Monday, June 21, 2010

USA-Slovenia

Hi all,

One more quick picture dump.  We spent the day Friday watching USA beat tie Slovenia.  The stadium in Johannesburg was awesome, and the American fans were out in force.  It wasn't even too cold.


This was our group from Swaziland before the game.  It's not quite the whole group, but it's close.  Johannesburg is about a 4-hour trip from Mbabane, more or less depending on the border crossing.  We left at 8 a.m. and made it to the "park and walk" by 1 or so, after a few stops for essentials.



American fans outnumbered the Slovenia fans by a large margin.  The Johannesburg residents were out as well watching the crowd go by.  This kid just wanted to play.


We talked to an Al Jazeera reporter on the way in.  I hope it didn't air, because I'm certain it was embarrassing.  Everybody still loved Cooper's suit (to my right, hidden by the microphone a bit).  To my left is my colleague Jara, who's been in Swaziland for about 8 months.




The view from our seats.  Unfortunately, all the goals were scored in the other end.  All 5 of them.

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