This morning..
..we filmed our way to school! The video is really nice. Can't wait to show it to you!
When we got home yesterday night, we discovered that the tap in the toilet was broken and water was flushing down the sink....about one litre per second!! And there was no way to close it! The first thing was to locate the tap providing water supply to the whole house. With some luck I finally found it at the back of the house and closed it. Since calling the emergency service (plumber in our case) costs here, we had to try to fix it ourselves. We tried all the tools we could find in the house, but still couldn't open the tap. However, later in the evening we got some additional tools and managed to open the tap. Tobi discovered that the rubber under the tap was broken - he just replaced it with a new one and now the tap is fixed!
On Friday we are going to Robben Island! In case you haven't heard of Robben Island - it's an island off the coast of Cape Town and it used to be a prison during apartheid and even before that. Political prisoners were kept there, including Nelson Mandela, who actually spent 27 years in prison!! (not all of it on Robben Island though). Nowadays Robben Island is not a prison any more, but a major tourist attraction - there is a ferry going to the island and you can take a tour there. And the tour guides are former prisoners.
Last week we learned that one teacher of the school was a prisoner there for 6 years during apartheid, because he was a member of the African National Congress and involved in the liberation movement. So, he offered to give us a tour of Robben Island. And because he used to be a prisoner there, he now can get to the island free of charge (otherwise you would pay 150 Rand per person = about 300 EEK) and bring guests with him. I can't wait to go!
We are invited as guest speakers to the 11th grade history class next week. The teacher would have liked us to come already this week, but we felt we needed some time to prepare. They are currently learning about World War II. It's going to be difficult... In my case, I definitely have to take a map of Europe to the class, to first show them where Estonia is..
When we got home yesterday night, we discovered that the tap in the toilet was broken and water was flushing down the sink....about one litre per second!! And there was no way to close it! The first thing was to locate the tap providing water supply to the whole house. With some luck I finally found it at the back of the house and closed it. Since calling the emergency service (plumber in our case) costs here, we had to try to fix it ourselves. We tried all the tools we could find in the house, but still couldn't open the tap. However, later in the evening we got some additional tools and managed to open the tap. Tobi discovered that the rubber under the tap was broken - he just replaced it with a new one and now the tap is fixed!
On Friday we are going to Robben Island! In case you haven't heard of Robben Island - it's an island off the coast of Cape Town and it used to be a prison during apartheid and even before that. Political prisoners were kept there, including Nelson Mandela, who actually spent 27 years in prison!! (not all of it on Robben Island though). Nowadays Robben Island is not a prison any more, but a major tourist attraction - there is a ferry going to the island and you can take a tour there. And the tour guides are former prisoners.
Last week we learned that one teacher of the school was a prisoner there for 6 years during apartheid, because he was a member of the African National Congress and involved in the liberation movement. So, he offered to give us a tour of Robben Island. And because he used to be a prisoner there, he now can get to the island free of charge (otherwise you would pay 150 Rand per person = about 300 EEK) and bring guests with him. I can't wait to go!
We are invited as guest speakers to the 11th grade history class next week. The teacher would have liked us to come already this week, but we felt we needed some time to prepare. They are currently learning about World War II. It's going to be difficult... In my case, I definitely have to take a map of Europe to the class, to first show them where Estonia is..
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