Get the Prius- the third round begins (Day 5)

We arranged a car from Avis to pick up in Joburg and drop off in Cape Town. However, because of all the rentals, the only automatic transmission car available was a Prius. So the plan was to drive across South Africa in a Prius. We got the car and went to a mall. Andy loves maps and thought he could navigate using them. However, since no one had thought to get numbers or addresses for ANY of the places we were staying, I vetoed that. With a great assist from Mom, Tyler had brought my GPS. The only problem was that we had no South African maps and that internet cafes dont let you plug in GPSs. We found a computer store with a really nice guy- Dennis- who 'seemed like a bru.' [Bru is South African for Bro- when you hear 'I'm gonna go grab a bru' it means 'my friend is outside, I am going to go meet him'] Dennis hooked us up- he downloaded and installed everything we needed. We were finally free to get around.

Driving was another thing. Whenever we would turn we would all be concentrating on the turn and staying in the right (left) lane. We would say 'Stop the Ball, Stop the Ball' which is a reference to this Robert Green video.

After getting back, we wanted to watch the Bafana Bafana France game. They needed to beat the Frogs by 5 goals. However, in the third game week of the group stage, they play the games concurrently, so that there is not the same collusion that used to occur between teams. The Mexicans and Uruguayans were playing simultaneously, and, much to the chagrin of the entire staff of the Thatchery, us, and the other patrons, the Mexicans were insistent on watching their game. We only knew about the first two South African goals because of the roar of vuvuzelas. Eventually, they worked it out and we played the South Africa game outside.

We wanted to go to the fan fest at casino for the second round of games, so we ate at STEAK in the casino. Outside of the casino was this statue. I was like 'huh that looks like a sculpture of 'The Dalliance of the Eagles.'" Got close and:
BOOYAH
The only thing an English degree does is give you self-congratulatory moments like this.

Scott and I had game platters of Ostrich, Kudu, Impala, and Hedgehog at STEAK.
The hedgehog was pretty tough and very peppered. Impala was like a tender venison. I ate the Kudu so fast I can't even describe its succulence. I had eaten ostrich before, but the preparation made it into a very good duck-like texture.

The tables in blackjack are cheaper than in the states, so we killed some time and little money at the tables.

The second round of games began, and we went to the Fan Fest and there was STILL a party going on from Bafana Bafana beating the French, even though they were knocked out of the tournament. DJs, everything. Eventually we found a huge empty theatre and watched the Group B games there.

Oh and also, this was the day that the Frogs finished at the bottom of the group. A particularly awesome moment of this tournament.