This week was pretty fun! We started off with wine tours and
a braai. The wine tour was very informative, and we got the opportunity to
taste some wines. I don’t like reds, fyi. We ended Saturday with a braai at
Vernon’s house, which was probably one of my favorite parts of the trip thus
far. A braai, for those who don’t know, is essentially a barbecue where
everyone invites their family and friends. It was a very chill environment, and
a good place to bond with my fellow co-educators and Vernon’s family and
friends.
Parks, the local public transportation pro that helped us
with orientation, brought his family and friends. One thing he said
particularly stood out to me. As he was barbecuing the meat, he was telling me
how happy all of us make him. He was saying how he is generally a very happy
person and being surrounded by all of us happy people was one of his favorite
things. Parks has had such an impact on all of us already. Not only has he
shown us how to use public transportation, which is an intimidating thing here,
but he also has brought this amazing energy with him everyday. He is always
smiling and always ready to answer questions. It was nice to know that we were
having such an impact on him, just as he was having an impact on us.
We ended the weekend with an exciting excursion to
Muizenberg and a concert at Kirstenbosch. Muizenberg was complicated since the train kept breaking down and we were already
on a strict time limit. But! We made it and that was what mattered. The concert
was awesome. It was a breathtaking view that I don’t think I can accurately
describe through writing.
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| Kirstenbosch Summer Concert Series |
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| Lira in concert 29 January 2017 |
This weekend we’re going on the Garden Route and I am SO
excited! Mainly because I want to pet elephants. Many pictures to come!
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