The Mourning After

No one debated the vuvuzelas this morning. Horns were nowhere to be found on the silent streets of our Jo'burg suburb after Bafana Bafana's poor showing last night against Uruguay. Today we opted to stay close to home, returning to our stomping grounds at Melrose Arch. We took the advice of every tour book on our coffee table, settling in at Moyo for fine African cuisine, South African wine, and an Argentinian stomping on the big screen.

Not a fan in sight until a busload of Hondurans rolled in.

Ben ordered the spicy lamb tagine, an African stew, with basmati rice.

Stephanie ordered the Isishebo curry, traditional in Durban, consisting of spicy lamb. In the background you'll see the country's Stellenzicht shiraz.

I ordered the cig cig wat, an Ethiopian braised beef marinated in fenugreek, here wrapped in flat bread.

We're back in the room now, watching a heated France v. Mexico game. It's quite cold again in Jo'burg, but the forecast shows a slight increase in temperature over the next four or five days. Tomorrow's match against Slovenia begins at 4 pm, so we'll likely be back on the coach by 6:30, thus avoiding the late hours and the near-freezing temperatures.