After an exhausting, terrifying day with the Great White Sharks, Tony & I decided to wake-up & go out to breakfast at our favorite coffee place, Caturra. I haven't really gotten to eat a big breakfast yet, so I went a little crazy with ordering a cafe latte & the Caturra deluxe which included, 2 eggs, 2 pieces of brown bread, caramelized onions, grilled tomatoes, bacon, sausage, bowl of fruit, mushrooms (which I didn't eat), strawberry juice, & coffee. It was awesome!
We then met back up with Ali & Tim and all headed to Mitchell's Brewery for drinks & Ali & Tim's lunch before we were going to the 1:30pm Portugal vs. North Korea game. This place was pretty cool, good space & lots of TV's. The nachos they got were really good, I did have to try one. The beer that Ali & I tried was a Forester's Draught light, it was much better than Tony's Old Wobbly, which was 11% alcohol. It was gross, he didn't end up getting another. Tim decided to try the Robben Island Ice Tea.
Then it was time to head towards the game. Since Mitchell's Brewery is located in the V&A Waterfront, we actually ended up walking a different way to the Stadium; it actually ended up being less lines & closer than from Long street to Main street.
This game we actually had the best seats in the 200 level, 218 to be exact. Ali & Tim had section 403, so the whole joke walking was they were in the van outside the stadium, or they were the sweepers working at the stadium. We thought we were all pretty funny, however, they actually were exactly the same as us, just on opposite sides of the stadium.
The stadium was packed with Portugal fans.
This game was my favorite game to watch. There was so much action, and 7 goals!!!! We were on the right side to see ALL those goals happen. There were so many fans blowing their vuvuzela's and in unison, flags were waving, & people cheering!!
It was a blast, oh and of course Shakira song playing:
On a side note, I had to run to the washroom during half time, and just so you guys know, these bathrooms here were amazing clean and there was never a wait for women to use the washroom. Again, I couldn't get over how clean everything was!
We met up with Tim & Ali in our meeting place & headed to Long street. As we were walking, we past some sort of military center & Tony got a great shot of a military guy in front of the Humanity sign.
We went to a weird bar, can't remember the name, but we were the only customers. Ali tried to get them to play New Kids on the Block, since they had been playing every other old song possible. I got a glass of extremely sweet wine because they had barely any choices.
So then we decided to try a classic South Africa shot called Springbok. Again, they only had enough for 2, so Ali & I took those & it tasted like a thin mint cookie; they were really good! The boys took a shot called Snowball, Tony thought it tasted like chocolate. We had one more drink there, but had to leave because the music was killing the guys haha
We then headed to find the Indian restaurant that is supposed to be the best in town. We were the first one in there & then stayed for like 3 more hours. This place was very swanky, & really nice. To bad we are never dressed appropriately for this nice places. However, the napkins that were on our plate were actually bibs. So we tied those around our neck & we looked like everyone else. We ordered garlic nan for a starter & then I ordered lamb curry in a nut sauce, Tony got the spiciest meal there was you could order, Ali got a cucumber salad & potatoes wedges, & Tim ordered a creamy curry dish. Tim, Tony & I were in love with this place, the food was AMAZING, just incredible.
After a few bottles of wine, Ali was still really hungry because she's not a fan of curry dishes, so we head back to Fork, where we went at the beginning of the trip. We decided to order the exact same dessert, Toffee pudding bread & Ali got herself some fried asparagus. We shared a pitcher of sangria, however, sangria in Cape Town is made with Brandy too. It wasn't bad, just different. After a few glasses, Time & Ali went home, but Tony & I decided to hang out longer at Fork. The owner said to stay as long as we'd like, so we had the whole upstairs to ourself. After hanging out, we were tired, so we hopped into a taxi & headed back to Sea Point (only like a 10 minute cab ride). It was a fun day & night!
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