Life in Cape Town has been unreal so
far. This past weekend Allie, Sarah, and
I headed to Langebaan for a few days. We
stayed at the WindChasers guesthouse and spent most of our time tanning. We went to the Strandloper for dinner, which
is this amazing outdoor restaurant on the beach. We ate dinner as we watched the sunset and
had 10 amazing courses of seafood and different breads. They had guava jam that
tasted like you were eating a real guava…like what is better than that. It was
most definitely the best meal I have ever had!! We made a few local friends
that showed us around the town. We also
attempted to learn how to kite surf. It
is basically glorified kite flying and it couldn’t have been more fun. Also Sarah and I have been trying to do
squats every day so we did them on the beach.
I’m pretty sure people thought we were insane, but the view made it all
worth it.
As far as being productive, life at
the clinic has been going really well.
We have been learning to draw blood, remove stitches, and give some
injections. It has really been a great
learning experience because not only are we learning skills, we are gaining
confidence and creating relationships with the nurses that would be difficult
to do at home. The nurses at the clinic
are some of the best people I have ever met.
They work so hard every day and we have so much to learn from them. A few of them came over for a braai the other
night and it was awesome to get to talk to them outside of the clinic. They have some of the most amazing life
stories and they have so much to share. Sister Castle, the nurse in charge of
us, took us to mass at her Anglican church.
Every one there was so friendly and welcoming. It was great to meet the priest and some of
the parishioners. After church she took
us back to her house for lunch and then we went on an adventure to different
beaches on the peninsula. It was
absolutely gorgeous. We couldn’t thank
her enough for spending the day with us.
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