When we arrived at this latest lodging in an area of Durban whose hills could rival San Francisco, we were given a little scare when they had no record of our booking. For hotels and air travel in South Africa, I used Kulula.com, which is a booking site for South Africa similar to expedia or travelocity. For the most part, they've been flawless, but in this case the lodging never received my reservation even though Kulula billed my Credit Card and marked me as having a reservation. Luckily for us, and surprisingly for the hosts, there were mulitple vacancies this week. Our hosts are James, Ursula, and Naphtal, and three tiny little dogs who run around being adorable.
Today in South Africa is Youth Day, which marks the anniversarry of the student uprising in Soweto on June 16, 1976, which created a state of emergency and marked a move toward the end of apartheid. It's a national holiday that closes banks and governement offices.
We drove down to the shore and walked a mile of the beachfront to the Fan Zone area. It was about 70 degrees outside and sunny, so people were fishing from the beach, swimming, and surfing. The fan zone was packed for the Chile-Honduras game but the crowd was mostly passive. For the Spain-Switzerland game happening just down the beach, we walked back to a restaraunt for some food and to watch the game on TV. I had Springbok, wrapped in chicken and covered in sherry and cream sauce. The Blonde had a chicken tangine dish marinated in lemon, with cumin and coriander sauces, served in lemons and green olives. Finally, for the South Africa - Uruguay game, we headed back to lodging and we're going to watch it on TV.
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