i just woke up on my last morning in Africa. WHAT?! it's kind of bittersweet that i'm leaving. I love it here so much and i'm having so much fun but i miss so many people. I'm also really excited to just go home and avoid all this drama for a little while.
On Tuesday night we had a final dinner for 13 Bollihope Crescent, my house. We went to the classic African Rest and Bar and i got food poisoning. wonderful. Wednesday I took my last test (not feeling very well) and then hung out exchanging photographs for a long while. Yesterday we went to the beach at Camps Bay because the weather has been so nice this week. We layed out and read, then had an al fresco lunch and some ice cream at this place called sinnful, apparently the best gelato in town. It was a great, chill day to just hang out and enjoy the city. Then while we were getting ready for my final dinner, the power went out. so appropriate. and none of us got to blow dry our hair. i was so mad. i had to apply my makeup by candlelight. For dinner we went to Mama Africa. I had the crocodile kebabs with peanut sauce, yum! and I drank "robben island iced teas" which are basically a long island with passion fruit. also yum! There were 12 of us at dinner. it was fun but kind of awkward cuz i tried to mix 2 groups of friends. After dinner we all went to the Dubliner and hung out listening to the band. A few friends of friends hung out with us. They're from all over Africa, i think a few are from Congo (as a lot of people here are). They were really fun and they have crazy names like machiavelli and hastings. so from there we stayed out til after 3, had some falafel on the street, met crazy people and it was a really good ending to my last night.
Goodbyes are really funny. Some people who've been friendly and nice, but distant in that they don't want to seem attached, get very sentimental at goodbyes. They kinda freak out about keeping in touch. This seems to be a guy thing. To act all distant and aloof and then all of sudden show that they care. it's kind of cute. I'm not gonna get a chance to say goodbye to everyone and it's weird because with a lot of people I really will probably never see them again. A lot of my friends here go to school in DC so i'll see them, but there are a lot of people that i'm casually friends with who i'll just never see again, unless we have some chance meeting. Thank god for facebook to help us keep in touch.
Well today i need to finish up packing and steal music and pictures from friends and then a few of my friends are taking me to the airport at around 5. I have a 12 hour flight to London, an 8 hour layover and then a 10 hour flight to Seattle. This should be fun.
goodbye cape town!
On Tuesday night we had a final dinner for 13 Bollihope Crescent, my house. We went to the classic African Rest and Bar and i got food poisoning. wonderful. Wednesday I took my last test (not feeling very well) and then hung out exchanging photographs for a long while. Yesterday we went to the beach at Camps Bay because the weather has been so nice this week. We layed out and read, then had an al fresco lunch and some ice cream at this place called sinnful, apparently the best gelato in town. It was a great, chill day to just hang out and enjoy the city. Then while we were getting ready for my final dinner, the power went out. so appropriate. and none of us got to blow dry our hair. i was so mad. i had to apply my makeup by candlelight. For dinner we went to Mama Africa. I had the crocodile kebabs with peanut sauce, yum! and I drank "robben island iced teas" which are basically a long island with passion fruit. also yum! There were 12 of us at dinner. it was fun but kind of awkward cuz i tried to mix 2 groups of friends. After dinner we all went to the Dubliner and hung out listening to the band. A few friends of friends hung out with us. They're from all over Africa, i think a few are from Congo (as a lot of people here are). They were really fun and they have crazy names like machiavelli and hastings. so from there we stayed out til after 3, had some falafel on the street, met crazy people and it was a really good ending to my last night.
Goodbyes are really funny. Some people who've been friendly and nice, but distant in that they don't want to seem attached, get very sentimental at goodbyes. They kinda freak out about keeping in touch. This seems to be a guy thing. To act all distant and aloof and then all of sudden show that they care. it's kind of cute. I'm not gonna get a chance to say goodbye to everyone and it's weird because with a lot of people I really will probably never see them again. A lot of my friends here go to school in DC so i'll see them, but there are a lot of people that i'm casually friends with who i'll just never see again, unless we have some chance meeting. Thank god for facebook to help us keep in touch.
Well today i need to finish up packing and steal music and pictures from friends and then a few of my friends are taking me to the airport at around 5. I have a 12 hour flight to London, an 8 hour layover and then a 10 hour flight to Seattle. This should be fun.
goodbye cape town!
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