Yesterday, I went to the beach for the first swimsuit day since I've arrived in Cape Town. Although I would have been much more comfortable if it was 10 degrees warmer, it was very pleasant. We went to the beach in Muzenburg which is beautifully surrounded by mountains on three sides. It's so easy to get to so when it gets warmer I feel like I'll be frequenting that area. The train station, which is in walking distance from my house takes you directly there. Literally you step off the train and onto sand, very convenient! The train was 11 rand round trip, the cheapest form of transportation I've found yet. The train isn't always safe tho, unless you're traveling in a group, and you can never take it after dark. Some people went surfing...it was 100 rand for board/wetsuit rental. I thought about going but I want to take a lesson and these peeps already knew how to surf and were just goin' for it. I'll go next time for sure.

After the beach we went to get some food at this really cute cafe right on the water. Something I've noticed about eating out in Cape Town is the lack of good service. Often words are misunderstood and orders come out not quite right. We had the best waitress ever and I had really good lasagna! Lots of meat was in it, I like meat. Then, we took the train home. Successful day.

I just got out of class for the day, and I just had some soup before I go to volunteer for a couple hours.

On Saturday there was a huge rugby game here. We played New Zealand and lost, but CIEE took us to a local restaurant/bar, and we got some free drink vouchers and a ton of free food. It was pretty cool. The whole city was drinking all day on Saturday. There were carloads of people smashing beer bottles all over the city streets. Comparable to St. Patrick's Day.

On Thursday night, I went to this awesome little live music joint called Zula. There was a live band and an opening act, who was amazing. This guy played like 20 different harmonicas, even covered a couple Radiohead songs. He was truly mesmerizing; everyone was just staring at this man for his 45 minute set.

Gotta go for now