Snap Update

Monday, June 14, 2010--Sun City. Sorry to have been on radio silence for two days, but the spotty internet access and our travel schedule have made blogging a major challenge. Since I am at a "satellite" location at the moment, I am unable to post photos during this session. To catch you up a bit since Friday when we attended the opening match (which ended in a rather anticlimactic 1-1 tie), we made the three-hour drive to Rustenburg on Saturday for the much anticipated USA-England match at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium. Before the kick off, some our crew got into a little spat with a couple of testy Brits over banner-hanging territory and protocol. You see, in international soccer, partisan fans get to the stadium hours in advance to ring the balconies with their national colors (you will see in a future post what I am talking about). Long-story-short, an international incident was averted through friendly banter and diplomacy, but importantly, Dave and Shawn Fitzpatrick, along with Sean Healey, ensured that "Old Glory" would not be denied its place at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium that night!