Yesterday marked exactly 2 months since I arrived here in Cape Town! It’s really bizarre that it has been that long. After what was probably best described as a rollercoaster month of September filled with sightseeing, new experiences and trying like mad to fit into a group of intern friends, October was a time for settling into a routine for daily life here. I liked both months for different reasons, and am looking forward to November, which will bring a whole new feel to my experience here. It will be a time for really understanding how much I have learned here. My mom will be visiting from the 20-27th and in preparation I have already been tracking down all the amazing things I want her to see and do. In making these lists and plans, it has occurred to me how far I have come in understanding this city. Names of roads don’t seem so strange, public transit is not intimidating, and I can actually recommend a fair amount of places I have been myself. This is ridiculously reassuring.
Also, I have started booking tickets/ accommodations for my 2-week backpacking trip I am taking with some friends I have met here. The day my mom returns to the states I will be heading to Johannesburg, Kurger, Mozambique, and ending in Durban. It has been so crazy figuring out busses/ car hire/ planes! I will never again take for granted just hoping in the car for a road trip ever again!
Today was such a wonderful day, one of those just genuinely feeling content days that you would love to savor. After a lovely night sleep I woke up with some tea made for me by my lovely roommate and sat chatting over a chocolate cupcake J After slipping out of sleep and into a more awake state we continued to just listen to music while I looked up travel things on my compy. A Sunday here isn’t complete without a trip to pick and pay for some groceries for the week, and after some homemade spinach feta tomato pizza we both had a little cat nap as I waited for my sheets to dry in the sun coming through our big windows (long story about needing clean sheets, involving the invading of my room by some sort of African fleas, most likely picked up from the townships). We woke up just in time to sip down some coffee and head to signal hill for the sunset. While waiting for the sun, my friends and I chatted about our experience here and ended with listing off what were the best gifts we have ever given anybody. Coming back to the apartment for some homemade white chocolate/ oatmeal/ raisin cookies and fresh cream was another excellent treat. If I couldn’t handle enough greatness for the day, my roomie and I somehow put together an amazing late night Mexican dinner. Now just sitting in my room, all squeaky clean from a shower, belly full of good foods, sheets freshly deflea-ed, and mellowing out to Owl City. It’s going to be hard to say goodbye to this day.
