The internet here I swear is not real, it doesn’t even work half of the time. Today is the first day it has been working in 3 days.
This weekend was fabuloussss let’s get a little recap here
Saturday:
A day full of adventures! Our program has these random trips planned throughout the semester and so Saturday’s trip was out to Robben Island. This was where they kept all of the political prisoners during the apartheid such as Nelson Mandela. It was pretty sick, but so insane. There was this one man who was kept there who wasn’t allowed to speak to anyone the whole time he was there so his vocal chords were permanently damaged. The tour guide we had was a former prisoner which made the tour that much more interesting. It’s so insane that this only happened like not even 20 years ago. I was 4 when this was going on, I cant even imagine living in a world such as these people did. Because of that though there is DEFINITELY still tension between the two races such as the 3rd and 1st class on the train. The train station sells white people 1st class always but usually will allow black people to only ride in 3rd class. It’s very strange. So that was an experience.
Here is Nelson Mandela's cell that he was kept in for either 18 or 27 years I didn't really understand which one it was.
These are the cards that people of color had to hold during the apartheid. They had to have this card on them at all times because they would be randomly asked by different people to present their card. If they did not have it on them there were SERIOUS consequences usually involving some type of imprisonment or torture.
This is the rock pile that was formed when all of the prisoners came back to the island a year after the apartheid for a reuinion. They all grabbed a rock from the ground and added it to the pile, the pile has not been touched since. In the distance you can see a little hole in the limestone. This was where the prisoners would go for a break when they were working out in the field all day. They were given very few breaks and they were very short. They also went to the bathroom in there and it was one of the only places they were allowed to all be together.
Sunday:
SUPERBOWLLLLLLL
So Sunday 3 of the people I live with and I went down to the waterfront and walked around looking at cool African stuff and stuff cool. We also ate down there, which was so nice. The place we ate was in a music shop, also strange. We ended up getting a little lost but eventually found our way back to the mini bus station. Okay. Mini buses. DANGER. They are there GHETTO vans which seat like 14 people but they usually squeeze about 20 into each and they go from cape town to wynburg which is like 4 towns away. They only run on the main road and each one has a driver and a partner which hangs out the window trying to make you get into their mini bus. They legit drive about 40mph above the speed limit and cause accidents every day. They don’t stop at red lights or for other cars or anything. One would ask why the hell would I ever take this. WELLLL it’s only 5 rand which is not even a dollar in the US/they are always an experience. There are always silly Africans on them and they are always BLASTING music. I’m going to take a video the next time I take one which will probably be tomorrow seeing everyone takes them everywhere.
So then Sunday night we went to this bar/lounge in Camps Bay which is the NICEST area in cape town. It’s actually the most beautiful place I have been. So anyway… tangent over this lounge called st yves So nice wow. We sat on the deck and watched the sunset, I’ll try to get a pic from my friend when I get a chance to show you the sunset. So we hung out there for a while until all of us were starving so in our very classes nice clothes we walked our butts down to nandos. Hahahaha okay for all of you who don’t know what Nandos is, it is a chicken joint. All they have is chicken, chicken, and umm rice? Mind you we looked like fools but it was SO good wow. Yum. So then we went back to the lounge and there was a band playing called goldfish. They were so fun, they are like a electric dubstep type band yet they also place the chello and the saxophone while spinning it was so so cool. And the light show was awesome. At one point I was just standing on the table and I looked out at the beach and then looked back in and was just like wow this is not real life why the hell wouldn’t even study abroad here.
The real mission of the night was the find a place that was airing the superbowl. IMPOSSIBLE. We ended up coming back to the area we live aka the ghetto. And paid a bar tender to put it on at this SKETCHY bar called African Africa. Mind you these were the people who were in there when we arrive: there was 3 homeless people 1 had a huge bandage on her hand and was telling us that she was going to go meet her man on club duvet around the corner. It doesn’t exist. The next guy I started a converstation with was this overweight male with a Hawaiian shirt on. His eyes were so small I don’t this it was possible he could see out of them. Also he was blinking so hard that his eye lids had to be tired after the hard work this guy made them do all day. The next time I saw him he was passed out on the bar stool talking in his sleep. Needless to say we were obnoxious and they closed the bar at 2 so we only got to see the 1st quarter. WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH heard it was a good game though. Why are Americans so obnoxious?
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