Tipping in South Africa is fun, makes you feel like a big spender giving the driver a 100 dollar bill for the long trip when that comes out to around $15, which is still more than they expect (80 Rand is normal for 2 people, but if the driver is really nice we give them 100).
Dropped our stuff in our hotel room and then walked down the street to a market area to search for souvenirs for our families, but all we ended up doing is tasting a bunch of Ernie Els wine at a wine shop and buying some for ourselves. :-)
Next we went back to our hotel where we watched Slovakia shock Italy and send the defending champion Italians home from South Africa early.
By this time the streets were starting to fill with a sea of orange (or "Oranje" as the Dutch supporters are known). Our hotel was right on the FIFA fan walk so we could open our second floor window and watch the thousands of fans walk by on their way to the stadium.
2 hours until kickoff so we donned our orange holland shirts and headed out into the street and towards Green Point Stadium. On the way there were lots of small vendor shacks on the side of the road where we settled on a German sausage vendor where I got a Bratwurst and Sarah a frankfurter. I also picked up a vuvuzela to take home and annoy my neighbors with. :-) Then on to the stadium.
With Group E already having the Dutch clinch first place and a spot in the round of 16 and then Cameroon already eliminated, we weren't sure what sort of match would unfold. To our surprise, both teams put out their top lineup which made for a great match. Injured Dutch star Arjen Robben came into the match late and within a few minutes clanked a trademark left-footed shot off the post which was then slammed into the net by Klaas Jan Huntelaar - which some Dutch people told us his nickname in their language which meant "clumsy" and sounded pretty close to his real name. Can't remember the word though.
After the match, where we got to see Samuel Eto'o, Robin van Persie, and Clumsy Huntelaar each score goals (all are top international stars) we followed the sea of oranje back onto the fan walk towards our hotel. When we got back I practiced blowing my new vuvuzela out the window for a bit, then time for sleep as we were getting up early the next morning for our tour of Cape Point National Park.
