"Trip to the Stadium..."

Last week the mom's decided to take a field trip with the kids to Moses Mabhida Stadium.  This stadium was built for the 2010 Fifa World Cup(soccer/football) that was held in South Africa in June/July of 2010.  This Stadium was named after Moses Mabhida who was an instrumental member of the ANC political party in South Africa.

The stadium was built to hold a capacity of 62,000 seats for the World Cup and then reduced to 54, 000 for regular use.

The arch of the stadium is 350 meters long and 105 meters high. The arch also represents the once divided nation of South Africa coming together, inspired by the South African flag.

 It cost $450 million to build the stadium.  Currently it is used for cricket and soccer/football matches.



After we were finished with the tour of the stadium, we made our way to Mitchell park to have lunch with the kids and then let them have some play time.  As you know, I like taking pictures of some of the random signs that I encounter.  This one was at the entrance of the park...

 These are some amazing birds.  They are indigenous to South Africa.  They are call a Hadidah, and are a type of Ibis.

 View of the park area.

A monkey (that had lots of friends) that knew where to get a good meal from after we were done our lunches.  Some of them were so bold as to grab the sandwich off of the table in front of us.

The kids on the merry-go-round playing!