Italy, France and Ecuador all to win.
Places to go:
Italy, the villages of Cinque Terra
France, the aquarium at Last Rochelle
Ecuador, La Villa del Hombre (art museum near Quito)
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So - rules are there are no rules, no insider footballer info needed - it's just who you think will win, lose or draw - like Paul the octopus in the last World Cup - this is using the brilliance of gransnetters (and CariGransnet's goldfish - named Goldie, of course) to predict who will win the World Cup.
Every morning we post the fixtures for that day for you to post your predictions.
You'll get a point for each correct prediction (win, lose or draw) and for those with a competitive streak, there will be a bonus points option suggested for the day, so you 'fancy' up your entry <ooh>
Every morning we will update our leaderboard, however you're more than welcome to join in at whatever stage. Obviously there's less chance of winning if you join in half-way, unless you're a pro and take part in the bonus rounds!
There will be a mystery prize for the gransnetters with the most points at the end of the World Cup (13 July).
Let the games commence! Post below if you'll be taking part from Thursday.
Italy, France and Ecuador to win as well, please.
Two tourist attractions that we loved:
For Italy: The Crypt in the Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini Church in Rome, is decorated with the bones of over 4,000 Capuchin friars, collected between the years of 1528 and 1870. Proper gruesome! 
For Switzerland: The Château de Chillon is on an island on Lake Geneva, near Montreux. Byron’s poem, The Prisoner Of Chillon, is about a monk who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536. You can see Byron’s name carved on a pillar in the dungeons, which are cut into the rock the castle’s built on.
I’ve never been to Honduras or Ecuador, but apparently if you visit the Ahuano community in Napo in Ecuador you can learn how to hunt using blowpipes, and how to summon birds.
After a sad evening... yesterday's scores were as follows:
2 - 1 to Colombia
2 - 1 to Uruguay 
0 - 0 in the Japan v Greece match
Here are the results this morning:
Maggiemaybe 25
Pittcity 24
kittylester 23
Happy2Be23
Tegan 20
rubysong 19
Charleygirl 8
thatbags 3
GrannyCaz1 1
Today's matches will be:
Italy v Costa Rica 5pm BBC1
Switzerland v France 8pm ITV
Honduras v Ecuador 11pm ITV
If you want to go the extra mile to get a few bonus points, today we're asking you to tell us a - not so obvious - tourist attraction for one of the countries per fixture. (no Eiffel Tower's please! 
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Columbia to win
Japan to win
Uruguay to win
Romancing the Stone set in Colombia
House of Bamboo set in Japan
Battle of the River Plate set in Uruguay
England will WIN whatever Goldie says!!
Greece to WIN
Columbia v Ivory Coast DRAW
Mr and Mrs Smith met in Bogota, Columbia
Babel has one string of the story set in Japan
Snatch is set in the London underworld.
All of these films star my "cousin" Brad Pitt!!
I’ll go with:
Columbia v Ivory Coast, a draw
Japan v Greece, a draw
And England to win! 
It took a while to find a film set in (on?) the Ivory Coast, but I found mention of one called Burn It Up Djassa, which actually sounds really interesting.
For Japan, I was just going to post Lost in Translation – ugh, I hated it. I'll go with The Ring original instead.
And for England, on a football theme – Bend it like Beckham. Let’s hope someone on the England team manages that tonight!
Sorry I didn't post my links yesterday - real life got in the way!!
Predictions for today
Colombia to win
England to win (please!!)
Greece to win
Films
Lets get Harry - Colombia
Four Weddings and a Funeral - England
Lost in Translation - Japan
Come on England!!
Wayhay, it worked!
My second is a lovely Spanish tapas restaurant.
And my third is the beautiful Victoria Quarter, where there is an UGG Australia shop.
Definitely time for a or now to steady the nerves!
kittylester
I've done a listing for Spain (a tapas bar) and for Australia (a zoo which has lots of Australian animals - not just kangaroos)
Croatia and Cameroon have me stumped! DH did suggest I tried to find a cake shop that sold cameroons
I could do a link to a travel agent or EM airport but that seems like cheating!
Off for a lie down now - oh, b****r, I've still not done the flipping ironing!
Are you able to post the link on this thread for your listings?
Yes travel agent or airport will do!
I've done a listing for Spain (a tapas bar) and for Australia (a zoo which has lots of Australian animals - not just kangaroos)
Croatia and Cameroon have me stumped! DH did suggest I tried to find a cake shop that sold cameroons
I could do a link to a travel agent or EM airport but that seems like cheating!
Off for a lie down now - oh, b****r, I've still not done the flipping ironing!
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