So, it's back to Marseille for our last weekend of Rugby. We are staying in an airbnb near the old port in the "Pannier" (basket) district of Marseille. We are here only to watch South Africa play Tonga. So on the Saturday we went on a food tour and also took a tourist train up to the Basilica de Notre-Dame of la Garde.

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So this weekend we are staying in an airbnb in Nice. The train from Fréjus is only an hour to Nice and our airbnb was very central. Got the tram to the Stade about 50 minutes away on the Saturday to watch Wales v. Portugal. The Nice stade is a much better stadium than Marseille and Wales had a comfortable victory although Portugal held off Wales enough to not be thrashed. On the Sunday we went on a walking tour of Nice which was very informative. I had forgotten Nice was part of the Italian state of Savoy for over 500 years and that they have their own dialect. (A bit like basque)

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So, after five days in Fréjus in 30 C heat we caught the train to Marseille and met up with Sophie and Allan. We stayed in their trendy airbnb in what must have been the "hipster" area of Marseille. It was all hot and steamy. We watched the opening match in a bar- France v New Zealand, fortunately France won! Enormous stadium holding 67,000 people. Largest ground in France.

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Another four years another Rugby World Cup. Seems only yesterday we were in Japan. Rhonda and I have tickets for seven games in Nice and Marseille, and so we have decided to base ourselves for a month in Fréjus. This a seaside town between Marseille and Nice. We intend to take the train to the stadiums in these cities.

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