Real South African life can start!

Monday the 12th of May: back to work!!!

Here we are, Jane, the gap year coordinator, is not here anymore... WE are the gap year coordinators!

We have more time to get to know the kids we're working with better. 5 girls and 6 boys, so lovely, funny, clever, dynamic... They are a real motivation!

We also bought Jane's car, because it makes things so much easier, the transports won't drive us very far and I think it's the only way to see something in the week ends.

For our first week end as "integrated foreigners", we went to Franck and Amélie's, a couple of french people that I got to know through my mum. They manage a wineland in Stellenbosch, on the wine road. Their wineyard is precious, we had a great time eating french food

(shame I know, but soooo gooood!), tasting wines, chatting, picking up mandarines in the garden!

They are really lovely and it's good to see some fellow citizens!

Friday the 23rd...

9 a.m: Our life and destiny in SA about to change drastically, but we have no idea...

10 a.m: Pauline is away (buying some food as usual) and I'm alone, working at the office, when someone knocks on my door. I open and see three happy faces: the new american volunteers!!!

I welcome them as I'm supposed to, since our boss is not here, but I'm still skeptical about what to talk about with the people I consider as "Mac Donald's citizens"...

After 5 minutes, I realize that I'm partly wrong (I would never consider myself as totally wrong!) and that all the United-Staters don't eat only hamburgers nor vote for Mr B... ("B" like "Beeeerk"?).

That same night, we're invited to their house for the apéritif, we bring wine and they drink beer... Kind of a good start!

After that evening, we realized we were really lucky to have met these adorable people with who we will then spend most of our time here!

The week end after that, we went around the city to show them the best places of CT.

My favourite time was when we went up to the hills of Camps Bay, in between the sea and the Table mountain, to watch the sunset on a sea of clouds... Wonderful!