Well, I arrived in Cape Town last Wednesday evening, and it's taken me this long to have a moment to sit down and use the computer. Needless to say, I've been having an amazing time, and Cape Town is truly the most beautiful place on earth. I'm going to divide everything up into a couple of entries, otherwise this would be the longest, most picture-laden entry on earth. I'm staying in a holiday house with six other girls from my program. We're staying in an area known as De Waterkant, which means "The Waterfront", and it's a trendy little area near the Cape Malay Quarter and Bo Kaap. This is high real estate, but because it's not on the beach itself, it's not that high, but it's very very close to the center of the city.
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