Back to Amsterdam

My first impression of South Africa was a limited but very positive one. The people are extremely friendly, the food is amazing, the climate ideal and the country developed (albeit still very much unequally so). I have also come to experience the sporting madness the South Africans have. Currently the FIFA Confederation Cup is being held as well as a rugby tour of the British and Irish Lions. The love for both the Springboks rugby team and the Bafana Bafana football team is enormous!! Next year the party will really explode as the football World Cup will descend on the country. Stadiums, hotels and infrastructure are being prepared, of which the shiny new O.R. Tambo International Airport is but one example.