Well, today I wrapped up my first week of classes at the University of Cape Town. If you will remember correctly, I have 2 classes and 1 seminar. My first class is on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8m which is a bit of a chore to get to on time. You see, I live on lower campus and the class is on the far end of upper campus. These campuses are called "upper" and "lower" because they are literally up and down the side of the mountain. It takes about 30 minutes of steep incline followed by about 100 stairs just to get to the building and then 4 more flights of stairs to get to the classroom. Talk about an early morning cardiovascular workout! It's barely light when we leave the house at 7.30 (remember that it is winter here in the southern hemisphere) and making it up that hill is definately a challenge. BUT, by the end of the semester I will have some killer leg muscles so it all works out.
Now, those 2 8am classes that I had this week were all for nothing because the teacher never showed up. I guess that happens a lot here.... Hopefully she will be here next week!
My Xhosa teacher showed up every single day to teach us the clicks of the tribal language. "De clicks are de spice of de language!" That's a direct quote! He is a really great teacher who talks very slowly and pronounces everything many times so we can understand. Even though it's going to be a hard class, I think I'm really going to enjoy it.
Tomorrow my housemates and I are headed to the African bush in High Africa. I don't really know where that is or what we will be doing, but we were told to pack warm clothes for the evening. Hopefully I will meet some real African bushmen! How cool would that be? As for now, I think I will get some sleep. I don't know if I'll get much in the bush! :)
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