You know those tickets N.X.B. purchased for us at the end of the post titled Ha Ke Nako for the 1D vs 2C match up, well you won’t be surprised to learn they never went through. Due to lack of internet we did not learn this until all the actual tickets were sold out. Determined to see a game seven of us departed for Bloemfontein, South Africa early Sunday morning. We got to the ticket office three hours before game time, no tickets. We walked the streets looking for scalpers, no luck. We scarfted down McDonalds like it was the best tasting food ever. I realize that is very unlike me and sounds disgusting to you, but it is amazing what eight months in isolation will do to your taste buds. Then there were three of us wallowing in the grass outside the Waterfront Mall, the other four had tickets to the game.
In a last minute attempt we sent J.P.B. off to try again for tickets praying he would not be arrested. He scored! For a bit over $100 each we had a ticket to see Germany play England. After all we had been through we were shocked when our tickets weren’t fake. It was so good to finally see a game (live) and fill my sports void. The game was awesome, the atmosphere unreal. The fans were alive and intense.
Following the game we raced to the last Kombi back to Maseru exchanging game stories the entire way. We all went to the same game but we were split off in four different sections of the stadium. Exhausted, the ride back was silent. Rejuvenated, we managed to make it to Maseru Sun for the last half of the Argentina/Mexico game.
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