U-S-A-U-S-A-U-S-A !!!

The French may not have been able to work any magic on the pitch last night, but they did work magic on their TV broadcast. Through the magic of technology, they cancelled out the sound the vuvuzelas in their broadcast, leaving all other sounds. I'm hoping they can come up with a live-event version.

After 14 days of travel, clean clothes are running low but today is a freebie. Since the U.S.A. is playing again, I get to wear my U.S.A. jersey and stretch my wardrobe another day. Walked two miles of sandy beach barefoot in front of the last beachfront hotel, but with rolled up pantlegs. The seawater still got to the jeans and I'm not looking forward to packing them in my luggage. It was mid-70's and not a cloud in the sky. People were sunbathing, fishing, and playing cricket, which is how Winter should be.

My cheering of the day:

• Germany over Serbia, because Germany was disciplined and impressive in their last outing against Australia.
• The U.S.A. over Slovenia, because just because.
• A draw in the Algeria-England game, but I want it to be a fantastic show of football by England that just doesn't happen to win the game.