Today was a bit of a relaxed day, we got up and bumbled into Auckland for about 10.30/11 am and just wondered about for a bit, looked in some shops (I got my phone sorted) and we went for a coffee before meeting up with Chris, who stayed behind because he had some stuff to sort out with the camper van. When Chris got there we went to some sports shops to try and get the guys the England Away kit as they all wanted one but no joy as they were sold out everywher...

Well, my first game was rather a tasty one, last night, France v Japan and didnt Japan do well!! The entre stadium was pretty much behind them - even some of the French supporters wanted them to do well (not sure quite that well, but still...) and the atmosphere in the stadium was immense! People were dressed as Geisha's and Ninja's, Japan flags everywhere and generally just lots of fun! I was sat next to a South African guy and his girlfriend who was from Auc...

WAHOOOOOOOOOOO - today we went out Coastguarding (I got to drive the boat - oh yes!) before going home to watch the rugby games - for me it meant getting my stuff ready and getting out to North Harbour to watch the France v Japan match - for the others it meant settling down on the sofas in front of the projector screen in the media room! Coastguarding was amazing, Dale, Michelle, Darren and I got picked up early by Andy one of the coastguarding crew and we al...

Well, today was the day - the Opening Ceremony of the Rugby World Cup 2011 and what an experience it was.... ...we found out today (Saturday) that Auckland had apparently been inundated with double the amount of people they had expected and although it was a brilliant atmosphere and day/night it definitely showed. All the guys had tickets to the actual match and ceremony at Eden Park but because I wanted to go to the NZ v France game (Allez les bleus!) I opte...

OH. EM. GEE. I HAVE MY TICKETS!! WAHOO! It's strange how picking up the tickets to the games actually makes you feel suddenly even more excited than you already were! We decided to take today easy as I think we were all still suffering the effects of the plane journey so decided to lay in in the morning and take a leisurely stroll up to the town for coffee and to pick up some essentials, toiletries etc etc TICKETS! (ARRRHGHGHG!) The coffee was lovely and the ...