Getting ready to leave....

I can't even believe how fast my time here has gone by! Although I am quite ready to come home, I am really going to miss Cape Town. I really want to try my best to come back for 2010...

I'll do a quick recap of my last week:

I forget which one it was (maybe Friday?), but either thurs or friday my roommate Rebecca and I went to do some gift shopping downtown at green market square, and then headed to Camps bay beach to sunbathe and then eat and watch the sun go down. Rebecca got pick-pocketed for 300 Rand (about 40 dollars) while we were downtown, so I decided to treat her to dinner while we were at the beach. Pictures of the beach/sunset:

On Saturday 3 of us got picked up at 530 am to go to Aquila game reserve and see animals: yay!!!! It was really really nice, we saw a lot of animals, and they gave us champagne to welcome us, mimosas with breakfast, and champagne during the break in our game drive. Its a good thing they fed us lots of food to go along with it! Here's some pictures:

Ostritch:

Zebra:

Buffalo:

Elephants:

Rhinos:

Wildebeast:
ground beetle: Lions:

giraffes:

On Sunday, our entire group left for Boulders Beach (the one with the penguins) for our final retreat. Here are a few pics from that:

We got home from Boulders Tuesday, and then our group from the Hands for a Bridge/Literacy Through Photography project went to say goodbye to the Bellville learners on Wednesday, and the Isilimela learners yesterday (Thursday). Also, yesterday morning was my last class of college ever!!!! I'm really really scared, but excited at the same time. Last night is when the first girl from our group left, too. It really drove home that we are at the end of our time here...

Today we all woke up at our own pace, and a lot of us ate breakfast together. (One of the girls here is a vegan and made these amazing vegan chocolate pancakes and vegan coconut pancakes with pinapple sauce). Then Rebecca and I slowly got ready and headed to the mall to do some last minute shopping. I picked up a few really really cute things that I'm excited about!

Tonight is our last night haning out together as a whole group (besides Suzanne who left yesterday) because tomorrow is when everyone else starts leaving. I think we're going to dinner then out to Long Street. Tomorrow during the day i plan on finishing my souveigner shopping and heading to the beach, and then i'm packing!

Sunday I have to leave for the airport at 11am. It feels so surreal!