Ladies and Gents, at the 2014 World Cup there were some people I met on this forum in Brazil and we were able to schedule little meetups pre-game or doing the touristy stuff. Unfortunately I was unable to meet up with some (@Stuckin1au you fall in this category but that will change!). If anyone is keen on any meetups pre/post game or on a free day, simply share your itinerary and plans and get something going. There was a whatsapp group that was extremely handy but after the world cup it was hard to keep up with the many off-topic conversations going on - maybe another one specifically for the Euros should be created... My signature outlines the games I'll be attending - is anyone doing both the semi's? I am but under extreme circumstances! Hope someone else is sharing a bit of the pain.
We are going to both semis and the final also. Haven't booked transportation yet. Have you sorted everything already?
yeah im screwed and that was a result of me wanting to stay in Nice for x amount of days. I booked my stay in Nice ages ago from the 28th of June til the 8th of July thinking I would just do a day trip to the Lyon semi and at the time I hadn't got any tickets to the Marseille semi. Long story short - my exact semi finals routes are: ================================ Nice to Lyon - Plane July 6, 1:30PM - 2:25PM {there will be a 7 hour sleep at the airport after the Lyon Semi} Lyon to Nice - Plane July 7, 8:30AM - 9:25AM ================================ Nice to Marseille - Bus July 7, 2:45PM - 6:00PM Marseille to Nice - Train July 8, 1:37AM - 4:30AM ================================ So its screwed but I'm doing Nice to Lyon, Lyon to Nice, Nice to Marseille, Marseille to Nice, then Nice to Paris from the 6th right up til the 8th. Just hoping I don't die from exhaustion or something.
Haha ********. We are not copying your route Probably gonna book trains or buses to the semis and then fly to Paris for the final. Anyone else doing both semis and final?
Yeah the smart thing to do would have been for me to use Lyon or Marseille as a base but I was not holding my breath on getting the Marseille semi-final. Staying on the beaches of Nice killed me but hey, I chose this I guess
I'll be attending both semis as well, and probably will spend the 3-4 days before Lyon semi in Nice to relax a bit. Earlier than that, I'll arrive in Lille/Lens for the first R16 match and work my way down, hopefully following Spain (although that didn't work out too well in 2014) unless they somehow end up in the third position that plays in Lyon...
hi guys it will a pleasure meeting you both. itza catch a ride with us, i have room for 2 paris to lyon july 4, dont know if your schedule fits
I'm pretty sure we met up in Lapa with the big group yeah? We'll be crossing paths in France for the R16 in Lyon and the QF in Marseille, keep in touch. Travelling with a group from Toronto. Hope M40 is France as that will be a lot of fun to attend. The atmosphere in Lyon that Sunday would be electric. My fondest memory from Brazil was attending the BRAvCHI R16 in Belo Horizonte. Arrived at the stadium early and just soaked it in. That Extra Time and Penalties experience was one I'll never forget, esp the party afterwards!
I'll be in Lyon for the game on the 26th (unless Rep of Ireland are in Toulouse that night). I fly to Nice that night though. Happy to meet up before the game. Here is my schedule Fly to Paris night of 10th Saturday 11th day trip to Lens for Switzerland v Albania Sunday 12th Paris Turkey v Croatia Monday 13th Paris Sweden game - fly home that night Friday 17th Fly to Bordeaux Saturday 18th Bordeaux Belgium game Sunday 19th early morning train to Lille Sunday 19th Lille Switzerland v France Monday 20th Fly to Toulouse from Lille Dept 12.40 on Air France Monday 20th Toulouse Russia v Wales Tuesday 21st Fly to Paris 10.15 on easyjet Tuesday 21st Paris Northern Ireland v Germany Either train to Lille after game or Wednesday morning. Wednesday 22nd Lille Italy game If we reach last 16 and go to Lyon (or go out) Saturday 25th St. Etienne RA v RC Sunday 26th Lyon WA v 3C/D/E 8pm flight to Nice that night. Monday 27th Nice RB v RF Tuesday 28th Fly home from Nice – Friday 1st July fly to Paris Train to Lille July 1st quarter final w38 v w42 July 3rd quarter final Paris w40 v w44 July 4th fly home early am only coming back for a Rep of Ireland semi final and/or Final.
I will carry the baton if you want and take the semi and final tickets off your hands. I know it will be tough but I'm willing to put my body through the pain barrier. Thinking of your health. You can thank me later
I am on the 7.28am to Paris then 12.28 to Lille. I didn't realise there was a metro ride needed. I did try and grab z cheap fare last Friday but only saw crazy prices on the direct route.
I'd be down to meet for drinks and do any sightseeing. Going to be in France from July 2nd to the 11th. Have Paris quarter and the Final. I might go to Bordeaux quarter (might have a ticket). Also have Lyon semi ticket, but remains to be seen if I will go. Staying in the 7th in Paris.
Yeah wont be able to travel with you from Paris unfortunately - I'm based in Nice from the 28th of June til the 8th of July - will be making my own way to Lyon. We'll meet before the game and feel free to hang out with me until 6AM the next morning lol. Looking forward to meeting new faces and seeing some old ones - can recognise some of the names from the WC2014 threads already.
Same here. First and lowest price was around 85€. I decided to go for 1st class which was €5 more. Didn't bother the cheaper option of transiting in Paris as I wanted to have a good rest but I guess the metro ride in Paris won't be too bad.
June 10th- Flight Chicago to Berlin June 11th- Flight Berlin to Brussels June 11th- Train to Lille June 12th- Attend Germany vs. Ukraine June 13th- Train to Lyon June 13th- Attend Belgium vs. Italy June 14th- Train to St. Etienne June 14th- Attend Iceland vs. Portugal June 14th- Train to Lyon June 15th- Train to Marseille June 15th- Attend France vs. Albania June 16th- Train to Paris June 16th- Attend Germany vs. Poland June 18th- Attend David Alaba vs. Portugal June 21st- Attend Germany vs. Northern Ireland June 22nd- Attend David Alaba vs. Iceland June 22nd- Train to Lille? June 25th- Train to Lens June 25th- Attend R16 Lens June 25th- Train to Lille June 26th- Attend R16 Lille June 26th- Train to Paris June 27th- Train to Nice/Monaco June 27th- Attend R16 Nice July 2nd- Flight Nice to Bordeaux July 2nd- Attend QF Bordeaux July 3rd- Train to Biarritz July 5th- Flight Biarritz to Lyon July 6th- Attend SF Lyon July 7th- Train to Marseille July 7th- Attend SF Marseille July 8th- Train to Paris July 10th- Final July 11th- Flight Paris to Frankfurt What a time..
June 10 Fly to Paris, attend France - Romania June 11 morning train to Nice June 12 Monaco half day and attend Poland - Northern Ireland June 13 morning train to Lyon, attend Belgium - Italy June 14 one day trip to St Etienne for Portugal - Iceland June 15 morning train to Marseille and attend France - Albania June 16 morning train to Toulouse June 17 visit Airbus factory, attend Italy - Sweden and train to Bordeaux after match June 18 attend Belgium - Italy June 19 morning train to Lille, attend France - Switzerland June 20 day trip to Disneyland and stay at Paris June 21 day trip to Lens for Turkey - Czech Rep June 22-24 3 day trip to Alpes June 25 back to Paris for WB R16 match June 26 leave France
June 7 London, with the Aussie June 9 Paris June 10 France-Romania June 11 Marseille, England-Russia June 13 Paris, Ireland-Sweden June 14 Marseille June 15 France-Albania June 18 Marseille seaside, middle daughter & BF (Stoke) arrive June 20 Lyon, England-Slovakia (Fulham on Tour) June 21 Marseille, birthday, Ukraine-Poland en famille June 23 Saignon (in the Luberon) June 25 middle daughter & BF leave June 30 Marseille QF July 5 Lyon July 6 Lyon SF July 9 Paris July 10 Final July 12 direct flight back to Devon July 13 8.30am Lab Meeting
June 9th arrive in france. Based in Touquin about 30 mile from Paris June 10th St Denis France v Romania June 11th -14th relax June 15th - Lille Russia v Slovakia June 16th - St Denis. Germany v Poland June 17th - drive to hotel in Lyon. Drive to St Etienne CzechRepublic v Croatia. Drive back to Lyon June 18th - Train to Marseille Hungary v Iceland train back to Lyon. June 19th - Lyon -Romania v Albania June 20th - on Ken's fun bus with Fulham on Tour . Hopefully find a ticket to England v Slovakia June 21st - long drive to Lens - Turkey v CzechRepublic June 22nd - St Denis Iceland v Austria 23rd -25th - relax 26th - Lille - last 16 winner group C 1st July - Lille - quarter final 3rd July - St Denis - quarter final 4th - 10th hunt for semi's and final tickets Can't wait.
wow, some of you guys are pretty ambitious with your itinerary. mine as it stands right now, staying the whole time in lille. june 9th arrive at CDG airport paris, train to lille june 11 bicycle to lens, swiss/alb june 12 train to paris, tur/cro, return to lille, ger/ukr june 13 train to st denis, ire/swe june 14 train or plane TBD, to The Hague, attend Bruce Springsteen concert if I can get a ticket june 15 rus/slo june 16 train to st denis, ger/pol, ticket to be confirmed june 18 train to paris, por/aus june 19 fra/swiss june 20 train to lyon, join Ken's Fulham Fun Bus, eng/slo june 21, bicycle to lens, tur/cze june 22 ire/ita june 25 train to paris, gm 38, ticket to be confirmed june 26 gm 41 june 27 train to st denis, gm 43 june 29 train to CDG airport. fly home I am kidding about the bicycle part, will catch a ride or drive to lens. now if I could just get 1 of those mythical eng/wal tickets I would be ecstatic.
I am also doing the Bel-Ita, Ice-Por, Fra-Alb, Ger-Por portion of your tour. Looks like henriology is on a similar route, too.