Weekend in S.A.

As I sit here staring at about 50 flashcards of Zulu verbs, I’m starting to wonder what I was thinking three months ago when I decided to take Zulu here in South Africa. Surely, I had no idea it would be this difficult! We have our first test on Tuesday night and I can only hope that I will start to remember some of the things I have learned. We have to know the verbs from English to Zulu (which I can assure you is not the same, but much, much more difficult than Zulu to English!). Besides study for Zulu, today I went to Northhills Church in Pietermaritzburg. It was a charismatic church and the people were very friendly! Of course, there was tea and refreshments after, which is always a plus :) I really enjoyed experiencing something a little different from what I’m used to on Sunday mornings. Today was pretty hot, so we hang out by the watering hole for a little bit. There wasn’t much water in it, so we couldn’t really swim, but there was this little rockslide that was fun to slide down. 

Yesterday was quite an eventful day! We started the day off by going to placed called Birds of Prey. There was a bird show and we got to see all kinds of birds including many different owls, vultures, storks, and some other birds I can’t remember the names of. One highlight of Birds of Prey was watching them feed the vultures. 

After this we went to a lion park, where most of our group saw lions. It was just my luck, that the bus I was in did not get to see the lions (its a long story)! We were pretty bummed since everyone else took pictures and stood right on the other side of the cage of the lions. 

We then took a tour of Pietermaritzburg. We went to a train station where Ghandi was throw off the train and saw some other parts of the city. They took us to a look-out point where we could see the whole city. The view was incredible (and it was obviously a great picture opportunity)! 

And finally, on Saturday night a bunch of us went out to dinner at this pub and restaurant called the Keg. Its pretty close to where we are staying and the food was great! It was so fun to just relax and laugh together and was one of the best parts of the day!

Well, that's my first full weekend here in South Africa! Hope you all are doing well!