Today we joined some friends from the Andrew Murray Centre for a touristy day in Cape Town. Two American students who had been working at the AMC for a few weeks are about to leave, and they had some last-minute shopping and sight-seeing to do. You know... buy all the carved wooden elephants that no self-respecting African would buy, but that is expected whenever you return to the States? It was a great opportunity to learn our way around the city, spend time with our friends from the AMC, and take a lot of pictures! Again, feel free to add captions in the comments.
(Follow the links on each name for the Wikipedia article...all Nobel Peace Prize winners for their work in the struggle against apartheid.)
Just for you, Ben Wiechmann.
An award-winning statue. Please help us figure out what it means!
A bridge to nowhere that should eventually connect the major highways to the World Cup stadium, bypassing the downtown area.
Wooden "fire extinguisher" mounted on a tree, encouraging us to help stop forest fires.
Franklin does tricks on an "X-treme Racer" we found by the side of the road.
Anne and Ashley practice their "karate kid" moves.
Andrew likes to climb on rocks.
Andrew likes being artsy with the camera while Anne poses contemplatively.
Sometimes a gray day is more beautiful than a blue sky.
It was a great day, although I (Anne) noticed a few times that I feel like a tourist. I know in my head that we are settling in for a while, and the last few weeks have been quite busy with activities related to that -- finding a flat, buying furnishings and a car, setting up bank accounts and phones, etc. We have not spent much time doing touristy things. Still, I don't yet feel like I live here. Each day is different from the last, so I don't have a sense of a daily-life routine. This is not a complaint, though, just an observation. I love having new things to do and large amounts of time to spend doing them. I also love learning my way around a new place geographically. After today, we should be decent tour guides when some of you come to visit!
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