Just returned for the evening from dinner on The Waterfront at Karibu, which a handy little glossary in the menu told us meant "Welcome". But even without our cheat sheet in the menu, we had Pretty. Pretty was our pretty waitress from Zimbabwe who had been living in South Africa for the last two years. She was a lively girl who wanted to travel all over. We told her all about the US ... well New York, L.A. and Texas ... and she told us about Zimbabwe and South Africa. She also taught us a few phrases in some of the other many languages she knew, but unfortunately I can barely remember English on my best days, so I've lost all the phrases.
The pre-Cup warmup games are interesting and fun to watch, but I'm itching for the tournament to start. We talked briefly with one South Africa fellow at a Portuguese restaurant next door to where we ate. There had been a bunch of Mexican fans singing "Ole Ole Ole" through dinner. He remarked that "Come Friday (When South Africa plays Mexico), they'll be crying". It's going to be fun. On the flip side, news of yesterday stated that a group of Argentinian hooligans had been arrested for causing some trouble, but I guess it's easy to get cocky when you've got the Hand of God on your side.
On the Netbook power sidestory: It turns out that ridiculous power adapter Frankenstein was not working. The power would flow for about 30 seconds, then start fluctuating, then cease. However, (Travel Tip) it turns out that most laptops made in the last few years are dual-voltage, meaning they will work on 110v or 220v. To know for sure, I'd recommend checking your laptop vendor's website, but I don't always practice that sort of diligence. I wouldn't plug it in without a converter before because I didn't want to risk frying my netbook. However, just the possibility that a netbook could be dual-voltage was enough for me to throw caution to the wind.
