I have been really busy and really sick for the last week. Overall it hasn't been the best time I've had here so far but what doesn't kill you right? The routine of school has taken over and I cannot be more ready for the monotony of this to be broken by a small vacation.
My new obsession with muffins has lead to me actually baking my own blueberry muffins (which were delicious might I add). I have spent way to much of my free time in the past week procrastinating on school work by eating these wonderful treats and watching Friends (my other new obsession).
The most exciting thing I have to report about the last few weeks is my trip to the South African National Gallery (which sounds more impressive then it actually was). It was very cool, but I also had to go for a class so that took some of the fun out of it. My life here has been all about art since I am taking two art history classes, so even though school has been crazy in the last few weeks, at least its not unpleasant work.
Another fun thing that happened an outing we took to Kirstenbosch botanical gardens. They have this wonderful summer series of events where they host sunset concerts every sunday. This trip was organized by our R.A. Tendai who lives in the apartment right next door to me and is actually from Zimbabwe and not South Africa. This specific concert was by a African band called Freshly Ground. They were wonderful! Halfway through their concert they busted out Shakira's 'Waka waka', which apparently they co-produced. That was the best surprise of the day.
We started our little tour of Kirstenbosch with an actual tour of the gardens, they are set in the shadow of Devil's peak overlooking Cape Town and the ocean. A magical landscape of trees, flowers, fynbosch (which means fine flowers), and spiders (which were as abundant as the plant life).
But now I have spent enough of my free day (today is a holiday called Human Rights Day) blogging about procrastination as I am procrastinating. So, I bid you all a wonderful week(s) and will end with an event that I remembered happened a few weeks ago that I forgot to let ya'll know about.
PRIDE! which was so much fun! it was the South African pride parade a few saturdays ago, so we all dressed up and headed to the festivities. (SO MUCH GLITTER WAS ADORNED)
South Africa is know as the rainbow nation because of a) their lovely colorful flag, b) the amount of different races they have and c) because of this festival! (but not really the last one, it was however such a blast). There was food, entertainment, booths with wonderful hats, flags, wigs and other trinkets plus so many fun people in crazy costumes.
Now I will actually get back to all my papers that are due next week. Hope spring break/midterms are treating all of you (for those who have) well an for those of you who are no longer in school, I hope life in general is going great.
And Happy Human Rights Day to all!
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