June 19, 2010: Netherlands-Japan

Woke up extra tired this morning after a long day of travel and stress watching the US scrape out a hard-working draw with Slovenia.  After breakfast at Cowrie Cove we donned our Holland shirts for the taxi trip over to Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban for their match with Japan.  But first a few minutes with the pugs who live at our guest house!

Great atmosphere before and during the match.  We even ran into 2 South African / Dutch supporters that was talked to at the airport the night before!

The Dutch dominated the match, finally scoring in the second half and then holding on for the 3 points.  Not sure Japan even had more than 3 chances to score.

 Best dressed fan of the day:



After the match we followed the crowds toward the beach, stopping at SunCoast Casino where they had an outdoor bar setup, packed with Netherlands fans!  After a few Castle Lager (or Castle Light for Sarah) we phoned our taxi service and they took us back home to Cowrie Cove for the night.  Only 7:30pm here, but we're both dead tired from the busy past few days.  Some downtime to enjoy Cameroon-Denmark on tv!