Port Elizabeth 2010 ... the World Cup

Hi Friends,

Almost forgot to tell you of our family roadtrip to Port Elizabeth (PE) to watch Cote d'Voir play Portugal in the 2010 Soccer World Cup! (#SoccerWorldCup)

I could not get tickets for the Cape Town Stadium games, so I got tickets for the PE match. This meant a 700-plus km road trip in the middle of a wet winter! Our trip was free from rain however.

Thanks be to God for travelling mercies!

We left Stellenbosch around 23:30 at arrived in PE around 06:30 the next morning, having travelled straight through the night. Not with the Beast (it expired at the hands of a colleague around 1981in Durban) but with my current well-behaved Frenchie, a Renault Megane 2.0 16V.

We arrived in PE at the stadium before dawn and took this impressive pic of the Nelson #Mandela Bay Stadium from across an artificial lake! I also include a pic of the similarly impressive inside of the stadium.

Portugal and Cote d'Voir line up for their anthems in a nearly full Nelson Mandela Bay soccer stadium 

ViewfromtheSeaViewRentalPorch

We rented a house in Seaview, Port Elizabeth. A quiet neigbourhood with people seemingly looking out for each other, really.

Seaview is situated on the coast and, in summer, would be a fantastic venue to stay at.

HorseTraining@SeaviewBeach

The winter stay was for the most part brave but when we left the sun had come out as can be seen from these beautiful beach scenes.

Daughter took to the beautiful beach in winter garb 

After watching a great match, we travelled back home the same way we came, except that we paused to take in the sights of our beautiful country. Like the Storms River area near Uitenhage ...

Storms River ravine from a bridge

We never went to the bungee jump at the Storms River bridge but took in the fauna and flora of the area.

We went to Jeffreys Bay to see what the hallaballoo was all about but unfortunately none of us are surfers so we just saw a part of J-Bay's magnificent beach.

Part of the JBay beach expanse

We did not tarry but hurried on home where these sort of sights await us on a daily basis:

Simonsberg captured from Stellenboschberg

A close-up of Simonsberg greets us from the front of our house every clear day - we are truly blessed!!

In case I have given you cause to distrust me, check this out ...

Wintry Simonsberg seen from my porch!

I will leave this post, with its magnificent pic for you to ponder ... as I, as per usual, do not plan to post anything tomorrow - it being the seventh day. I enjoyed your feedback and readership and hope it will continue long hereafter ...

Be blessed until next time.