...and we're back in Cape Town!

Alright, so since I last posted we have done a considerable amount! The sunday after meeting Tutu Doogs (from DAC) took us out to Paarl, where he is from. We went wine and cheese tasting at Zevenwacht wine estates, lunch at a restaurant in the township that he lives in, met some of the old ladies that are pillars in their community, and met his family. It was pretty much an amazing time!

Monday and Tuesday we spent with Erwin, who is a teaching artist that was flown in to do a workshop with our group, as well as work with the hands for a bridge group when all three schools are here together. We did a lot of work with words and movement etc.

Thursday- bright and early at 645 AM- we took off for Port Elizabeth (PE) to meet up with the group of UW students that are studying there. We spent the first day going out to some of their community engagements before having a braai (bbq) at their flats. There was lots of eating and drinking going on to say the least....

Friday we spent almost the entire day in cars!!! We drove out to King Williams Town to visit the Steve Biko foundation (If you dont know who he is, look up Steve Biko- he's a very very important figure here) It was a 5 hour drive in for a 2 hour heritage site tour, and then a 4 hour drive back to Port Elizabeth. Being not so enthusiastic about going out and drinking all the time, I was the one student from our group that stayed in Friday night :) I ended up having an amazing time, too! I watched a little TV (we dont have TV in our house in Cape Town, so it was the first time I have watched TV in 5 weeks!), attempted taking a bath (water kept scalding me so i gave up...), and did some reading.

Saturday we spent with the entire group for about 4 hours doing drama/learning/i dont know how to explain them exercies with Erwin and talking a bit about the previous days. I had sunscreen on, but it did not last the entire time, so I got considerably more burned than I had hoped to... After the exercies we all went to lunch, and then some of us took off for the beach. The PE side is the Indian Ocean so we were all really excited because they have much warmer water! Unfortunitely, Saturday had really high winds, so the sand stung us as we were walking along the beach, and there was a jellyfish warning in the water so we couldnt go in :(

Sunday three of us woke up at 7am to drive out to Addo national park and watch elephants and animals :) We ended up taking a taxi out there, through the park, and back home. We also got one of the hop-in guides that was offered. We had such an amazing time with the 3 of us and the 2 of them! Between the sleep deprivation and the jokes, we were laughin almost the entire time. I have tons of pictures of animals from then, but it takes forever to upload onto here, so I'm only going to put 2 up here...

I have to run to class now, but i'll try and put morepicture up later! The baby elephant picture is for you mom! :)