June 14th - Italy vs. Paraguay

Now yesterday I wrote it was raining in the morning, I guess we hadn't really seen RAIN! It was pouring, and I mean, rain that was super heavy, loud and nonstop. The roof to our place must be tin because how loud it sounded. This morning I made Tony a turkey, cheese, with Braii seasoning - this is the South African seasoning that means 'Grill/BBQ'. I just had cereal and toast.

We then took a mini morning nap and when we got up we walked over to Posticino - an Italian place that is said to be Sea Point (that's the part of Cape Town we are staying in)/Cape Town's best pizza in town. We were all pretty hungry because we decided to order garlic bread, prosciutto, cheese & fruit, salads, and 3 pizzas haha.

The pizzas were pretty good:

1) Mexicana - chilli, green peppers/jalapeños, & onions

2) Margarita - plain cheese

3) Can't remember the exact name, but it had Feta cheese, Avocado, & bacon - THIS was my Favorite.

While eating a ton, we enjoy watching the Denmark vs. Netherlands game. There were some pretty intense moments, like one of the Denmark players giving the Dutch a goal, however, then he saved himself by clearing a Dutch ball off the line. Netherlands won 2 to 0 and then we walked back to our apartment where we put on the Japan vs. Cameron game while getting ready to head out.

We decided to walk towards Green Point stadium and hang out at Fireman's Arms for drinks and food before we went to the Italy vs. Paraguay game. Here we met up with Brendan & Pat. We all got ourselves a Castle (the beer of South Africa) and Tony & I shared a Pepper Pie. And this thing was pure PEPPER - not my favorite.

Ali & Tim split a steak sandwich, however Brendan was the winner with the huge & really good ribs. These ribs were the biggest we had ever seen:

Then we walked towards the stadium where we saw a small parade, lots & lots of people cheering on Italy, & Tony & I bought our very first Vuvuzela. These are harder than you think to blow through. I sounded like a dying elephant, Tony wasn't as bad, Ali was better, & Tim sounded like a pro. However, the more we blew through the vuvuzela, the better we got at it.

All 4 of us didn't have our seats together for this game, however, Ali & Tim were sitting only 5 rows behind us. So it worked out anyway because we were all really close.

After the 1 to 1 game, I think everyone walked away feeling the cheered as loud as they could for their team:

OH and finally, if I forgot to mention, all they sell at the stadium is Budweiser:

After the game we walked home in the rain, last 5 minutes found a cab, & then went to bed early. We have to get up at 4:45am the next morning for our African Safari, so stay tuned!