Greetings from Cape Town!

Well we have officially been here 1 full day and I can tell these upcoming weeks are going to be pretty funny!  I got myself surrounded by an awesome group of people!  - lucky me :)  well last night was quite a shock it was crazy to finally get here.  we all enjoyed the few hours of sleep we got very much, but its freeezzing! (we all got heated blankets for tonight).  i cant remember what i said in the last post but we are staying at a bed and breakfast place in Durbanville, South Africa called Deo-Gratia.  its perfect!  we are kind of far from the city center but its a great location where we can all be together.  this morning we had breakfast, which was interesting. the food is not the same.  but - ya cant knock it till ya rock it so, we all tried a little marmite...all i have to say, is...you gotta try it once - JUST once.  (i almost thew up, but i was worth the experience, haha).  we then set off for the first mall apparently south Africans loveee their malls there are a ton!  the first mall we went to we exchanged money aaaand a few of us got lost...not our fault they left with out us!  but we were found and then we had lunch.  so far everywhere that we have gone there has been a mcdonals...that pisses me offf!! im such a huge fan of authenticity and thats American - im on the other side of the wold!  but whatever...  after the mall we went to an animal place where i did something pretttty cool...... I PLAYED WITH A CHEETAH! yup thats right, check off to my first true áfrican' experience. haha his name was Cheeba and i think he was 2 years old.  he was so cute, purring as we pet him and was giving kisses to the guy holding him calm.  before we went in we had to sanitize our hands and the soles of our shoes...*fun fact* cheetahs have a really weak immune system.  after that we went to ANOTHER mall, the 3rd biggest in south Africa!  and guess what i got there.....(drum rollll)  kicks... haha didnt take too long, but is anyone surprised lol.  and that was about the highlights of our day! 

however, i have been on this computer for too long and this post is probably even too long for me to reread to i will spare you for now.  i apologize for the lack of picts, macs dont get Internet connection here sooo blogging and fb chatting might be the best for now.

Goeie Nag!

(Good night in Afrikans - the 'g' is pronounced like in German or like "ch" in Hebrew) soo like "chooya nach" hah try it!)