YES WE CAN! or...WE JUST MIGHT!!!

Sunday, June 28 11:38 pm

Ahh what a night!! A group of us went out to watch the Confederation Cup Finals which featured Brazil and the good ole USA. Going into it, many of us thought US had NO chance to beat Brazil in the finals, but we still wanted to experience the atmosphere while in S. Africa. We headed to the V&A waterfront to watch the game, and we were conveniently placed next to a group from Brazil. We all decided that we needed to represent, so we attempted to cheer louder than them. We demonstrated our patriotism by standing up and boastfully singing the National Anthem...the Brazilians fired back with an even more boastful rendition of their national anthem. As the game started, Chris attempted to explain all the crazy soccer rules to me (hey, I don't watch it at home, but when in Cape town...) while Kori from Hawaii, Mary, Elayna and I spent time deciding which member of the US team was the best looking...we all agreed that we had a love for the goalie, Howard. But, I digress...the first half was awesome and the US scored 2 goals! We were going crazy and then someone in the group started chanting YES WE CAN a la Barack Obama. We proceeded to scream that continuously throughout the first half while the Brazilians just looked on in shame because they were down 2-0. The energy was awesome and we were having a blast, as usual. I'm finding that it is impossible NOT to have fun every second I'm with these people. At the start of the second half, Brazil came out on fire and immediately scored on us. The witty Brazilians fired back with NO YOU CAN'T!! We responded with WE JUST MIGHT!! With each subsequent goal, their chants and taunts got more and more boisterous and it was such fun to watch them exhibit so much passion for their team. They continued to chant NO YOU CAN'T and in the end, after a 3-2 loss, we chanted “WE SHOWED UP!” back at them. In the end we all shook hands and congratulated the Brazil team for the win....

So I don't know what it is, but I seem to have quite fortuitous luck when it comes to being in the right place at the right time when it comes to major soccer tournaments...first the World Cup in 2006 and in Italy when they won, and now to see the South African game as well as the US final in Cape Town. This might just have me interested in soccer...and if all else fails, it is good eye candy!!!

Later kids!! :) And hey...GO USA! :) YES WE CAN!

OH and how could I forget!!! On the way to the V&A we walked by the MOST AWESOME STORE EVER. It was called MissK Food Cafe. I can't even make that up. So naturally I have my picture by it, and you can bet it will become a staple of room 213 for years to come! :)