The team woke at various intervals on Thursday morning as we were given a free reign to do what we wanted until 11:30 that morning. Jacob Sullivan and I awoke early for breakfast in order to try and get the most out of our first time in Paris. We walked around aimlessly for 3 hours but attempted to see a side of the city that was not all sightseeing by travelling down side streets. This walk concluded in me ordering 2 ‘Chocolat au lait chaud’ which turned out to be the richest hot chocolate we have ever experienced. When we [View Full Entry]

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After a long flight and an early ‘plane’ breakfast, the boys were left slightly worse for wear and with tired and hungry stomachs got onto the bus which was to deliver us to our hotel in Paris. Having arrived at about 6 am local time and it then being about 8 am by the time we got to the bus…. The French rush hour had started and we were stuck in traffic for a bit longer than everyone was hoping for. Once we arrived at the Hotel Campanile we chucked our baggage and got changed out of our plane clothes before [View Full Entry]

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We soon found out we were not the biggest tour group on the plane…certainly the loudest but not the biggest - no surprises there! Being Ben’s 17th birthday a cake was provided and, as you can imagine a rather large chorus of ‘Happy Birthday’ was soon to follow much to the annoyance of the other passengers. Hopefully 17 will not be the only milestone someone from our team makes on tour but this is what captain Cameron Skinner had to say about him. “ Chaps…um…really good to see another one of our chaps turning seventeen - hopefully he get [View Full Entry]

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Today the boys underwent our final training session before the tour. We did 2 hours of fielding drills in an attempt to get us alert and ready for our 8 games overseas. I will endeavour to update this as much as possible, letting everyone know whats going on halfway across the world! The boys would all like to thank their parents for making this trip become a reality and special mention to Debbie Cameron for organising all the chocolate/money/admin stuff and of course our coaches Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Hughes. Josh [View Full Entry]

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