Toulouse Tour 2024 - Day 1
We assembled at Kerry airport at 9am on Tuesday 26th March - a fine drizzle falling. By hook or by crook we managed to get everyone together for a group photo
The short hop to Stansted was fairly uneventful but arriving around midday - we had to go back through security again in the UK. The new super-duper security scanners at Stansted seemed to take a dislike to our new KRFC holdalls - but luckily we had some help on hand with the bags
Our flight to Toulouse wasn't leaving until 5.30, so as the modern airport is effectively a large shopping centre from which planes takeoff and land, some of the lads did a spot of shopping - it's not clear if there was some sort of "buy one get 2 free" offer....
Arriving at Toulouse - we had decided to take the tram to the hotel. This meant a walk through the airport outskirts and Toulouse suburbs to our stop. From there it was 9 stops to Cartoucherie. Ger Moynihan had discovered we could buy tickets in batches of 12 - rather than 60 individual tickets but it still presented the task of validating each ticket 12 times at the card readers.
Arriving at the hotel, the lads finally discovered who their roommates would be for the next 4 nights. The late arrival meant that those who hadn't eaten at Stansted (almost everyone) went in search for food before settling down for the night.
Final task was to collect the phones - without mixing them all up. Gradually, the excitement and high spirits subsided and everyone disppeared to their rooms. A big day awaited....
Day 2 - https://krfc.clubzap.com/articles/117452
Day 2 - https://krfc.clubzap.com/articles/117452
