First weekend in PE

P.E. beach

The Boardwalk, a casino, shop, eating place - pretty much the disney land of africa with out the rides!

We learned how to drum at the boardwalk.. I don't have my brothers talents.. let's just say that!

ICE CREAM :)

This weekend has been great filled with lots of hanging out and getting to know people. Friday morning I went to the stained glass class (that I will sort of be taking but not getting any credit for). The teacher, Amanda, is a sweet lady and is so willing to teach and help me figure out stained glass. I met a couple of lovely ladies from South Africa in that class as well! Friday I also had to walk my 8 kilo (conversion: a crap ton) of laundry a few blocks to Spar so that I could have that done. They do it for you here, which is kind of nice but also a bit different. But hey not complaining because they also fold it! I think I paid somewhere around 47 Rand – which is about 7 dollars.

Friday night we hung out at Barney’s – the bar down on the beach. It was way to crowded for me so I went downstairs to the old mans shop that helped Breana (my roommate) and I will Peanut – the dog we found and returned to the owner. He is a lovely old man with ‘the best burger in town’ he says. He also has ice cream. – which makes me want to live there. After Barneys people decided they wanted to try out Captains – another local bar down the street. So a large group of us girl + Shawn walked to Captains. When we got there I felt so out of place. Most of us stuck out like a sore thumb. We were all white and they were all black. It didn’t bother me to much until I saw some super drunk people stumbling around and some yelling was going on. Yikes. This girl is from Iowa and is not used to this! I wanted out but I stayed with the group and we decided to not go in when it cost 50 Rand to get in. Thank goodness – so after a quick trip to McDonalds (ah something more familiar) we took a cab home. I slept like a baby!

Saturday I went down to get my phone fixed and working. I FINALLY bought a phone and then it didn’t even work. I decided I needed to get it because on Thursdays I have class at 7:45. I have been doing good on getting up early or when I need to by just telling myself (thanks for that dad). Also the sun comes up around 5:30 or 6 – and it is intense let me tell you! So on Wednesday I went into CNA and bought the cheapest phone they had (which was 169 Rand) not to bad and it has a radio. So I was super excited. She took all my information, passport, address ect. And told me they would SMS (text) me and then it should start working. So I waited and waited and nothing happened that day or the next, so I decided on Friday to try to take it to Spar when I was taking my laundry to see if the phone place up there could help – no luck. So Saturday it was. I walked down to the shops and finally got it working! Finally a phone – not sure if it is a good or a bad thing. Now people can actually get ahold of me and I will have to respond to them. Haha

Saturday was also a day for the beach. The weather was perfect. So Nadine (my roommate from Germany) and I went down to the beach and met up with a ton of international students. It was so fun to lay out and watch surfers and the waves crash the shore. Ahh paradise!