It's not all about the football - we have to eat as well

More from S. Africa...

Dear reader,

I won't dwell too much on the football as I assume that those interested will be up to date anyway,and those not interested don't want to know anyway.

Suffice it to say that if England beat Slovenia we're through, but the way we are playing we couldn't beat an egg let alone a football team. If we draw we may still sneak through depending on result of USA v Algeria.

If the other 'we' (Oz) beat Serbia we may get through depending on result of Germany v Ghana.

Enough of football.



Sun City - which is where we have been for last few days is actually a very pleasant place to stay; much better than what I remembered from my last stay here in 1996.
For the Oz v Ghana game at Rusternburg we were offered food and drinks from the local church, as our coaches were parked in their grounds; the first photo is the cook in action - this is not a joke by the way.

Yesterday we went to Brazil v Ivory Coast at the very impressive new Soccer City Stadium in JOBURG. the itineraray had us travelling while NZ were playing Italy so an early coach was organised for those of us who wanted to watch the game, with a booking made at a soweto 'restaurant' to watch the game and have lunch. See attached photo for this 'restaurant'.

My fellow Wheezers would not be surprised to hear that I have a breakfast story to add to the back catalogue. we have been having breakfast in the 'Gary Player Club House'. It's a very pleasant place with views over the golf course; it's also the cheapest place to have a full breakfast. the food is good but the service is a bit hap hazard. The English verbal communication skills of our waitress yesterday were not the best. Chris oredered his meal - bacon, eggs etc. not without difficulty. To make things esay I just ordered exactly the same as chris. the order was duly taken and subsequently delivered. Chris was presented with a plate with beans and bacon on it and I was presented with a plate with the eggs and sausages on it. Chris transfered his plate to mine and we managed to convey to the waitress that we wanted another plate of food to match what was in front of me!

Back to football - There have been some atrocious ref decions, more so than in previous world cups, not the least being kaka's sending off yesterday.

I'm about to go and watch the Spain v Honduras game,and tomorrow we head off to Nelspruit / Kruger NP for the next leg.

One of my readers has mentioned that he has been getting spam from Sth Africa since receiving my emails. if you have been receiving any Sth African spam please let me know.

For those of you (well there's only one of you, and you know who you are) Sth Africa is 8 hours behind Oz. Txt messages at 06.00 am after I only got to bed after 02.00 are not real welcome.

dateline - Sun city; Monady (I think) 19.00 hours.
John Milce jmilce@sherborne.com.au