08.07.23 Brisbane, Australia - Day 1 - Part 3

Walked to the game from the Milton stop along the river. It was about 10-15 minutes. Arrived at the stadium and checked out the store there as well. Hawkinsons, found some more gear. Then we headed to our seats. We were a little early, so we got to soak in all of the pre-game festivities, as well as watch England and Nigeria warm up.

It was a great game, both teams played really well. Nigeria had some of the best chances during the run of play. A 0-0 tie went into extra time and eventually penalty kicks where England prevailed. Almost 50,000 people were at the game. Almost twice as many as the game in Melbourne.

The next adventure was to get back from the stadium to our hotel. Julie and Trevor went in search of a place to watch the Australia v Denmark game while the rest of us worked our way back to the hotel. We wander to a train/bus station near by with thousands of our closest friends. We ended up on a bus back, which once we found the right place to catch it, it was not very full so we had a place to sit. Dean ordered food for us to pick up on the way back. Emily and I took the boys to the hotel, where she checked in finally and the boys grabbed their stuff from our room.

Julie and Trevor arrived back shortly after. Disappointed in their attempt to find a place to watch the second game.