It's back to beautiful weather here (I heard U of I had a snow day today...ouch, sorry guys!) and we have been out and about. We went down to the V & A Waterfront the other day, which is really beautiful, especially at night because they light up all the buildings, but is definitely a touristy area. It was nice to visit, but I wouldn't want to spend a lot of time there. They have a HUGE mall with every kind of designer store you could imagine, but it's also a harbor, so there are boats going in and out and seals in the water! We ate outside at one of the restaurants and watched the sun set. Today we went to Clifton beach, which is apparently one of the most popular beaches in the area. The sun here is amazingly overpowering. I think I put SFP 50 sunscreen on at least three times, but you just feel like you're baking within the first two minutes. The water is absolutely freezing though! So it's a crazy cycle of baking in the sun, running into the water to cool off, and then getting out again within the next two minutes, only to dry off instantly. We hung out on the beach again for the sunset.

I promise I am going to go to school here too at some point :) I'm actually ready to get into some sort of routine, because it has been feeling a little bit like an extended vacation out here, except we're not really in a rush to do anything in particular because we figure we've got five more mounths to fit stuff in. Signing up for classes was quite the ordeal, but it looks like I'm sticking with a Soc class on Poverty and Globalisation, a History class on Liberation Movements in Southern Africa, and a Media and Society class. I have my first lectures on Friday, so I hope all goes well!