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Well, it's Friday, June 18th and it's basically the first day in a week that we've had Internet, hence the lack of blogging. Sincerest apologies and we're still alive and well. It'll be impossible to go into detail about the last week here, so I'll try and do a modified recap (without, unfortunately the cool links like Johnn does..)

Johnn and I had a blast at the game in Rustenburg. The US came through with a 1-1 draw against England, something good for us, not so good for England. The traffic getting in and out of the stadium was about the worst traffic in the world. It was a one way road in and out. It took us over an hour to go a little over 2 miles. We ended up parking on the side of the road and walking the last 3 miles. We arrived at the stadium with 15 minutes to spare. The game was great and our seats were in the middle about half way up. The energy in the stadium was incredible! Here is a picture of us at the game. It was freezing outside which is why we're so bundled up (by we, I mean me..)

On Sunday, Johnn and I left Johannesburg for Cape Town, a city we truly enjoyed. The V&A Waterfront was a 15 minute walk from our hotel with tons of shopping and great restaurants, a scene definitely lacking in Johannesburg. We spent all day and night at the Waterfront, enjoying the shopping and having drinks and dinner at a local pub, watching the matches.

We spent Monday in the Western Cape wine country with our tour guide Charl, a very informative guide who drove us through the different wineries. We spent the morning in Stellenbosch, a beautiful little city with many different wineries. We went to a total of four wineries that day for tastings, each one with amazing wines. At one, Dieu Donne, we had lunch, and it was the most amazing view of the mountains. Luck was not on our side, however, because it rained the entire day and was bitterly cold, but we didn't let it stop us from having a good time.

Tuesday morning we went up to Table Mountain, also a bit rainy, but not as bad as the day before. It was bitterly cold up on the mountain, but the clouds cleared just long enough to allow some amazing views and pictures. Here is a picture of Johnn and I at the top of the mountain:

After the mountain, we took a city bus tour of Cape Town and saw different areas of the Cape we would have otherwise missed. After the tour, Johnn and I went for another Spa appointment at the One and Only Cape Town, even more posh than our last spa. Think Ritz Carlton NYC or something, it was truly incredible and we felt like a million bucks. We had dinner at the hotel, at Nobu, which was also fabulous. Our 3 year anniversary was the next day, so we went ahead and celebrated that night at Nobu with a token champagne toast.

Wednesday, we flew back to Johannesburg and went to Sandton (a suburb of Johannesburg) for the night. It was another great area of the city with shopping and great restaurants. We ate at an African Restaurant with a nice buffet, but I still haven't eat anything too crazy. We watched the match between South Africa and Uruguay, but unfortunately, South Africa couldn't pull off a win. We still had a great time though.

We spent all day Thursday on a tour of Soweto and the Apartheid Museum. It was truly an eye opener to see what these people have gone through. Soweto is a township that housed the forced removal of blacks during Apartheid and is still occupied today. Our driver took us to a shanty town and walked us through its streets and the people opened their homes to us. It was an amazingly humbling experience and makes us really appreciate all we have been blessed with. Below is a picture with some kiddos who didn't seem to want to look at the camera :) :

Today we have our second match at Ellis Park in Johannesburg against Slovenia. We hope to post soon to let you guys know how the game went. Go USA!!!