Friday, July 2, 2010

Things I Miss

  1. World Cup camaraderie. Based on Facebook status updates I detect that some people I know watch soccer, but it's nothing like Africa. We got to talk to so many people we wouldn't otherwise have had an easy opening with -- taxi drivers, waiters, hotel staff -- everyone is on the same page when it comes to soccer, and everyone has an opinion. We're already sold on Brazil 2014 -- World Cup is a special time to visit a country.
  2. Face painting. We got our faces painted nearly every day. People at restaurants would come up and offer to paint your face and we loved it. We got all sorts of designs, dots, flowers, flags, etc... and no one thought it was weird.
  3. Sofi 24/7. How did we manage to not fight at all spending every single waking and sleeping moment together? Who knows. We were meant to be.
  4. Vuvuzelas everywhere all the time. In the street, in restaurants, in malls (despite the "please refrain from blowing your vuvuzela indoors" signs.). Also, impromptu vuvuzela bands. It's amazing what people can do with those things.

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