We INSIST!

Sorry for the late posting! I should be better about getting posts up sooner in the future :) Friday was extremely uneventful - no one showed up for my classes, and I did work for the website. Hopefully attendance is better on Monday!
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Saturday, June 26th

Today, I decided to go on a trip to Cape Point and various other places with Shelley and some of her other housemates. Her host dad, Samson, is a very good tour guide, and organized a day trip for us to have a fun day filled with adventure. Even though I had already been to Cape Point with Lucinda, I decided to go just for the new experiences.

Haut Bay! I think.

First stop was Boulder Beach, where all the penguins live!

Our group.

Yes, PENGUINS. In South Africa. We got to see them waddling around, and well.. being penguins. It was basically the cutest thing ever.

The cutest thing ever. The sand looks like snow here, weird.

Next, we stopped at Haut Bay to take pictures with all of the beautiful scenery. I took this really cool one that I then edited - I'm really happy with how it turned out!

Remember, this is photoshopped. The water is not actually yellow or green.

The next stop was Cape Point, but once we got there, the weather was too bad. So we couldn't go; this worked out perfectly since I had already been there! But I didn't rub that in everyone else's faces. :)

Next, we had lunch at a nice seafood restaurant. After we took a seat at a table that wasn't by the window, the waitress said, "the management INSISTED we move to have the best view in the restaurant." We insisted that we preferred to stay, but she INSISTED that we move. Soooo.. We moved. And? It was a nice view, overlooking the harbor of Haut Bay.

After lunch, it was time to head to Seal Island! We got on a glass-bottomed boat and set off for the 15-minute cruise to what basically amounted to a few rocks with a HUGE amount of seals on them. I wasn't able to take in the interesting facts and beautiful scenery during the cruise, though; the water was very choppy and I got very seasick. I snapped some pics of the seals and then quickly returned to looking down at the floor of the boat, waiting for the swaying to be over.

Hastily photographed seals.

I was OK once I got back on land though. That night, we watched the USA game at a place in Kenilworth called Hob Nob's. I wore my USA scarf with pride, but alas, Ghana prevailed. I was really conflicted during the whole game - I understood how much everyone wanted Ghana to win since they were the last African team left in the cup, but some people were really rude to me and my friends just because we were American. Why does everyone hate America so much?!

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Sunday, June 27th

This morning, we got up and went to the Muizenberg flea market! I was in heaven. There were so many cool things - samosas, sweets, cheap world cup memorabilia, old CDs, things I didn't need but wanted to buy... It was great - and VERY CHEAP. I bought a Bafana Bafana jersey for basically $20, and a Spain jersey for $15! So cool. I wanted to stay longer and buy more things, but Sebastian and everyone else was ready to leave.

My jerseys!!

We had to hurry because we were heading to a traditional South African buffet restaurant! I didn't take my camera (ugh!), but just to give you a little idea of the magnitude of how awesome this restaurant is, let me take a moment to describe it. Picture your favorite buffet restaurant (or just buffet), and then multiply its awesomeness and size by 3. Then add 20-30 dishes of local african cuisine, and you're CLOSE to how much food this place had. It was slightly ridiculous - I walked around and just gazed at how much food there was for a good 10 minutes, and then ate a LOT of food. I also played with Derek (my host dad)'s grandson - I tried to teach him how to tie his shoe, and we colored some pictures, verifying the fact that I STILL cannot stay in the lines.

After lunch, we headed to the Waterfront to watch the Germany-England game (needless to say, Sebastian was really excited)! And Germany slaughtered England! WOOO!! We also may try to get tickets to Germany's quarterfinal match :-O We'll see..

Lucinda is sick this week, but I have a lot of work to do, so this next week will be very busy! Let's hope it's exciting as well, so I can tell you all about it!

Cheers!