“The One
Where Water Was Everywhere”
Two days ago the group landed in
Cape Town, South Africa! I didn’t fly over with everyone else because I had
been in Europe before. Being in Germany beforehand was super nice because now I
don’t have to handle a big time difference. As I got into the car to leave the
airport with one of our RAs, Ben, we saw Table Mountain for the first time.
Table Mountain is this huge beautiful flat mountain connected to other
mountains. The mountain can be seen from so many places in the city. Ben said
he still remembers the first time he saw it, and that almost everyone remembers
their first beautiful sighting of the mountain. I can definitely see myself
remembering that moment forever. Even after that amazing moment I feel like it
didn’t completely hit me that I was in South Africa for three and a half
months. Seeing the house for the first time when everyone else got here was the
first “oh my gosh, I’m in South Africa” moment.
I’ve already fallen in with Cape
Town and have joked that there’s no way I’ve ever leaving. Mom, if you’re
reading this, don’t worry I will come home at some point. Throughout the past
semester everyone in the group took a pre-departure class together in order to
get ready for this journey. Although I thought everyone was nice I didn’t know
most people that well, but I have already gotten to know everyone so well. I
can’t wait to get closer to everyone and make our own little family here.
Tonight we all hung out together after dinner and then a few of us chilled in
the kitchen talking. The upstairs toilet started spewing water and it ended up
everywhere. Everyone was super helpful and everyone found a way to laugh it
off. It just shows how great the group is!
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