World Cup - Day 3 - June 11th
Juliana and I take off at 12:30am for the flight on EgyptAir. Let me tell you something, there is a big difference between them and Lufthansa. I had decided to take some sleep medication and try to avoid jet lag as did Juliana, but around 30 minutes into our dead sleep, the flight attendant wakes us up to see if we want dinner. I told her no, and returned to sleep, but she forced me to wake up about 5 hours later to have breakfast. She wasn't mean, but didn't understand that first thing about letting sleeping passengers...well, sleep.
Anyway, no problems on the flight and we arrived safely at Johannesburg. From the first minute at the airport, you can tell it is a festival. All sorts of people from all over the world are arriving wearing the garb, colors, and blowing their horns in celebration of a good time.
It is awesome and everyone is amazingly friends. We get our luggage quickly and make our way through customs, which is practically non-existent. From start of immigration to our ride took approximately 15 minutes!
We get out into the welcome arena and it has about 200+ people holding signs looking to pick up passengers...somehow, we get luck and meet Ben, our driver who is awesome and we make our way to our van. He brings us to our hotel: Waybury House. The people are amazing and helpful to no end. We crashed for about 4 hours and then hung out in the lounge. Tonight was the opening ceremony and most of the hotel staff are giving the evening off.
Tonight is South Africa (bafana bafana) versus Mexico and one of the biggest events in South African History. It is amazing to me that most of South Africans believes that after the end of Apartheid, this is probably the second or third largest event to help bring South Africa to the map!
A good relaxing evening. It looks like this place is going to do just fine. Here is a link to a few pics of the hotel and our room by the pool.
http://picasaweb.google.com/aquadri26/WorldCupDay3#
Anyway, no problems on the flight and we arrived safely at Johannesburg. From the first minute at the airport, you can tell it is a festival. All sorts of people from all over the world are arriving wearing the garb, colors, and blowing their horns in celebration of a good time.
It is awesome and everyone is amazingly friends. We get our luggage quickly and make our way through customs, which is practically non-existent. From start of immigration to our ride took approximately 15 minutes!
We get out into the welcome arena and it has about 200+ people holding signs looking to pick up passengers...somehow, we get luck and meet Ben, our driver who is awesome and we make our way to our van. He brings us to our hotel: Waybury House. The people are amazing and helpful to no end. We crashed for about 4 hours and then hung out in the lounge. Tonight was the opening ceremony and most of the hotel staff are giving the evening off.
Tonight is South Africa (bafana bafana) versus Mexico and one of the biggest events in South African History. It is amazing to me that most of South Africans believes that after the end of Apartheid, this is probably the second or third largest event to help bring South Africa to the map!
A good relaxing evening. It looks like this place is going to do just fine. Here is a link to a few pics of the hotel and our room by the pool.
http://picasaweb.google.com/aquadri26/WorldCupDay3#
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