Durban Today! (That's Durban, as in Turban)

I have lots of fun pictures to post today. Megan and I got up very, very early this morning to drive to the coast where Durban Stadium is at. We got to see the Dutch play against the Japanese. The fans were absolute in full effect for the match. It was hard to pick my favorite pictures. When we left Johannesburg in the morning, the temp was just below freezing. I went out and warmed up the car and complained about seeing my breathe. The elevation in Jo'burg is just around 2,000 ft, but Durban is just barely above sea level. I got to experience first hand how much that changed the temperature. After 6 hours of driving the weather had gone from freezing to 85 degrees. I was honestly concerned that I might get a sunburn. It just seemed crazy to me!

Useless fact of the day that may only interest me: The Dutch colors are red, white and blue. The nation's official colors, that is. The colors that are on the flag. Red, white and blue. However, the colors of Dutch Royal Family's coat of arms is orange. As a result, all of the Dutch sports teams wear orange. Which, not surprisingly, leads all of their fans to wear orange. I don't think I have ever seen so much orange in my entire life. It was like a citrus fruit exploded! From the orange wigs and orange sunglasses, to the old men with orange suit and orange spats. They do it up right.

The vuvuzelas were, of course, out in full effect.

After the game, we went to visit my friend, Andre, and his wife to spend the evening with them. Andre was telling me about a friend of his who filters out the vuvuzela noise from his television coverage. It is a crazy length to go to, but I get why you would take the time. On TV it sounds like a swarm of bees has just descended into the stadium. We had a wonderful dinner down near the beach and got some drinks while watching the Denmark game. Well, part of the Denmark game. I still don't think Nicolas Bentner is that good. I don't care that he scored tonight. Andre is letting us crash at his place, so we don't need to make the drive back to Jo'burg until tomorrow. I think today has been my favorite day of the trip so far.