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Great carnival, worst traffic jams ever!

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Yesterday, we were in Flic-en-Flac to enjoy the carnival! I took many pictures and I’ve just uploaded them to Flickr for your enjoyment. The costumes were very interesting (e.g. the African tribe), the Brazilian dancers and musicians were great (and very photographer friendly) and the various Misses all beautiful (with a special mention to the Indian Miss naturally!).

The traffic though was absolutely abysmal.

It took more than one and a half hour to get there as there were simply too many cars converging to Flic-en-Flac. And, at the end of the carnival, the traffic jams were the worst I’ve ever experienced in my life! Whoever decided that the carnival was going to be held in Flic-en-Flac (which has the peculiarity of being served by one road only) and didn’t plan for the traffic did an act of negligence. It was a nightmare!

Once again, planning was lacking.

Euro 2012 starts beautifully

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When I realised that the first two matches of Euro 2012 were going to be Poland vs Greece and Russia vs the Czech Republic, I was not very happy from a football perspective: Germany vs Spain sounds so much better.

I was wrong.

Last night, we had two great matches: Poland vs Greece was nail biting and Robert Lewandowski, the Borussia Dortmund striker, scored  a beautiful header following an exquisite cross from the right. His movement in the box was inch perfect. At only 23, his potential is enormous and I won’t be surprised he moves to a bigger club shortly.

The second match, Russia vs the Czech Republic, was a one way affair with Russia winning 4-1. I slept during large portions of the match (yeah, I am getting old…) but I woke up at the end to witness Roman Pavlyuchenko’s magnificent one-man show. He took the ball, nutmegged a few Czech defenders and stroke a beauty from 15m. Petr Cech, the Czech goalkeeper, couldn’t believe his eyes.

I’m happy.

I only hope Netherlands vs Denmark and Germany vs Portugal are going to be as interesting tonight.

Get the Knowledge Seven Euro 2012 TV Guide Android application from the Google Play Store. It’s free and, hopefully, as useful for you as it is for me.

No HD for Euro 2012 matches on CanalSat

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Euro 2012 is starting in one week. The other day, I called Canal Satellite and talked to a nice lady there:

Me: Hi, I would like to know if I’ll be able to watch all the Euro 2012 matches on Canal Satellite?

Her: Yes. All the matches are going to be  shown on channel 72 except a few which will be shown on channel 77.

Me: Channels 72 and 77 are not HD channels so are you implying that we won’t have any Euro 2012 matches in HD on Canal Satellite?

Her: Yes.

Me: What about matches being shown on TF1 and M6. Surely, those are going to be in HD?

Her: We will blank the screen during matches on TF1 and M6 because, well, they haven’t secured the rights to broadcast in Mauritius.

So no Euro 2012 matches in HD for Mauritians this year. Pity so many of us have invested thousands and thousands of rupees over the years to have a nice HD installation at home to watch football.

Maurice, c’est un plaisir… en SD.

Glossary

  • HD: High definition = great looking pictures on your new LCD TV.
  • SD: Standard definition = you could have used your old TV, you know the one which looked like an aquarium.