Apologies to those of you who kept up with this blog… I’m so sorry.. I was a failure as a first time blogger! I guess I got so caught up in doing other things, it was hard to make time to sit down and type up entries… However I’m sitting at the airport in Amsterdam and I decided to write one final entry.
It has almost been a year and today is my first time to wake up not in Africa ☹ I have to say this feeling is a weird one… Please don’t get me wrong, I am beyond excited to see my family and friends after all of this time, but leaving my beloved Cape Town was so hard… I think I cried just as much as I did when I left for South Africa last July. It’s crazy how fast time goes.. & how quickly Cape Town became my new home. I’m going to miss it so much, as well as the family and friends I also had to leave behind! This experience would not have been the same with out them! Especially the De Ricquebourgs… what an awesome family they are and it was such a blast getting to be apart of their family this year. They definitely know how to have a good time ☺
As much as I want to sit here an list all of the amazing experiences and memories I have from my fabulous year in Africa, it would take another year just to list.. plus I think I’m planning (to attempt) to write a book about it! & Hopefully it will help others to see Africa in a different light than the usual dark/scary/dangerous place so many claim it to be. In my year here, I discovered the exact opposite! I fell in love with this place and am definitely planning to be back as soon as I absolutely can.. whether it is to live/study or maybe travel again ☺
So this is the last post ( not that there were many to begin with; SORRY) … To all of the people from South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Swaziland & others that I was fortunate enough to meet.. THANK YOU! You have touched my life in more ways than you could ever imagine and treated me with such courtesy and made me feel welcome in that magnicificant place you call home. You all have opened my eyes and allowed me to really live over the past year! I will forever be thankful to you Africa and always hold you in a special place in my heart! I hate to say goodbye, but with the life skills I learned while in Africa for a year, I know this time ill be ready for my next adventure ☺ Bon Voyage Africa, it’s been one heck of a Jol <3
Monday, June 27, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Before I lived in Cape Town, going to school on a beautiful day was never an issue. In Sherman it was a bonus getting nice weather on the way to class. But now, living 20minutes from the most beautiful beaches in the world, it is torture going to class when the days are as beautiful as they have been! I know, I know I live a hard life ;) But anyway, second week of school was great. I didn’t get lost or miss class ☺ being a good student already! I dropped my iphone off at the iFix store to get unlocked so I can use it here. Glad it only took 8months to realize I could do that. No worries, my little 1930s nokia did me well last semester haha, sweet flashlight on top & all. Monday night was also the first UCT- Ikey Tiger home rugby game! Sadly we got there too late to get decent seats, but it was still fun to watch from afar! & best part is, the IKEY Tigers (our mascot) were wearing pink and baby blue jerseys! SO adorable ☺
Last weekend was such a great time! My roommates and I went to the Spier wine harvesting festival down in Stellenbosch! Only R60 to get in and we received a complimentary fancy wine glass that was soon filled with lots of different South African wines! Oh so tasty! We also got to mash grapes in a barrel with our feet! I have always seen people do it in the movies and have forever wanted to do that! Ah was such fun, live music tons of people and sunshine! The food was so delicious at the festival as well as the fabulous oysters! MMM they were so fresh and tasty!! The festival ended around 4 so after we went to the cheetah and bird sanctuary and walked around before we had to catch our train back to Cape Town. I have already done the cheetah petting when my mom came to visit and I will be going back with Brittany when she comes so I decided to just do the birds this time! We got to hold owls!!! They were so precious haha kind of creepy with huge eyes but it was really cool to see how they responded to their trainer. They were such well-disciplined birds! We eventually walked back to the train station and waited for an hour (mistakenly) for the next train. One it finally arrived we went to get on the first class side, because third class is super sketch and not safe but we didn’t realize it was at the front of the train! So we walked quickly to the first carts and as soon as we got to the door, they shut right in our faces!!! The train started to move and all of the sudden a red flying objects nails my room mate Sarah right in the forehead. Those 10 seconds may have been the most ridic, funniest ten seconds of my life haha needless to say that was an Epic FAIL lol. So we eventually had to call a cab and pay R500 to get home.
I’m just going to skip the apologies for not updating this thing in forever again :/ promise guys one of these days I will find time to keep it updated.. I know, I sound like a broken record haha but the past few weeks have been wonderful! Just busy with classes, rugby games, the beach, a few jols here and there oh and just a fantastically beautiful weekend in MOZAMBIQUE :D:D Yesterday (Monday) was a public holiday so gracious UCT gave us the day off and The amazing De Ricquebourgs invited me to go back to Mozam with them for the long weekend! I was so excited when I found decent priced flights!! I flew out of Cape Town Thursday evening after having an exam, and four assignments due the previous day! Ah was in need of a vacation (jokes) I know I don’t deserve one… it really does seem ironic taking a vacation from Cape Town.. actually it makes zero sense at all.. but hey ‘when in Rome’ ;) We left Durban early Friday morning around 5 am. There were five people in our car, four in the car in front and three in the car in the middle lol two more people met us there. What a fun bunch too! South Africans have got to be some of the nicest most fun people. I had an absolutely blast with all of them this weekend! It took us about 4 hours to get to the Mozam border where I got my 9th passport page filled: D YAY and the Visa was cheaper this time which was a pleasant surprise! Boy the sun was shining too!! Wow it was hot and beautiful!! It was so fun to be on those sandy ‘roads’ again! In Ponta… there are no such things as paved roads lol its all sand the whole way! That’s why you need a 4X4 to drive around there! It took us about 45mins from the border to get to the absolutely stunning beach house we stayed in the last time. Was just as gorgeous as we left it! The views from the balconies are indescribable!! Just miles and miles of the bluest sea I’ve ever seen meeting with large hills and white sand… ah definitely post card like. We arrived around half past ten and went straight to the beach layed under the bright sun and started the mission to be brown! Was such a lovely day out! Napping on the beach has got to be one of my favorite things to do! We went back to the house for lunch and then shortly after Roxi and I went straight back to the beach to top off the first nap haha. In need of a shower and to let my skin take a break from the sun (YES mom I was wearing SPF) lol we went back to the house for the third time. Freshening up was nice and as soon as I walked down the stairs, Leslie and Kaz were on their way back to the beach for a nice late afternoon walk. Obviously I joined, I mean really you can NEVER get too much of a Mozam beach EVER! Anyone who argues, must be a polar bear ;) Our walk was so nice and relaxing! Took a few photos and after a little while we headed back but were stopped along the way by Greg and a few of his mates who were staying at the house a few steps down from where we were staying. They were having a nice little party with music, dops (drinks) & a fantastic deckside view of the sea! We stopped off for a little while and had a few glasses of wine and chatted away! Was too fun, at one point an extremely intoxicated man ran up to the house. Naked. Covering his goods with a sandy tshirt hahah was absolutely ridiculous! He came from the house across the way.. it was a 50th birthday party.. no one asked questions.. just laughed because hey it’s MOZAM.. you can do what ever you want hahah We eventually made it back to our place feeling on top of the world lol The adults prepared a delicious supper and us youngsters went out to Ponta de Oura for a bit of a jol after supper! We tried to go to Fernandos first but sadly it was closed so we just headed to Pintos (the place I lost my camers last time ☹ ). It was quite empty but we grabbed a few drinks and some pool sticks and attempted a game of pool haha I will brag .. I hit the winning shot in ☺ haha we stayed for a little while and danced but decided to go home early so we could get up bright and early to take advantage of the beach!
8am breakfast came, & I had my breath taken away by the stunning view and sound of the sea right outside my window! To die for honesty! We packed up loaded the jetskis and headed to Ponta! What a fabulous day… sun shining bright, fresh fruit, biltong, warm water to swim in .. seriously paradise! There was tanning, beach wandering, more tanning, jet skiing , attempt at surfing, and sand between my toes. I couldn’t ask for more! About the attempt at surfing haha I really need to learn to be coordinated! All in all a perfect beach day! We didn’t stay all day as we headed back around 3 for lunch! My beach buddy Roxi and I went back to the beach by our house after we ate and napped a bit longer in the sun! We went to the Malangane market and walked around a bit after we got back and then met up with the adults for drinks at one of the local shabeens (hut bar) and watched the rugby! So fun! Supper was next on the agenda and MM was it tasty.. Perfectly cooked steak fillets, salad, veggies! Gosh I love home cooked meals.. especially from the braai! Seeing as it was Saturday night and most of the people on holiday for the weekend were jolling that evening of course we joined. We played a few games of President and Popo after supper, then moved to kings and after a few glasses of wine & savannah lights it was go time haha so just kidding mom.. well sort of ;) Off to Fernandos we went and WOW was it packed! I immediately blamed Fernando for making me lose my camera last trip in mozam & he just laughed and preceded to pour more rum into our R&Rs… You see peeps.. Fernandos is FAMOUS for their R&Rs.. its like 98779 parts rum and 1 part raspberry just for color ;) haha I was smart this time and only consumed a little more than half of one.. the perfect recipe for a good night! After our R&Rs we headed to Pintos and danced the night away! On the way home we all decided that a trip to the beach in the moon light was mandatory as well as little swim in the sea! AH was SO AMAZING!! Have never swam in the ocean at night… as stupid as it sounds because there were probably a billion sharks just chilling waiting to munch one of us .. it was such a cool experience! I have never done it before and was so relaxing to sit in the sand and just listen to the silence surrounds the mesmerizing sounds of the waves coming to shore. Very therapeutic haha my chi appreciated it so much!
Sunday morning came with breakfast & beach packing and off we went back to Ponta! Another fantastic sunny relaxing day! I took the jet ski for a spin and had a blast! Saddly it was our last day to ride it because we were leaving the following day! Swimming in the sea here is so much different than Cape Town’s ice cold water… ah its so relaxing just to float on your back and lets the little foamies roll over your hair. I seriously could live a happy life in Mozambique! We unloaded the cars and of course we headed back to our beach. This time we took golf balls and clubs! Was too fun! Not to long in the sun again because we were going to Club 360 which has a ‘360 degree view’ of Ponta Malangane & not to mention fab cocktails! Mm and aww haha love that place! Supper was seriously the most delicious meal I have eaten in a long time! After 360 we came back the boys braaied us ribs and we had salad and veggies … OH MY WORD I could bath in those ribs they were so delicious! Ending the night as usual with a little President & Popo then off to bed early for all of us! The last few nights were quite draining.. absolutely a great time but was definitely in need of a nice long sleep.
OOO Monday came so sad time to leave! We all headed to the Malangane beach for one last goodbye kiss to the sea & sand haha played around for about an hour then luck us we were served a fantastic brunch accompanied by the stunning view and the packing of the cars began. Its always hard to leave this place haha I speak from only having done it twice.. but it really is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. Im definitely going to miss waking up to great blue sea staring me in my face! There is nothing like eating a bowl of pro-nutro with that view ;) 5hours later and we were back in Durban! I spent the evening watching Greys Anatomy with Leslie and finishing an assignment that was due today that a nice friend of mine was turning in for me!
Sorry mom, I had to skip school today lol the plane tickets were much cheaper this way! I went to gym at half past 7 with Ruthie and Leslie.. sweat my brains and all the glasses of wine out from the weekend for 2hours. It was such a beautiful day in Durban that I layed in the pool on a floatie, napped and read my magazine for a few hours. Im so sorry to throw my tortures on you guys… just kiddng.. I know I am spoiled and don’t deserve this but I hope by sharing this with yall.. you can live vicariously though this blog. I promise I am so appreciative of all of these fantastic adventures I have had the opportunity to go on!!
Instead of napping on the plane I just wrote this ridiculously long blog so hopefully my family and friends know whats going on in my world today lol. Ill be back in Cape Town shortly & guess who is coming to visit in 5 days?! BRITTANY! AH still can not believe she is going to be here so soon! I can not wait! Booked the safari this afternoon! After she goes home ill update you guys on our adventures! Until then…. You can find me on the beach ;) Love & miss everyone!! xxxxx
Last weekend was such a great time! My roommates and I went to the Spier wine harvesting festival down in Stellenbosch! Only R60 to get in and we received a complimentary fancy wine glass that was soon filled with lots of different South African wines! Oh so tasty! We also got to mash grapes in a barrel with our feet! I have always seen people do it in the movies and have forever wanted to do that! Ah was such fun, live music tons of people and sunshine! The food was so delicious at the festival as well as the fabulous oysters! MMM they were so fresh and tasty!! The festival ended around 4 so after we went to the cheetah and bird sanctuary and walked around before we had to catch our train back to Cape Town. I have already done the cheetah petting when my mom came to visit and I will be going back with Brittany when she comes so I decided to just do the birds this time! We got to hold owls!!! They were so precious haha kind of creepy with huge eyes but it was really cool to see how they responded to their trainer. They were such well-disciplined birds! We eventually walked back to the train station and waited for an hour (mistakenly) for the next train. One it finally arrived we went to get on the first class side, because third class is super sketch and not safe but we didn’t realize it was at the front of the train! So we walked quickly to the first carts and as soon as we got to the door, they shut right in our faces!!! The train started to move and all of the sudden a red flying objects nails my room mate Sarah right in the forehead. Those 10 seconds may have been the most ridic, funniest ten seconds of my life haha needless to say that was an Epic FAIL lol. So we eventually had to call a cab and pay R500 to get home.
I’m just going to skip the apologies for not updating this thing in forever again :/ promise guys one of these days I will find time to keep it updated.. I know, I sound like a broken record haha but the past few weeks have been wonderful! Just busy with classes, rugby games, the beach, a few jols here and there oh and just a fantastically beautiful weekend in MOZAMBIQUE :D:D Yesterday (Monday) was a public holiday so gracious UCT gave us the day off and The amazing De Ricquebourgs invited me to go back to Mozam with them for the long weekend! I was so excited when I found decent priced flights!! I flew out of Cape Town Thursday evening after having an exam, and four assignments due the previous day! Ah was in need of a vacation (jokes) I know I don’t deserve one… it really does seem ironic taking a vacation from Cape Town.. actually it makes zero sense at all.. but hey ‘when in Rome’ ;) We left Durban early Friday morning around 5 am. There were five people in our car, four in the car in front and three in the car in the middle lol two more people met us there. What a fun bunch too! South Africans have got to be some of the nicest most fun people. I had an absolutely blast with all of them this weekend! It took us about 4 hours to get to the Mozam border where I got my 9th passport page filled: D YAY and the Visa was cheaper this time which was a pleasant surprise! Boy the sun was shining too!! Wow it was hot and beautiful!! It was so fun to be on those sandy ‘roads’ again! In Ponta… there are no such things as paved roads lol its all sand the whole way! That’s why you need a 4X4 to drive around there! It took us about 45mins from the border to get to the absolutely stunning beach house we stayed in the last time. Was just as gorgeous as we left it! The views from the balconies are indescribable!! Just miles and miles of the bluest sea I’ve ever seen meeting with large hills and white sand… ah definitely post card like. We arrived around half past ten and went straight to the beach layed under the bright sun and started the mission to be brown! Was such a lovely day out! Napping on the beach has got to be one of my favorite things to do! We went back to the house for lunch and then shortly after Roxi and I went straight back to the beach to top off the first nap haha. In need of a shower and to let my skin take a break from the sun (YES mom I was wearing SPF) lol we went back to the house for the third time. Freshening up was nice and as soon as I walked down the stairs, Leslie and Kaz were on their way back to the beach for a nice late afternoon walk. Obviously I joined, I mean really you can NEVER get too much of a Mozam beach EVER! Anyone who argues, must be a polar bear ;) Our walk was so nice and relaxing! Took a few photos and after a little while we headed back but were stopped along the way by Greg and a few of his mates who were staying at the house a few steps down from where we were staying. They were having a nice little party with music, dops (drinks) & a fantastic deckside view of the sea! We stopped off for a little while and had a few glasses of wine and chatted away! Was too fun, at one point an extremely intoxicated man ran up to the house. Naked. Covering his goods with a sandy tshirt hahah was absolutely ridiculous! He came from the house across the way.. it was a 50th birthday party.. no one asked questions.. just laughed because hey it’s MOZAM.. you can do what ever you want hahah We eventually made it back to our place feeling on top of the world lol The adults prepared a delicious supper and us youngsters went out to Ponta de Oura for a bit of a jol after supper! We tried to go to Fernandos first but sadly it was closed so we just headed to Pintos (the place I lost my camers last time ☹ ). It was quite empty but we grabbed a few drinks and some pool sticks and attempted a game of pool haha I will brag .. I hit the winning shot in ☺ haha we stayed for a little while and danced but decided to go home early so we could get up bright and early to take advantage of the beach!
8am breakfast came, & I had my breath taken away by the stunning view and sound of the sea right outside my window! To die for honesty! We packed up loaded the jetskis and headed to Ponta! What a fabulous day… sun shining bright, fresh fruit, biltong, warm water to swim in .. seriously paradise! There was tanning, beach wandering, more tanning, jet skiing , attempt at surfing, and sand between my toes. I couldn’t ask for more! About the attempt at surfing haha I really need to learn to be coordinated! All in all a perfect beach day! We didn’t stay all day as we headed back around 3 for lunch! My beach buddy Roxi and I went back to the beach by our house after we ate and napped a bit longer in the sun! We went to the Malangane market and walked around a bit after we got back and then met up with the adults for drinks at one of the local shabeens (hut bar) and watched the rugby! So fun! Supper was next on the agenda and MM was it tasty.. Perfectly cooked steak fillets, salad, veggies! Gosh I love home cooked meals.. especially from the braai! Seeing as it was Saturday night and most of the people on holiday for the weekend were jolling that evening of course we joined. We played a few games of President and Popo after supper, then moved to kings and after a few glasses of wine & savannah lights it was go time haha so just kidding mom.. well sort of ;) Off to Fernandos we went and WOW was it packed! I immediately blamed Fernando for making me lose my camera last trip in mozam & he just laughed and preceded to pour more rum into our R&Rs… You see peeps.. Fernandos is FAMOUS for their R&Rs.. its like 98779 parts rum and 1 part raspberry just for color ;) haha I was smart this time and only consumed a little more than half of one.. the perfect recipe for a good night! After our R&Rs we headed to Pintos and danced the night away! On the way home we all decided that a trip to the beach in the moon light was mandatory as well as little swim in the sea! AH was SO AMAZING!! Have never swam in the ocean at night… as stupid as it sounds because there were probably a billion sharks just chilling waiting to munch one of us .. it was such a cool experience! I have never done it before and was so relaxing to sit in the sand and just listen to the silence surrounds the mesmerizing sounds of the waves coming to shore. Very therapeutic haha my chi appreciated it so much!
Sunday morning came with breakfast & beach packing and off we went back to Ponta! Another fantastic sunny relaxing day! I took the jet ski for a spin and had a blast! Saddly it was our last day to ride it because we were leaving the following day! Swimming in the sea here is so much different than Cape Town’s ice cold water… ah its so relaxing just to float on your back and lets the little foamies roll over your hair. I seriously could live a happy life in Mozambique! We unloaded the cars and of course we headed back to our beach. This time we took golf balls and clubs! Was too fun! Not to long in the sun again because we were going to Club 360 which has a ‘360 degree view’ of Ponta Malangane & not to mention fab cocktails! Mm and aww haha love that place! Supper was seriously the most delicious meal I have eaten in a long time! After 360 we came back the boys braaied us ribs and we had salad and veggies … OH MY WORD I could bath in those ribs they were so delicious! Ending the night as usual with a little President & Popo then off to bed early for all of us! The last few nights were quite draining.. absolutely a great time but was definitely in need of a nice long sleep.
OOO Monday came so sad time to leave! We all headed to the Malangane beach for one last goodbye kiss to the sea & sand haha played around for about an hour then luck us we were served a fantastic brunch accompanied by the stunning view and the packing of the cars began. Its always hard to leave this place haha I speak from only having done it twice.. but it really is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. Im definitely going to miss waking up to great blue sea staring me in my face! There is nothing like eating a bowl of pro-nutro with that view ;) 5hours later and we were back in Durban! I spent the evening watching Greys Anatomy with Leslie and finishing an assignment that was due today that a nice friend of mine was turning in for me!
Sorry mom, I had to skip school today lol the plane tickets were much cheaper this way! I went to gym at half past 7 with Ruthie and Leslie.. sweat my brains and all the glasses of wine out from the weekend for 2hours. It was such a beautiful day in Durban that I layed in the pool on a floatie, napped and read my magazine for a few hours. Im so sorry to throw my tortures on you guys… just kiddng.. I know I am spoiled and don’t deserve this but I hope by sharing this with yall.. you can live vicariously though this blog. I promise I am so appreciative of all of these fantastic adventures I have had the opportunity to go on!!
Instead of napping on the plane I just wrote this ridiculously long blog so hopefully my family and friends know whats going on in my world today lol. Ill be back in Cape Town shortly & guess who is coming to visit in 5 days?! BRITTANY! AH still can not believe she is going to be here so soon! I can not wait! Booked the safari this afternoon! After she goes home ill update you guys on our adventures! Until then…. You can find me on the beach ;) Love & miss everyone!! xxxxx
Monday, February 21, 2011
Cliff Jumping & Abseiling off a mountain :)
:) So two saturdays ago we payed $100 for a full day of hiking, cliff jumping, and abseiling!! It was awesome!!! We left around 7am to eat breakfast with our tour guides... we were given the low down and our pack lunches and began our hike around 8am through a place near Gordan's bay! It took us about an hour to get to the cliffs in the middle of the beautiful gorge! The weather was SO HOTT that day too, but beautiful as always, needless to say we were stoked when we made it and were able to jump in the crystal clear gorge pools! The cliff we jumped off of was abotu 7meters which is roughly 20ft :) ya i know we are pretty BA ;) just kidding but it was pretty scary looking over the edge lol. After about an hour we continued our hike which took another hour and a half and then we were harnessed up and propelled ourselves down the side of a 70meter mountain side with rope one by one! IT WAS SO COOL!!! Half way down we were in a waterfall and the view was GORGEOUS :D it took about 3-4hours before everyone finished.. my friend Kyle and i were the first ones to go so when we finished we took naps on the rocks next to the other gorge pool catching a fantastic tan! When everyone finished we hiked back to the place and had dinner then they brought us all back home! It was a long but awesome day! So now i can cross cliff jumping & abseiling down a mountain off my bucket list!! Sky diving is next (sorry mom) ;)
Sunday, February 20, 2011
First week back at Varsity :)
Wow what a week! Monday was my last first day of undergrad EVER… ah when did I get so old?! First day was a bit of a mess though, I read the board wrong and though my class was at 11 instead of ten so I missed my first marketing 2 class and went to some graduate marketing course and felt like a lost freshman when I over heard the people next me say that this was marketing research haha No worries though it only took 4 days to get everything sorted with switching courses and hopefully next week wont be so hectic. I really like all of my professors so far as well! I have such a weird schedule this semester because each day is different, but at 9am Monday,Tuesday, & Thursday I have an English class with a really funny British professor! He reads stories in all different voices and is always so energetic. I think im going to like his class.. its insane though there are about 700 people in the class!! I have gotten there late everyday so have had to sit on the steps haha. Then I have Marketing 2 which seems like it is going to be really interesting. Both professors seem nice and very smart! I think this will be a good course especially because I am thinking of going to grad school for international marketing ☺ I have that class Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday at ten. For my science with out a lab credit im taking Astronomy Monday through Friday at noon, which seems really cool. I have never taken a class like it and the first week of lectures went well, I already learned so much! My professor seems really nice as well. My fourth class is People Management, which meets Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 2. There are four different professors for the different parts of the course and so far they seem cool as well.
It’s great being back on campus and seeing friends from last semester, and not to mention the weather has been GORGEOUS! It makes campus look even prettier than before which is very hard to believe ☺ After class Friday a group of us piled in a cab and spent the afternoon on the beach, stayed for sunset while eating dinner at this delicious restaurant Cal Cachios. My digs mate Elise and I shared a banana and avo pizza.. mmm my favourite!! Friday night was the night that the moon was the biggest it would be all year. It was so beautiful, bright and humongous haha. Saturday I went with Nix and her boyfriend Gareth to the biscuit mill and had lunch and walked around ☺ love that place! Ah they always have the BEST food!! It was so packed though because it was so nice outside. After we got back I went to the beach again with a few of my digs mates and we layed out of a few hours. There was a live concert at 6pm on the beach and we intended to stay and watch, but we def didn’t come prepared because we didn’t bring any food or drinks haha so as everyone munched on their delish picknicks they packed we all got hungry and left right after the first song lol The band was cool though, I almost wish we would have stayed a little longer but hopefully there will be another one we can go to. I designated today as my first lazy Sunday! Haha I slept in then walked to the lovely pick n pay and did a massive grocery shopping with my other digs mate matt ☺ I also cleaned my room and listened to my new Taylor swift cd about ten times lol Matt is making us baked ziti for dinner YUM! And then it’s Monday again and a new week ahead!! The first home Ikey Tiger Rugby game is tomorrow nigh!! Im so excited because Rugby is like South Africa’s football, so im sure this is going to be crazy! Can’t wait! Hope everyone has a fab week!! Chat soon ;) xx
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Cape Town, Round 2
Hi all :)
First of all I would like to apologize for the terrible job of keeping this blog updated … So im going to try and start over ☺ and actually keep up with it this time… sorry agan :/
Here goes…
So it’s been 5 crazy/amazing/epic/wonderful months since my last post.. Instead of making this thing 6billion pages ill spare you and just give you a quick summary of some of the things that I was very lucky to be able to do:
Hiking table mountain, biking through a national park, going to Zambia/Zimbabwe/Botswana for ten days- white water rafting, petting lions, going on two safaris, having a herd of elephants walk across the road, touring vic falls, sun set cruise from our beautiful resort with my best friends, living in Durban for 2 months learning how to be a proper South African ;) .. Having mom & Gary & Lynne Jason & the girls visit for 6weeks taking a week vaca to Cape Town doing wine tours & petting cheetas..then back to Durban for Christmas in the sun, spending New Years in Cape Town – driving to Joburg then Durban then Mozam in 2days… going to Mozambique for a week jetskiing, scuba diving and living on the beach… then getting back to Cape Town Jan 27th to meet my new roommates … (Hopefully you all know by now that I extended my semester to a year abroad)
In a nutshell there you go ☺ would have loved to elaborate more but it would honestly take a year. The photos do more talking that words ever can ☺
So here I am about to start my second semester in paradise. At the moment it is snowing like a heaven in Texas while I have spent the last 3days on the beach … very ironic!! Last semester was absolutely amazing and I am so thankful and lucky that I was able to do so many amazing things while I was in beautiful Africa! As of now I have visited 6 African countries, bungee jumped the highest bridge in the world, rode an elephant, pet a lion & a cheetah, cage dive with Great white sharks, kayaked with whales in hermanus, white water rafted on the Zambezi river, hiked two mountains, had a safari truck be stampeded by an angry elephant, watched a heard of elephants walk across the street in Botswana, watch giraffes walk along the side of the road in Zambia, scuba dive in Mozambique with sea turtles and the biggest parrot fish I have ever seen, been to a proper South African 21st, made some of the best friends I have ever had & be apart of a real South African family learning how to say Pardon instead of What ;) (Thank you so so much DeRicquebourg family, yall are amazing)… im sure that there is more I am just forgetting it because I was a bad blogger and never kept track haha. But honestly last semester changed my life and allowed me to experience things I never in my wildest dreams thought I would do. I really had the absolutely time of my life and am so excited I am able to spend 6 more months here! Last semester flew by and im sure this one will as well, so I am going to try and make the most of my time here! I miss my friends and family dearly but thankfully skype has made staying in touch relatively easy. Recently found out that my sister Brittany is coming to visit in March!! SO very excited for that, cannot wait to see her and show her around beautiful Cape Town.
So far, I love all my new room mates and new kids in the program… everyone seems really nice & our new digs (house) is awesome!! I am really happy I decided to stay another semester ☺ Registered for my last semester of classes yesterday & start school Feburary 14th!! Hopefully the next update wont be in 5months ;) xx
First of all I would like to apologize for the terrible job of keeping this blog updated … So im going to try and start over ☺ and actually keep up with it this time… sorry agan :/
Here goes…
So it’s been 5 crazy/amazing/epic/wonderful months since my last post.. Instead of making this thing 6billion pages ill spare you and just give you a quick summary of some of the things that I was very lucky to be able to do:
Hiking table mountain, biking through a national park, going to Zambia/Zimbabwe/Botswana for ten days- white water rafting, petting lions, going on two safaris, having a herd of elephants walk across the road, touring vic falls, sun set cruise from our beautiful resort with my best friends, living in Durban for 2 months learning how to be a proper South African ;) .. Having mom & Gary & Lynne Jason & the girls visit for 6weeks taking a week vaca to Cape Town doing wine tours & petting cheetas..then back to Durban for Christmas in the sun, spending New Years in Cape Town – driving to Joburg then Durban then Mozam in 2days… going to Mozambique for a week jetskiing, scuba diving and living on the beach… then getting back to Cape Town Jan 27th to meet my new roommates … (Hopefully you all know by now that I extended my semester to a year abroad)
In a nutshell there you go ☺ would have loved to elaborate more but it would honestly take a year. The photos do more talking that words ever can ☺
So here I am about to start my second semester in paradise. At the moment it is snowing like a heaven in Texas while I have spent the last 3days on the beach … very ironic!! Last semester was absolutely amazing and I am so thankful and lucky that I was able to do so many amazing things while I was in beautiful Africa! As of now I have visited 6 African countries, bungee jumped the highest bridge in the world, rode an elephant, pet a lion & a cheetah, cage dive with Great white sharks, kayaked with whales in hermanus, white water rafted on the Zambezi river, hiked two mountains, had a safari truck be stampeded by an angry elephant, watched a heard of elephants walk across the street in Botswana, watch giraffes walk along the side of the road in Zambia, scuba dive in Mozambique with sea turtles and the biggest parrot fish I have ever seen, been to a proper South African 21st, made some of the best friends I have ever had & be apart of a real South African family learning how to say Pardon instead of What ;) (Thank you so so much DeRicquebourg family, yall are amazing)… im sure that there is more I am just forgetting it because I was a bad blogger and never kept track haha. But honestly last semester changed my life and allowed me to experience things I never in my wildest dreams thought I would do. I really had the absolutely time of my life and am so excited I am able to spend 6 more months here! Last semester flew by and im sure this one will as well, so I am going to try and make the most of my time here! I miss my friends and family dearly but thankfully skype has made staying in touch relatively easy. Recently found out that my sister Brittany is coming to visit in March!! SO very excited for that, cannot wait to see her and show her around beautiful Cape Town.
So far, I love all my new room mates and new kids in the program… everyone seems really nice & our new digs (house) is awesome!! I am really happy I decided to stay another semester ☺ Registered for my last semester of classes yesterday & start school Feburary 14th!! Hopefully the next update wont be in 5months ;) xx
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