WORLD CUP FEVER! Feel it; it was here!

I don't know what commercials or promotions were shown in the states, or elsewhere around the world, this past month, but you couldn't turn on a TV set here without hearing K'naan's "Wavin' Flag" anthem.

The build up for the games had been happening for so long, businesses shut down when Bafana Bafana matches were on, my school let out a week early so that teachers could finish marking exams before the opening cermonies; and now that it's over, getting back to the daily grind just isn't as exciting when there isn't a 4 o'clock match to catch.

Being in Lesotho and South Africa for the World Cup was everything one could expect. The game I went to was insane (Nigeria vs. Greece), I caught a night game in an outdoor square in Pretoria because I missed my overnight bus to Maputo (insane and awesome), and everyday on vacation I would come off of the beach at 4 to watch that match, shower and cook dinner and then watch the 8:30 game. It was perfect!! Here's to Brazil in 4 years!!