A BLOG ABOUT OUR TRIP TO THE WORLD CUP IN SOUTH AFRICA

This is a blog to share information with our friends and family about our upcoming trip to South Africa to follow Australia in the World Cup, see the other Big Game in the Kruger Park and see the country where Pamela was brought up.

Big Games We Got To...

As well as getting to the 3 Australia games Joe + David took in 4 more.

Joe advises they saw an average of 3.5714286 goals a game - the debate on the best one continues....tough call between the Argentina and Brazil games - meanwhile here's a few photos...
Netherlands 2  Denmark 0 at Soccer City, Johannesburg
Well - what shirt would you wear but your Balmain one?
We saw the potential winners brush Denmark aside in a stadium crammed full of orange wearing fans.
We learned that the next day 200 vans/cars/combis assembled at a restaurant near where we were staying to drive in a convoy to Durban - a 5 hour drive!



Argentina 4 South Korea 1 at Soccer City, Johannesburg
Meeting both sets of fans before the game - and blowing the vuva, of course

Brazil 4  Ivory Coast 1 at Soccer City, Johannesburg

Good to meet a bloke with arms as long as that!
The fabled Brazil fans were all dressed up a bit more than usual due to the evening cold - but the game was pretty fiery and it was just like a visit to N5 with a dodgy burger after the game...

England 1  Germany 4 at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Bloemfontain

A 4 hour drive to Bloem shared with convoys of England fans including the fabled white van man - especially fun at the various toll booths en route.
You all know what happened - but the atmosphere was great - the England fans chose to sing instead of play the vuvas - and Joe was surprised to see them all standing throughout the game.  They were very well behaved- despite the obviously poor refereeing for the 'second goal' - after the game I was amazed to find the England and Germany fans mingling happily and we were able to go out for a pizza amidst them all with no trouble sighted at all - the kids especially liked their new found superhero friend.