So I've landed in South Africa and it's quite chilly. But there are zero complaints from me (or the group) after the heat and humidity of India. Honestly not much as happened so far, we had orientation yesterday and then dinner at our coordinator's house which was really nice. I'm so excited to be here. I was so sad to leave India that's all I thought about but I don't think it ever crossed my mind that I'd be in Africa!!
I haven't really seen much here (yesterday my stomach was acting up so I didn't really leave the hostel) but today we have our first class and then we transfer to our homestays!! We are staying in two different places while here in Cape Town, the first is Langa a township. I'm actually staying with my good friend Rashida again. We were together in Detroit and I don't think we are supposed to be put into the same room again but neither of us are complaining! It's actually funny because we were talking about how much we wanted to live together again and how we were sad that we couldn't, well guess we can!
I'm excited to move into my new homestay but I'm a little nervous. Last family I stayed with was so wonderful it's hard not to have high expectations but I'll try not to expect too much (and then hopefully be pleasantly surprised!)
The flights here were interesting. We flew to Doha and then had to catch a short connect for our flight to South Africa. We made it ok but the flight first stopped in Johannesburg and we had to wait for like 6 hours because something was wrong with the plane. So it definitely made an already long flight longer but we were fine and it really wasn't too big of a deal.
I guess that's all for now. I don't know if it's just the internet cafe I'm using right now or if it's the internet in general (dad, I remember your story with the carrier pigeons) but it's being a little funky so I'm sorry if I don't get to respond to emails or messages.
xoxo
Lizzie
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