bush camp!
Saturday morning Tobi went to Esangweni - a delegation of some computer experts was visiting the school. Since I thought I could not really contribute much to there, I didn't go (and I was really tired from the previous night - we went out at Long Street and returned at about am)...
When Tobi got back in the afternoon, we went to the place where Lucka works - about half an hour from our place (she organises camps for children). The camps are held on the shore of a lake called Zeekovlei. While we were there, the rowing team of the camp was about to have their training. We joined them - the boat was quite large, we were about 15 people inside. Each of us had a paddle - the boat was moving really fast! But paddling was very exhausting..
When we got out of the boat, we were quite wet..
Then we went to Lucka's place and saw Nele (Lucka's tandem partner) - she had arrived a week ago. We spent the night at their place. I couldn't sleep very well, because it was very cold..
Yesterday we drove to Stellenbosch. The weather was just perfect - it was warm and there wasn't a single cloud in the sky. First, we just walked in the town - it was smaller than I had imagined. The streets were quite empty, because it was Sunday. On our way back we stopped at a winery called Spier and did some wine tasting. For me, all the wines taste the same - I can only distinguish between red and white wine and sweet and dry... I guess I'm just not a wine person..
We spent last night in a bush camp on an island on a lake called Rondevlei! We were taken there by boat at the sunset. One of the reasons why we wanted to spend the night on the island was that we wanted to see hippos - they live in this lake. Unfortunately, we didn't see any..
Again, I slept just a couple of hours, because it was freezing cold (despite wearing all the clothes I had + the sleeping bag..)
But altogether, it was fun!
Photos from Stellenbosch and the bush camp here (last pages of the first gallery).
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Today, I ate my first fatcook at school - fatcooks are something like pies cooked in vegetable oil. Usually, they are filled with meat, but I asked for a plain one. It was delicious!
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We finally managed to publish the next issue of the school newsletter today. If anyone is interested, here it is.
When Tobi got back in the afternoon, we went to the place where Lucka works - about half an hour from our place (she organises camps for children). The camps are held on the shore of a lake called Zeekovlei. While we were there, the rowing team of the camp was about to have their training. We joined them - the boat was quite large, we were about 15 people inside. Each of us had a paddle - the boat was moving really fast! But paddling was very exhausting..
When we got out of the boat, we were quite wet..
Then we went to Lucka's place and saw Nele (Lucka's tandem partner) - she had arrived a week ago. We spent the night at their place. I couldn't sleep very well, because it was very cold..
Yesterday we drove to Stellenbosch. The weather was just perfect - it was warm and there wasn't a single cloud in the sky. First, we just walked in the town - it was smaller than I had imagined. The streets were quite empty, because it was Sunday. On our way back we stopped at a winery called Spier and did some wine tasting. For me, all the wines taste the same - I can only distinguish between red and white wine and sweet and dry... I guess I'm just not a wine person..
We spent last night in a bush camp on an island on a lake called Rondevlei! We were taken there by boat at the sunset. One of the reasons why we wanted to spend the night on the island was that we wanted to see hippos - they live in this lake. Unfortunately, we didn't see any..
Again, I slept just a couple of hours, because it was freezing cold (despite wearing all the clothes I had + the sleeping bag..)
But altogether, it was fun!
Photos from Stellenbosch and the bush camp here (last pages of the first gallery).
***
Today, I ate my first fatcook at school - fatcooks are something like pies cooked in vegetable oil. Usually, they are filled with meat, but I asked for a plain one. It was delicious!
***
We finally managed to publish the next issue of the school newsletter today. If anyone is interested, here it is.
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