Portugal North vs North Korea and Holland vs Cameroon

Portugal against North Korea in a 7 - 0 thriller :) Amazing to be at the stadium when there are 7 goals, and in such a win. My seat was faaaaaaaaaaar up, it felt like I was a bird with this seat. It gave a great overview of the game and the small dots that where players. The stadium is just huge. 
  A great poster :) 
Watching Italy - Slovakia at the Fan Fest in Cape Town before the Holland - Cameroon game. It is room for around 25 000 people, has several big screens and the Table Mountain in the background. I was wearing my Norway jersey, a danish scarf, a Bolivia jersey and a cameroonian scarf and hat + a South African vuvuzela :) 
Meeting Cameroonians on the way to Green Point
So many dutch people 

Paraguay vs Italia

On Monday I watched my first World Cup game live at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town  :) A childhood dream became reality! 

The game was between my archenemy Italy and my South American brothers from Paraguay so it was not hard to know whom I was to cheer for. 

This is me and Doron when we are going to the stadium 

A random Italian who also had painted his face :) Even if the weather was really bad, rain, wind and cold, people were having a great time. Even if we talked to Italians, South Africans or Paraguayens. Everyone was just enjoying the atmosphere and the football.
The group with the stadium in the background
It is a reality
After the game I begged a guard to give me some grass from the pitch :) Which be great to put in a World Cup diary later
An amazing experience :D

World Cup, Cape Town and Rugby

I finished my last exam on Thursday and the World Cup started on Friday so it has been some very intense day's. 

The first picture is of me and my Bafana Bafana outfit, ready to go to Cape Town to see the opening match. 

I got to Cape Town 3 hours before the game, but the main fan parks where already full and the same with all pubs. We walked around for almost 2,5 hours to find a place but it was sooooooo much people. In the end we just tried to see at a big screen and it was ok for me, but those that where shorter did not see much.

The atmosphere was so great. Everyone was talking together, dancing, cheering, blowing the vuvuzela and I can't explain. All South Africans made it an amazing day for everyone and I am so happy the World Cup started so good. People are really happy and exited about it here.

When South Africa scored everyone just went crazy, screaming, praying, kissing, hugging, dancing and whatever you can imagine. The sounds of all the vuvuzelas at that time was intense but still it was impossible to bother about it because it was such a great moment. The opposite happened when Mexico scored, then everything was completely quiet for 10 seconds. Suddenly I could hear my own breath and people was just wondering what just happened. However, that did not last long, after a few minutes the party was going strong again and from then on people were just relaxing and enjoying the game. 

If it is one thing South Africans knows, it will be to have a good time, and before, during and after the opening game they did that like no one else.  
South Africa played a rugby match against France. I dressed up as a South African again, but this time in a rugby shirt and a Springbok hat (it reminded a little of a Viking hat) and went to the game. It was around 45000 people on the stadium and a great game. South Africa won 35 - 17 so they were very happy. 

Tomorrow I will relax a little, or that means play football in the morning and go to a restaurant/pub and watch football after. Just somewhere less intense and a little more quiet. And then on Monday I go to Cape Town early for the Holland vs Denmark game, and in the evening 20.30 South African time I be at Green Point stadium watching Paraguay vs Italy :) 

It is just great. 

But I also struggle to realize that it is really happening

The last note most be that one can only love South Africans

Some more pictures from SA

This picture is from the Stellenbosch mountain, again. I think it will be the last one since I know posted from the day, sunset and sunrise and cannot find any new way of showing it. I walked up at night, obviously in the dark, and it took 4 hours. Was very nice and the view over all the light are nice. The picture is from the madrugada and shows Stellenbosch partly covered in mist as the day slowly approaches. 

I will watch the Sprinboek against France on the 12 of June at Newlands stadium and I therefore bought a Springboek jersey. Springboek is what South Africa's national rugby team is called. In the Western Cape province and in Stellenbosch rugby is huge, as I mentioned earlier, and I am very excited about watching the game. Lately I spent more time watching rugby and I am starting to like it more and more. The Picture is from me tackling Matti in the bathtub. I was waiting outside the bathroom and surprised him when he walked out. I felt the need to tackle someone when I used the shirt. 
I made boller and cinnamon boller, naturally as the good house man I am. 
Hiking in Muizenberg, a small surfer place a little outside Cape Town.  
Watching seals in Hout Bay, a fishing harbor 15min walk from Muizenberg.