes from the Maori's legends. So before starting all their matches, the players perform a ritual which refers to their own Maori's legend. It's a song they sing and they "act" in order to remember their roots (and also to impress the opponents I guess). Normaly it's a ritual Maori's warriors were performing before going to war, but surprisingly all thoses are NOT war songs (see below the New Zealand's Haka). That's a great moment in the staidum and on TV, and it's definitely part of the All Blacks' folklore!!!!!!

 

So Mister Blacks, you won this time....but watch out next time and see you in 1 year during the World Cup !!!!!!

 

 

 

Last week I went to Marseille to see Camille & Alex, some friends I have since we met in our preparatory classes! They are studying (still) in Marseille and they wanted me to join them there... So I was obliged to go to Marseille, the city I spent all my holidays and my early childhood (yes I was sick all the time when I was a baby, may be the atmosphere of Paris wasn't for me...)! Too bad! LOOL!

So I arrived for the week end, the swedish way, on Thursday! and it started immediately: time for me to meet the third roomate and we drank a bottle of vodka! What a nice way to start!

We had planned so many things during this week end, I wanted to have some rides in the city because I realized that I didn't have pics from Marseille, Iwanted to go to the Stadium to see my team playing and I wanted to go to "Notre Dame de la Garde" as well.... But I'll explain it later...

 

First I'll tell you my "experience" in the stadium: first if you're not French you have to know that we (the Marseillans) are the best supporters in France and we have also the most beautiful Stadium! A urban legend says that the city was built AROUND the Stadium and some humorists  assert that the amount of people living in Marseille is 11 (number of players) and there is 2000000 supporters !!! So right! I went there with Alex, a friend, we took the apreritif before (some Ron & beers), there was a huge atmosphere....and we lost!!! My God we played soooo bad, probably the crappiest game I've ever watched!!!!!! They were unable to make a "playable" pass or control and after the final whistle they got booed so hard by 60 000 people! But they damn deserved it!

So after the game we went to a party (as usual...) in order to forget it!

 

The second "journey" was the "climbing" to Notre Dame de la Garde, the famous cathedral high in the hill! It's a journey because I went there on foot and if you wanna do that you have to "climb" basically from the sea level and withing 200 meters you climb to 200 meters high! If I'm not clear enough, let's draw it: so you're at the level 0, I mean the sea level and in 200 meters -> you gain 200 meters î ! It's not a christian cathedral (yesin fact it is...) but it's more considered as a place protecting all the Marseillans, and the old people say that the more you suffer to go there, the more carefully she listens to you.... And I had 2 or 3 things to tell her.... . There I took also pics because you can see ALL Marseille and it's awesome !!!!

 

There was my week end (long one) with also PES tournaments, some (many actually) burnouts races with Camille, Alex & Marion, the fantastic 3 roomates!!!!!!! So it was really really nice, and I wanna thank all of them for their hospitality!!!

 

PS: First I was supposed to go with Öznur, but finally she couldn't come (because of financial problems), but see Özöz, you missed something huge & fun!!!!! Next time may be!