Monday, July 5, 2010

World Cup Update #8: Home again!

Greetings from New York! It’s hard to believe that I’m already home and that the World Cup final is less than a week away. Like my trip, this tournament has flown by!

After a 20+ hour flight from Johannesburg to New York, it was good to be back in my apartment and at work…though I have to admit that I miss South Africa like crazy! It was such an amazing experience, and I’m glad I got to share it with you all here on the blog.

It’s been fun to watch the games here with my friends and colleagues…all of the quarterfinals were so dramatic, between a comeback victory from the Netherlands, penalty kick craziness for Uruguay, Germany’s drubbing of Argentina (I miss Messi already!), and Spain’s patience that paid off with a late goal to send them through. After two rest days (seriously, I wonder what I did with my life before I watched at least 1 game a day!) the semi-finals kick off tomorrow…any predictions?

I’m hoping for a Netherlands vs. Spain final:)

Here at SCORES, we’re just a couple of weeks away from the official launch of the voting period for the Best Buy @15 campaign, so get the teens in your life mobilized for that! Also, there are tons of SCORES events celebrating the last week of the World Cup around the country, so don’t forget to look out for something in your city.

Thanks for reading, and have fun with the games this week!

:)

Caitlin