After the England v Wales match we headed back to our accommodation from the first night. For all the apparently brilliant French cuisine we ended up eating at McDonald’s, again. Nothing out here seems to be open after 7pm! We got back to the house and managed to watch a rare bit of the tournament as Poland and Germany drew 0-0. The next day we had a day off so we headed into Dieppe on the northern coast to get a decent meal and find a French data sim card.

I’d been hoping to blog every day before coming out to the Euros but we haven’t stopped since we’ve arrived so here’s the first part of the group stages. I’m out here shooting for my agency, phcimages.com, but sharing the travelling with my Dad who is shooting for Focus Images. France v Romania Our first game was the opener between France and Romania at the Stade de France. We headed out on a ferry the night before the match and then went to Paris early to pick up our accreditation.