Zero to 80 in a day (degrees that is)

Was about 17 degrees outside our taxi to JFK. Tomorrow we will land in the Tropics.

Landed in Accra at about 7am which was about midnight our time. So imagine, we started the day at 8am in New York City, ran around all morning and afternoon in ten degree cold (zero with wind chill) doing last minute things, got on a Delta Airline flight, watched Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and an unbearable Sandra Bullock film (the free wine helped), tried to sleep through some 2 year old screaming for nine hours straight, got off the plane in Accra just after sunrise to about 80 degree weather and then had a whole day (well, we took a two hour nap).

Went to The Digital Livingroom (bar) at 4pm to watch the Ghana Black Stars play the Egyptian Pharaohs in the African Cup of Nations. This is the top football match (that's soccer to you Yanks) of the African continent (yes Sarah Palin, C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T!). Ghana was playing much better than the Pharaohs but the Egyptians managed to sneak the ball into the net in the last five minutes winning them the cup. The packed pub we were in was manic until then. A fun time though I think Ghana deserved the win.

Ghana Black Stars grab the silver in the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament