I guess it's sort of been awhile since my last post, sorry about that. Not too much has been going on over here, but we have some fun big plans for the weekend. We're going to a music festival called Rockin' The Daisies, so keep an eye out for a post soon. This weekend was one of the best so far! The weather is all of a sudden taking a turn for the best... it's been STUNNING in Cape Town. I took advantage of this by going to climb Lion's Head on Friday afternoon. Here are some pictures from the view up top:
On the way up..
From the top....
We stayed until just about sunset and then headed back. We saw someone paragliding right near the mountain and it was INCREDIBLE looking. Don't worry parents, I have no plans to do that (yet). After our climb we got some delicious milkshakes at this cute place called Mr. Pickwicks that is famous for them... they were yummy. We spent the rest of the weekend at the beach. Instead of Muizenburg, the beach we have been going to, we decided to explore Camps Bay and went to Clifton Beach. This area is probably my favorite of Cape Town so far... to the point that I can almost see myself living there. There are super cute restaurants with amazing sunset views, fantastic beaches, and a great feeling all together. Here are pictures from the beach/Camps Bay area.
We swam in the water, which was bone-chillingly cold, and climbed some rocks and some people even did some rock jumping. Being out in the sun all day, naturally we got a little bit toasted at the beach this weekend, and to soothe our pain we got drinks at this place called The Grand and watched the sunset. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera but I will try to get you all a picture at some point from one of my friends.
And finally, I will post some pictures of the kids from CHOSA. I'm going to skip out on names and details, but if you're interested in some stories about the kids let me know.
Here are a bunch of pictures of the little kids, the ones who are not in my class but end up flocking to me for entertainment before class begins.
This is a picture of my class, busy at work with some poetry collaging:
Here are pictures of the property itself and kids flocking all over the place. The babies are all kept in a separate room, that's why they are behind bars.
Our project is to come up with a way of educationally and productively engaging our groups of kids. Me and my co-teacher came up with the idea to make a magazine. We've been teaching our kids how to write poetry, short stories, comic strips, draw self portraits, family crests, etc and are about to start compiling them. I will bring back plenty for you all to see! That's all I have for you now, I'm currently at a coffee shop on Long Street called Mugged (clever, huh?), doing some Dickens reading (On p. 168 of 800...). Keep a lookout for updates next week.
Byyyyee,
Julia
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