Archive for June 18th, 2010

PostHeaderIcon I love this sign!!

In the big shopping centre in Sandton, these signs are all around:

PostHeaderIcon Great video for England – shout, shout, let it ALL out!!!!

Shout! Shout! Let it all out!

PostHeaderIcon Carl captures the disallowed goal in US vs. Slovenia

Among the tons of pictures we have taken and uploaded, Carl also managed to be doing a small video at the exact moment we took the free kick that turned into a goal, then a disallowed goal.  You will see Andy’s hand pointing to the huge sign light up GOAL and me pointing the other way at the referee.  Warning, it is also very loud.

As for the sights along the way?  tons of pictures with more being uploaded to the World Cup 2010 stream as I type this out.  We also have some more YouTube coming along as well that we recorded and have to upload through the evening.

Below, Andy welcomes up to our first match of World Cup 2010. USA vs Slovenia for an awesome way to start our game adventures.

Andy waves US flag outside Ellis Stadium

The shuttle service worked well.  We parked at a local college and they had thousands boarding buses as seen in other pics.  The same for the return service as well.  Luckily, the parking was close to where we are staying and the stadium not far from the parking.  Costs were cheap as they charged per carload.  It was 50 rand per car.  So just under $7 USD for all of us to go roundtrip.  Well worth it to avoid finding parking there.

The game itself was full of horns.  I donned the ear plugs.  Carl and Andy braved it without.  They claim is wasn’t bad but yelled the rest of the night and complained of ringing.  Might be the noise as we watch the England game right now as well.

More coming with a game tomorrow between Ghana and Australia and more uploads.

PostHeaderIcon Chris and Andy make new friends at Checkers

At the Checkers supermarket Chris and Andy make their move on the local fans.

PostHeaderIcon Carl offers up his balls to South Africa

In a movement of pure unselfish thought, Carl has offered his balls and purchased new ones to wear.  Soon after this brave move both Carl and Andy made a new friend.

Carl gets warmed up

Andy and Carl make a friend

PostHeaderIcon Live Band at Sandton City, commentary by Carl

We were lucky to run across some great music, 3D views of a soccer match and excellent food (with oversized portions) while visiting Sandton City.  Sandton City is a major shopping complex, where the FIFA World Cup 2010 offices to pick up tickets happened to be close to.  Once again, everyone has been helpful with any request you make.  Police and security presence is high and you can find the vests anywhere you turn.  They have gone to much effort to make the World Cup 2010 trip for everyone a relaxed time to remember.

Now for music, Carl and horns.