Amber and I both woke up not feeling to hot, but we managed to get to the Subway down the street for some grub and then got ready for the afternoons event! The hotel Manager was supposed to pick us up at 1pm for a ride so we waited in the lobby until about 1:30 before deciding that maybe he forgot about us. Because the game didn't really start until 4, we made the decision to go lie down until 3 and then go. Not surprising that we then got a call on our hotel phone at 2 asking if "we were ready to go?!?!" We hopped up and met up with Lillian, the manager (who's name we still don't know), and two of their friends! We piled in the toyota and headed to the National Stadium in our personalized Simba Jersey's!
Their were people every where. The streets were filled with traffic and Africa's in both yellow/green and white/red. We were in for a real treat, not to mention a cluster! With our VIP bands, we got to park within the gates, instead of walking from who knows how far away! We took several pictures and then headed inside to our seats. Amber and I were a bit nervous with all of the unfamiliar individuals so close to us! As we were walking to our seats, groups of African's were shouting, Wazungus and then pointing for us to come sit by them. We just chuckled and kept up with Lillian and the others. The game was intense throughout. Neither team scored, so it went into extra time. Yanga ended up scoring in the 16th minute of extra time which ended the game with Simba fans sulking.
The afternoon wore Amber and I out, so for the 3rd night in a row we ordered room service and watched our African Soap Opera :)
Marilyn returns this evening. Amber and I have plans to go hunting for some Kitange (printed fabric) and then head to Sea Cliff where we spotted a Mexican Restaurant. Tomorrow we will begin helping out at the primary school in Dar. We are anxious to see of some of the same kiddos are there from last year!
Hope all is well! Pictures aren't wanting to load today, so we will try to get them up later this afternoon!
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