On top of the World - Sunday 23rd October

Today we went to watch the All Blacks final on the big screen at Hotel de Ville (Paris town hall)! We dressed up in all of our black clothes, Sajan wore his All Blacks shirt, and we brought a New Zealand flag from a souvenir shop. Coincedentaly, the shop keeper was originally from Navsari, and he gave us some free key rings.















Sajan and the New Zealand flag...

The Hotel de Ville was literally a sea of French flags. Mostly everyone was dressed up in French colours. We saw an All Blacks flag right in the midlle of the French flags, so we squeezed through the crowd and found a handful of New Zealanders there. Mum, Sajan and I had to stand on our tip toes just so we could see past all the heads.The game was really intense and nail biting!

The french supporters were chanting and waving their flags throughout the game. At the end of the game, we were all cheering and clapping. We were also very relieved that the French didn't get any more points. Some of the French were congratulating us, which was very nice of them.









A sea of blue white and red flags and one NZ flag.....








Alisha packed into the crowd....






Viva La France....










Yeah..... New Zealand winners of the Rugby World Cup....












In the afternoon, we went to the Eiffel Tower. We queued for an hour to go to the top of the tower by elevator. The view was spectacular! You could see all of Paris from there! The people looked like little, tiny little ants.




















































On the way down, we walked from the second level to the ground and there was around 800 steps....


- Posted by Alisha & Sajan