38 days, 18 flights, 23,000 Air Miles, 14 hotel nights, 20 games done and only ONE to go. Our A Team knocked off the third place match as Germany defeated Uruguay at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth last night in the rain, again. The King Edward Hotel didn't surprise us either as things did not go smoothly again. Our last visit there was punctuated on our arrival as we were greeted by chanting, sinking, STRIKING staff members. Go figure. First of all Quinn and I got a single room. We got is swapped for a double but it was on the second floor over the entrance. The room was flooded with the noise from the protesters and as we were in need of a nap before the game we asked to change rooms again. This all seemed to be more difficult than it should have been, which is standard operating procedure at the KEH as far as we can tell. We now move on to Johannesburg to finally join our other crew to photograph The Netherlands v Spain in the final at Soccer City. Our betting pool might be more suspenseful than the actual match as Laurence, Alex and and Lars are all still alive and can each win or tie give the outcome of the match. After one more night at the Sandton Towers I will finally head home on Monday night. It has been a long time coming and as much as I am not looking forward to the arduous journey, I am ready to be home.
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