The New Cape Town Stadium in Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa, (c) dpa picture alliance/africamediaonline

With the World Cup rapidly approaching, football fever has started warming up the cold Cape of Storms. If you haven’t been to Cape Town before, you’d be forgiven for not knowing the length of the cold season here on the southern tip of Africa. The winters are traditionally cold and wet, but with the buzz surrounding the World Cup, residents and the few tourists who are already here are paying no mind to the weather. For the first time ever, the World Cup is being played on African soil and there is a great sense of pride flooding the country.

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The countdown to this year’s football World Cup has begun, and here at Young Germany we’re looking for our own talented eleven—eleven bloggers to report on their World Cup impressions, an international team made up of YG readers from around the world.  This year the World Cup will be held in South Africa.

Are you living in South Africa and are planning on experiencing the World Cup firsthand?  (Or do you have advice for non-fans interested in avoiding the crowds?)  Are you in South America, Asia, North America, or Australia and want to tell the world about how you experience and celebrate the World Cup in your hometown?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you.