We watched two games today, and went for a run/walk in between. It was nice to see Ghana defeat Serbia with 1-0, with my old friend Mr. Kingston saving the day a few times.

After a great run/walk along the canal we saw Germany-Australia over lunch. In the middle of the second half it started raining and the apartment complex lost its satellite connection. That was quite annoying since we missed goals three and four. A very strong German team.

We’ll be leaving to the Trenton train station in a while when Sasha is going back to DC.

Ilana turned 11 years old this week, and today we went to her birthday party. It was an outdoor pool party.

The World Cup game between England and the USA started at 2.30 pm and we watched it from the bar at the pool area. It was an exciting game with a good result for the USA. Even if the goal in the 40th minute was a very lucky one. Ruud Gullit was a commentator for ESPN/ABC. I get the impression that soccer is getting more popular in the US.

In the evening Sasha and I made barbecue at our pool. We cooked chicken, sausage and corn, with plenty of leftovers for during the week.

The downside of traveling so much is that you always have to think ahead about logistics. It usually works out well but today we ran into a hug snag: no breakfast in house.

On the way to the grocery store I saw a big bird on the road, picking on some roadkill. I stopped to take a picture of the bird, and saw that there were five of them.

Note to self: going out in flips-flops in New Jersey early in the morning is not as nice as it is in North Carolina. It’s too cold!

My colleague Jason reattached a mud flap to our Camry today. One of the screws was out — the flap must have gotten loose recently when a piece of road junk hit it. It was the first time I looked at the underside of the car. Thank you, Jason!

Tomorrow I’m driving back up north to New Jersey — 450 miles or 725 kilometers.

Monday afternoon on the parking lot at work I discovered a crack in the windshield of our car.

It was about 6” to 8” long, and from the marks on the windshield it was clear that small stones or other debris had hit it. This probably happened when we were driving from New Jersey this weekend.

I brought the car to a glass repair shop on Tuesday; it took about an hour.