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| Green Point Stadium at night |
Tried to blow on a vufuzela today. I can’t do it. They seem to be not much more than hollow plastic tubes with a bell shape at the end of them. I think one has to make a buzzing sound with one’s lips to get a vufuzela to work.
The Green Point aka Cape Town Soccer stadium gets lit up at night. It’s spectacular, especially on these warm clear evenings we have been having.
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| Garbage bins Soccer Cup style |
Soccer balls, soccer balls everywhere. And vuvuzelas too. Woke up to the strains of a team of vuvuzelas this morning. Wonder how many there were? Imagine what it will be like at the time of the Soccer World Cup?
Advertisers have linked their campaigns to Soccer World Cup. People are buying flags and getting into the spirit of things. It’s obvious we are getting ready for this big event.
A man came to the door of our guest house come B and B and asked us to test drive a new concept called Tourism Radio. You plug this gadget into the lighter in your car and tune your car radio to 91.4 FM. And the next thing … you get a story all about the area you are driving through. How cool is that?
Visit them on their website Tourism radio.
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| The stadium from our balcony |
The view of our brand new stadium form the front of our house and B and B. It’s about a 15 minute walk.
Green Point is a whole lot more than the stadium and Urban park, however right now with the 2010 Soccer World Cup it’s everything.
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| Roads no more |
It’s 107 days to go to the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup. With the stadium and park in full view from our guesthouse we can see how renovations are progressing. I wanted to share the excitement as we watch our city metamorphosize and prepare for this spectacular event. How much closer to the action could I be?
Anticipation for visitors is high. The papers have had a stream of stories relating to our readiness, rules and regulations we have to adhere to and people out to exploit visitors, or not, as in some cases. Let’s see how this unfolds.
