Anna trying to pack in as many activities as she can before leaving

Time is flying by here; I can’t believe we only have a little over a month left.  We’re currently trying to pack in as many activities as we can before we leave at the end of April.  I went to the Waterfront and had the best veggie burger I’ve ever tasted, and as a vegan, I’ve tried a lot of different veggie burgers.  I can’t leave Cape Town until I have another one of these scrumptious burgers.  Even my non-vegan friends loved it!  As a meat-centered culture, I was surprised to find so many vegan-friendly restaurants in Cape Town; veganism is growing around the world.  Karen, Laura G., and I went to Honest Chocolate on Bree Street.  All of their chocolate is dairy-free, and they had many other vegan deserts.  I ordered banana bread stuffed with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge.  It was incredible.  I want to go back to Bree Street and check out the other cute cafés we saw.  Sometimes when I’m home for a night, I feel like I should be out and doing something new in Cape Town; however, I try to remind myself that relaxation, sleep, and self-care are just as important as partaking in new experiences.

I finally hiked Lion’s Head with Karen.  It was pretty hard near the end – the trails were steep and rocky, but it was worth it.  On the top, we had an incredible view of Cape Town with all of its mountains and beautiful beaches.  I want to go back because there are apparently caves on a different trail.  Speaking of incredible views, I went paragliding!  It was SO much fun; I felt like I was flying.  It lasted 5 or 10 minutes, but I could have been up there for much longer.  I flew over the city and the ocean before landing in Sea Point.  I would recommend paragliding to everyone, especially because it is less intense than skydiving or bungee jumping.

At my internship, I’m starting to put together my workshop.  I’m planning on going to a school and giving a presentation on healthy eating to grade 6 or 7, and another person from my internship is going to present on recycling and water-saving tips.  We are then going to put these two topics together and have the children plant herbs in recycled plastic bottles.  They will learn how to both re-use materials and also plant seeds to grow healthy food.  At my activist project, Erica, Katherine, and I gave a short workshop at a local library.  We talked to two girls about self-love, the naturalness of periods, and how to feel confident as women.  Even though we were only able to speak with two girls, I know we made an impact on how they think about their bodies and their periods.  Each life we impact is one more girl who can feel confident in a world that shames and hypersexualizes women.