My Life Is Not A Vacation: Day One

This is when it all begins. I thought the day would never arrive. I woke up to the sounds of vuvuzelas, here, in Fish Hoek! There was a huge kick off concern in Soweto last night. Everywhere we went it was on the television in the evening. We had a light breakfast this morning and started to plan the days schedule. We got together and synchronized the time stamp on our cameras. All of our photos will be sent back to the International Broadcast Center (IBC) in Johannesburg. Editors will be looking at the work of all of our 6-8 photographers at any one match simultaneously. We are now packing all of our gear for the next four days since, baring a couple hours sleep tonight, we won't be back until Monday night. After our 8:30PM kick off in Cape Town tonight, we have an 8:10AM flight departure to Port Elizabeth for a 1:30PM kick off tomorrow. That game will end early enough that we can reach our hotel and find a suitable venue to catch the England v USA match on TV. I have reminded all my English mates that God might be able to save the Queen but England doesn't have a prayer against the USA!

Here is my schedule for the qualification round. Don't worry, there will not be a quiz, as I hardly know where I am going to be from one day to the next. I have 18 flights in the next 31 days.

Fri June 11 Cape Town 8:30PM Uruguay v France

Sat June 12 Port Elizabeth 1:30PM Korea v Greece

Sun June 13 Durban 8:30PM Germany v Australia

Mon June 14 Cape Town 8:30PM Italy v Paraguay

Tue June 15 Port Elizabeth 4:00PM Ivory Coast v Portugal

Wed June 16 Durban 4:00PM Spain v Switzerland

Thu June 17 OFF

Fri June 18 Cape Town 8:30PM England v Algeria

Sat June 19 WEEKEND OFF (What's that?)

Sun June 20 WEEKEND OFF (What's that?)

Mon June 21 Cape Town 1:30PM Portugal v Korea

Tue June 22 Durban 8:30PM Nigeria v Korea