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We woke up Saturday morning with 3 games of soccer per day, as well as 6 live soccer games under our belts and decided, “Maybe we should do something else.” So we did!
Sunday morning we left for a town...
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After the US vs. Slovenia game ended around 6:30pm, we left for Ballito, because we had a 1:30pm game, Holland vs. Japan! We arrived in Ballito around 1am, this gave us about 7 hours of sleep, until we woke up and...
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If you’ve already read the blog titled, “Apartheid Museum”, then you know we’re staying in a cold house, but this morning it wasn’t a cold house, I believe, but don’t quote me, but I...
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Off we were. Our drive from Ballito to Johannesburg for the US vs. Slovenia game. We left around 8:30 and arrived around 2:30 at our hosts home. She was a wonderful woman, with two amazing German Shepards, some of the...
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After the painfully long evening and the painfully long drive, we went straight to see the painfully wonderful beating Germany would give Australia.
The drive from Pretoria to Durban was about 7 hours. We stopped at one...
As many of you know I’ve been an avid soccer player for all my life. Unfortunately, my time has been cut short on the field as a result of persistent knee problems. Back in 97 I experienced the first of...
When I first moved here over two years ago one of the very first people I met here was Barry Lawson, owner of an Costa Rica B & B Villa Alegre. Barry literally was the very first person I met. The day...
So we’ve been home for about a month now and I’m finally getting a chance to update you guys on our trip. I had hoped to make the blogging a more real time experience while we were there....
After a couple of days of work we finally got to get out and see the area a little bit. The town closest to where Kristina’s father lives is Eisenach. It’s smack dap in the middle of Germany....
So we made it after a hellish flight. We got the premium seats on our flight over. We were both stuck in the middle of the middle 4 seat row on the flight. It was awesome. Nothing like getting the dude in...