Just a quick news flash: Tomorrow is my dear family here with me in Cape Town, all four Ulla, Horst, Nadja and Jannek already the second time I'm really looking forward to it with them here on the Cape to Christmas and New Year's Eve . spend We have a Bed and Breakfast in Summerset West, and from there to explore Cape Town and the surrounding area. The last few weeks we have, so I and other volunteers tried desperately to bring us into the Christmas spirit, which at 30 ° and trips to the beach is really not easy and not so very successful! Here now summer vacation and there are not that many Children at Children's Home, because many are at home or with relatives. Before the holidays we had a Christmas party for the children when I was allowed to play Santa Claus, I have rarely been so sweaty as under the costume and the false beard, was fun (the photos I submit to). I will write soon a report on the experiences with my family, I wish you all the time but already a nice and not so stressful Christmas!
Finally a sign of life so much! is not happening, but sort of. My brother is now again a month away and my family is already in a month!
I'll have the last few weeks trying to summarize short and sweet.
I have with some other volunteers and climbed two children from the Children's Home of Table Mountain. War has a cool thing, but very exhausting! The day after that it was somewhat difficult to learn to walk, my legs could move only very reluctantly! The two boys we had with us are also running properly it!
On the weekend before, was the Cildren's Home is a beach house for the volunteers provided we were able to spend two weekends. So we have spent a weekend in two groups on the beach. Unfortunately, the group with which I was on the stand quite a bad luck with the weather, which means that it rained all weekend. So our "beach" weekend has played more in the house.
Yesterday I was with the children on a farm to which they were invited. There we went first with a tractor or on the trailer with hay bales on the farm and the animals looked. Later, We then sat with the children in and around the pool there and had a barbecue, it was a very nice day.
Between the weekend actually, everything is as it was, I am still driving hard on. On 11 December catch here of the long summer holidays, so the summer has now held properly enter and it is extremely hot with 30 about the degrees.
Let's see whether something goes up to the next entry in less time, but I can not guarantee anything.
came on Sunday evening, it still ungekärter cause a house fire in the old Hammer at Flossenburg. The loss is visible to € 50,000. Further information please see press release.
Yes as soon as possible! Jannek is already in Germany, even for nearly a week. On Friday he has not worked, we were on a school sports day on some of the Children are here and in the afternoon has Jannek be delivered even a water fight with Christiano. In the evening I got him back to the airport, very strange if you have four weeks spent so much time together and now again "alone" is. After the airport, I am still driven purely to Cape Town and met me with some of my AFS seminar group, who live either here or precisely because, for various reasons in Cape Town. is otherwise the weekend was relatively quiet since a good half of the volunteers in a house went on the beach, which was given to us free of charge. There I go out this Friday but then after this weekend. On Sunday I was with three other volunteers with the children on a boat trip to Seal Island. This trip was organized by a Chinese living in South Africa to make more often what the children. So it was the first Chinese food and then on the boat tour was very nice even though I've already been to the island. The scoop was always the children with the rod handle seeing . The week was otherwise as always, except that I miss my little brother, but he is with the rest of the family in seven weeks already here!
Yesterday we came back from our wonderful and eventful trip to the Garden Route back to Durbanville. More than a thousand miles in our loyal Beatle.
On Monday it was as first to Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa, including the actual transition from the Atlantic, the west and the Indian Ocean in the east. While it was incredibly windy but very beautiful, we have diligently mussels collected in the evening and had another boozy holiday starting party. Have the corresponding Jannek and I sat the next day on the horses. Yes, on the horses we have to be convinced a ride on the beach was very nice, but I prefer doing it but four wheels and steering wheel NEN!
From there we went on to Mossel Bay. In Mossel Bay we have slept in an abandoned train on the beach, a bit tight but once on the location unbeatable, asleep to the sound of the waves and wake to the sound of the waves again. After a refreshing dip in the ocean the next morning, we loaded our Beatle again and we have made the trip to Knysna.
The road was not very long. We have also posted there in a very nice backpackers and have a beach looking for what proved to be a little difficult in Knysna. Search for something we do not actually have the beach but found this cliff where the girls were sunbathing. Jannek and I have therefore decided to climb a little in the rock, incredibly nice and interesting with some of the caves above the water and many in the water, swim a bit too dangerous. In the evening we have gebraait very nice (the South African barbecue). The next morning we checked out the backpackers and are down to the harbor. There, we made a trip through the Knysna lagoon on a beautiful, white, sailing catamaran. Unfortunately the waves were too high in the lagoon exit down to the sea out (Travel Guide: The British Navy called the Knysna lagoon as the most dangerous harbor entrance in the world). Back on land we have just eaten something and went on to plate Berg Bay.
In Plattenberg Bay we wanted the beach because there was very nice but a bit windy, we are up at a lookout point from where we had a wonderful view of the bay. The next morning there was my personal highlight, we are for the Highest Commercial Bungy Jumping the world down. Janneke, Myriam and I have then bravely plunged the 216m high bridge down. Crazy feeling when one is up there, the two begin to count is holding a 3 ... 2 ... 1 Bungy and a slight tilt to the front and one in the depths, just an incredible feeling!
Fully loaded with adrenaline, we made our way back towards Cape Town. With a stop in wilderness because Doro and Bianca wanted to do from there paragliding. There we have stayed in a super backpacker. The next morning the two are then lifted off. Afterwards, we have opened ourselves to our last stop, a second Mossel Bay plays. This time we decided against the train and are in probably the most beautiful Backpackers stayed on our trip, a beautiful old house with beautiful garden with fish pond and hanging chairs, mats and a great barbecue.
On Sunday we went back to Durbanville.
I hope I could sum up the exciting weeks to some extent.
There's an even Janneke last week opened on Saturday I have my little brother again in the plane to Germany is, let's see if we still nen little bit of here from making can.
Yesterday we had for the Children's Home a trip to Robinson, a beautiful wine-growing area about 130km from Cape Town made. A wonderful tail, very nice landscape. The whole was topped only by the even more beautiful winery where we had to pick up "Donation-wine". Jannek and two other volunteers who have come to us have the same opportunity for a Weintasting used there, of course I did not have when I go . I'll catch up yet because we bought a few bottles of drinking her health in order it here. According to the three the best wine they have ever tasted, which always means that:). Well I'm curious because I am here, have developed hopefully to the delight of my father, a wine drinker. Although I have told him before I left, this had a drink for old men, now everyone can think what he wants! Jannek yesterday drove with two other volunteers in a township there to make some kids soccer practice, help another project where the. On Monday we will start with three others at a trip to the Garden Route, of course with our Beatle. I have already bought a strap for some of our luggage on the could to fix the roof as otherwise to five person but are a little too tight . More News then to or from the Garden Route.
