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July 5: The Gorgeousness Of Cape of Good Hope & Cape Point
First day in Cape Town. Already in love. We are staying with Crics’ friend, Laurent who is from France but has been living in Cape Town for the past 6 years. His home is super lovely and beautifully decorated. Laurent is also the proud owner of the most amazing dogs and cats (little Louis slept ...
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The Beautiful Garden Route
Our journey down towards Cape Town took us through a lovely town called Knysna which is located along the Garden Route. We ended up spending the evening and next day before we continued on our journey towards the Cape. We had an amazing stay at the Pumula Lodge and an evening out for with dinner ...
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July 3 & 4: Along the Garden Route.
I have to say even though Port Elizabeth is a nice town, I was glad to leave and move on after Brazil lost to the Netherlands on July 2nd. Our next stop was Cape Town, but before getting there we decided to make a couple of pit stops: Jeffreys Bay to watch the Argentina v ...
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The Ups and Downs…
After riding on a high for the past few weeks as Brazil took on the other teams with such ease, poise, strength and passion I was very much in shock at how last nights match finished. As the people say here; it was up to the gods of football. Oh and yes; we still have ...
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July 2: Brazil lost to itself.
I’ve said this before: winning a World Cup match when you are at a World Cup is a million times better. Losing and being eliminated is a million times more heart breaking. Brazil is out of the World Cup, after losing to the Netherlands 2-1. It is all very sad, a bit revolting and a ...
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I Heart PE!
Photography By Christina Holmes The day was gorgeous and we took the day to really walk around and see the historical sights and beaches of Port Elizabeth. We started on the top of the hill that overlooks the city to visit Donkin Reserve and Lighthouse and made our way down into center city. Eventually visiting also The Main Library, ...
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July 1: Getting to know Port Elizabeth.
After two days driving we were super excited to finally arrive in Port Elizabeth. A beach town in the Eastern Cape, PE (as it is known here in South Africa) is a lovely small town with a beautiful little downtown area. The city was founded in 1820 to house British settlers to reinforce the border ...
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Watching, Eating, Sleeping & Driving!
Photography By Christina Holmes The past three days after leaving Durban for The Round of 16 Match in Johannesburg against Chile and then onward to Port Elizabeth have been a journey like no other. We have been constantly watching, eating, sleeping and driving ( just Ana for driving, i give support and good gossip as ...
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June 30: Driving, driving… oh, and driving.
We have been on the road for 2 days now and we have finally reached Port Elizabeth. The drive from Bloemfontain is absolutely gorgeous. Lion King style mountains all over (apologies, this is really the best way to describe them), cows, ostriches, farms, kids in the back of trucks and many kilometers without any stops ...
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June 29: Paraguay and Spain on to the quarters.
Today we had a 4-hour drive from Johannesburg to Bloemfontain – which is sort of the middle of the way between Joburg (ha I’m such a local!) to Port Elizabeth. The GPS sent us to some weird roads but we managed to get back on the N1 which is more direct. Paraguay 0 – 0 ...