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January 22, 2008

Is it over already??

Hey guys! It is hard to believe but J-Term is almost over, and that means I will soon be heading back to cold Minnesota for the start of the spring semester. We are in Cape Town for the last week of our course, soaking up the sun and shopping for curios along the waterfront.

The first day we were here we went to the top of Table Mountain. It is about 3000ft at the top and the view is amazing! There were clouds at the top of the mountain the day we were up there and they just flowed like a waterfall. It was probably the coolest thing I have ever seen. Yesterday we went to Robin Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for eighteen years. We saw his cell and got a tour of the prison and island. Today we went to Christal House School. CH is a free private school for poverty stricken families. We got to teach a class on music lyrics/poetry and interact with the students. They were very friendly. They asked many questions about America, asked for our autographs, and LOVED getting their pictures taken with us! It was truly a great time.

Tomorrow we are heading out to Parliament and the District Six Museum, and Thursday (our last day) we are visiting a South African wine estate for a wine tasting and dinner. Friday we fly back; we'll get back to Minneapolis Saturday afternoon. Sunday we recover, and then it's off to class Monday morning. Kind of a lot for one weekend.

Hope no one is freezing back in Minnesota, I hear it is quite cold there!

Shane

Posted by Shane at January 22, 2008 07:54 AM