Sunny Soccer

It was a sunny day and everyone was excited for the soccer game -- South Africa vs. Mozambique. We had to go to our aunt and uncle’s house because we needed to borrow flags, hats and shirts for the game. We got stuck in a long line of traffic, and when we finally parked, we had to walk down a long hill to get to the stadium, but we made it. On the outside the stadium looks like a giant white basket. We found our seats and sat down. For the first half of the game the sun was shining right in our eyes,we were all using our shoes as shades so we could see what was happening on the field. It took a long time but when South Africa finally scored we all went wild! The whole stadium started doing the wave, and people were singing, dancing and blowing vuvuzelas. I took tons of pictures with my (pale-yellow) Fuji Instant camera.

We got sodas, popcorn and popsicles as we walked around the stadium at half time. They scored twice more during the second half, and thankfully we were in the shade by then. It’s way more exciting to be at the stadium to see a game, than to watch one on television. The best part was acting like a monkey and screaming our heads off!