Sunday 27th June 2010
I flew to Johannesburg on Saturday 26th June 2010. I awoke to a chilly Johannesburg morning contemplating how to get to Soccer City for the Argentina Mexico game scheduled for tonight. I had attended the Netherlands Denmark game earlier in the tournament. I had used the park and walk facility at Nasrec show grounds. On that occasion the walk to the stadium took approximately forty minutes. The dust from the surrounding sandy areas was not very pleasant, more so in the icy cold temperatures that had beset Johannesburg. I decided on good advice to use the train service today. I watched most of the afternoon game and set off for Soccer City at approximately half past six. I travelled with a group. We parked a hotel complex in the vicinity of the old Park Station in downtown Johannesburg. This area, I presume would have been the thriving centre of Johannesburg in days gone by. The University of the Witwatersrand and the new Constitutional Court is just a stone throw’s away. The city of J...