This past weekend we stayed with
families in Oceanview, a township located close to Cape Point along the Cape
Peninsula. Our entire class was divided into pairs of two and we were all
assigned to stay with various families. I had a wonderful time staying with the
Daniels family, and my housemate, Drew.
We left the University of Cape
Town on Thursday immediately following class, and arrived in
Oceanview around 3:30 p.m. We had a welcome orientation at a crèche
(South African term for Kindergarten), and then a welcome dinner of traditional
South African food. Following this, we all split up to our various families
throughout the community for the night.
On Friday, we woke up bright and
early to volunteer at the crèche. We were all assigned a one or two children
for the day. I had the one kid in the class who didn’t speak English, Tinashe,
but I absolutely loved him. In the beginning of the day, he was very shy and
quiet, but he warmed up very quickly. With the children, we played different
games, did face painting and went to visit a petting zoo across from Oceanview.
Volunteering at the crèche was definitely one of my favorite experiences here.
On Friday, my host family, as well
as a few other girls, went to a Valentine’s Day ballroom dancing lesson at the
community center, which was quite the workout. We learned the waltz, jive and
cha cha. Hopefully I’ll be able to remember all the dances.
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| Ocean View Community Centre for Ballroom Dancing |
Saturday was a more relaxing
day where we went to the beach, and took a drive around the peninsula which was
absolutely beautiful. We kept our eye out for baboons, but unfortunately did
not see any. Sunday was spent at church in the morning, which was
sort of like a Christian rock church, and then we
departed Sunday afternoon after a delicious lunch of every kind of
roasted vegetable. When we returned to Mowbray Sunday afternoon, we
had a quick turnaround (after finding out we don’t have wi fi AGAIN), and then
headed back to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens for a Freshlyground concert (one
of the most popular South African bands).
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