Soweto

On April, 17th we went to Soweto to do a bicycle tour through Africa’s largest

township. It took us a long time to find the starting point and although we were driving through the township with some inhibitions, a friendly black man who had seen us passing his house more than five times helped us lost tourists out.

Once the ice was broken we were ready to experience Soweto at its best: nice guides, welcoming people and sweet kids! A hearty “huola huola” (“hello”) and a cool “sharp sharp” (“okay”) were always met with a smile and a greeting back and we were glad we took the bicycle and not one of the big tourist busses, which allowed for us to bond with the locals more.

Rugby

Our breath-taking visit to Soweto was followed by an amazing rugby-game at the World Cup Stadium Ellis Park. The Lions, Johannesburg’s local team, played the Sharks from Durban who came with a lot of fans which put the audience in a euphoric spirit. The fact that also our team was split in two camps heated up the atmosphere and the game was suspenseful until the last second, when the Sharks finally sealed the win.

Ellis Park was the second World Cup Stadium we saw as on March 13th we watched the Bulls destroy the Highlanders from New Zealand in their home stadium Loftus Versfeld in Tshwane/Pretoria. None of us knows a lot about rugby so we enjoyed to get more familiar with this sport!