This past weekend was our homestay in Ocean
View. I was actually asleep on the entire drive in; therefore I wasn’t even
sure what the surrounding area looked like. I really had no idea what to expect
from this weekend. Imhoff farm, across the street from Ocean View, was like a
completely different world from the community. The animals, the little shops
and the people there were all doing their own thing and were very touristy.
However, right across the street was a neighborhood of thousands of people,
many of whom have not even stepped foot on this farm. Jill and I were dropped
off at Auntie Bernie’s and were immediately made an amazing, and much missed,
home cooked meal. I already felt like I was at home.
Thursday night we were taught how to ballroom
dance with some of the kids of the community. Let me say that these kids were
probably from age 7 to 15 and every single one of them was an amazing dancer
and certainly much better than I am. It was so much fun and my favorite part
was probably the free dancing at the end where everyone completely let loose
and we all danced like crazy. The next day we went to Daisy Day Care and took
the kindergarteners on a little trip around the community. We went to the
library and the police station to learn about good behavior. All of the little
kids were so fun to play with and we ended the afternoon with a marshmallow egg
hunt.
The rest of the weekend was spend with out host
family and getting a sense of how they spend their time. Overall, I got to
spend an entire weekend with an amazing family that truly loved spending time
with each other and opening to their house to 2 strangers but making us feel
like family. This weekend was just another example of how wonderful the people
of Cape Town truly are.
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