Japan vs Greece in Natal

So Thursday night we parked at a very modern and American mall in Natal and went off to the stadium. I mentioned in the last post that we stopped at a little pizza joint to watch England play. We were the first ones in there when they opened early for us but about 20 more Americans soon followed to cheer for England

After that game, we walked the rest of the way to stadium. The main steward were very secure. Every corner had cops and military. Jon is posing with two soldiers and our new friend Francisco from Pipa. He took a big leave of absence to bus around north east brazil watching games.

The stadium in Natal is beautiful. It was designed to represent then famous sand dunes in the area. The game itself was very exciting, but ended 0-0 which is unusual for this cup.

We retrieved the car from the mall parking garage and battled some city traffic to get home to Pipa about midnight. Another huge day on Friday!

Boa Noite (good night, pronounced boa noich)