World Cup Tickets

The whole country is supporting their team. I wonder how long it took them to pain this 30 feet.
The South African flag painted on a driveway gate.

I just walked down to the Brooklyn Mall to pick up my World Cup tickets. The walk to the mall was amazing. There were people driving around blowing their vuvuzelas as they rode down the street, flags fluttering in the wind, and a feeling of goodwill and excitement in the air.

Excited for the game and their picture.

It took two hours to get my tickets, but I finally have them! I'm going to two games: South Africa vs. Uruguay at Loftus in Pretoria next Wednesday, and Ghana vs. Australia in Rustenberg next Saturday.

Tonight, the owner of the B&B invited me to go with her to he friend's house in Waterkloof to watch the game. I don't have any plans and it would be more fun watching the game with other people than by myself, so that's where I am going tonight. I hope to have some good stories to tell you about tomorrow.

GO SOUTH AFRICA!

Go Bafana, Bafana!

Tickets to games seem to be opening up slowly every day. I had a chance to buy a USA vs. England ticket for this Saturday, but Rustenburg is 2 hours away and the game doesn't start until 8:30, so I probably wouldn't get home until really late.

However, I was able to buy a ticket to go see South Africa vs. Uruguay on June 16th at Loftus in Pretoria. WOOHOO! I may go to 1 other match, possibly a USA match, but we'll see. Two games may be enough. Maybe I won't get scuba certified or cage dive with a shark (World Cup tickets can be my excuse for being a chicken, but I would love to photograph them!) because I went to these games. I'll figure it out. Things are starting to happen very fast around here.

World Cup Fever!

Look for me in the crowd at the Ghana vs. Australia fixture on Saturday, June 19!

I just booked my ticket to a World Cup match. I was disappointed that when I went online to see if there was anything still available in Pretoria, that there was nothing left. Fifa seems to be opening up new ticket sales every day, but the crowds have been insane, so I do no know if I want to brave that - I also have no idea how I would get to where they are selling tickets or even where that is exactly. But I am excited that I will be able to catch one game. The closest World Cup city to me is Jo'burg, but the tickets still available for fixtures there are all on days that I have work.

As far as I know, finals tickets haven't gone on sale yet, so everyone keep their eyes and ears peeled for that. That would be fun to go to.

So the Ghana/Australia match is in Rustenburg, which is about 2 hours away. I'll have to figure out how to get there now, but at least I have a ticket. The rest will take care of itself. Go Australia!