Valentine Party

This week we had a lot of work to do for our assignments for school, I am glad to say that my first assignment is almost finished, 11 more to go... So we thought that we were allowed to party on wednesday night, because it was valentine`s day and because wednesday is students night out. So we invided Naudene, Sunette and Louise to come and have drinks at our place and then go to Bourbon Street. We had a lot of fun and danced all night, but thursday morning we had to wake up really early because Tamara and I decided that we had to go to the gym, so we were really tired thursdag night when the profs were coming over to our place for diner: we made stampot and they enjoyed it very much.

Next Monday I am going to start with diving lessons, so Tamara and I can go diving when we are in Cape Town!

Weekend in Pine Haven

Last weekend we went to say in Pine Haven, near Krugersdorp, at Tamara`s family. They came to pick us up on Thursday. On Friday we went to Gold Riff City, where we went into a mine and into rollercoasters. On Saturday we went to Soweto where we visited the house of Nelson Mandela, where he lived before he went to prisson. We also stopped at the Hector Peterson Museum, which was especially founded because he was the first child that was murdered during the peaceful uprising against the Apartheid regime. It was very interesting and shocking to see what happened that day and how the police just started using guns against the children. We also saw the place where the stadion is being built for the World Championship: they are actually building it in Soweto, the most criminal part of the country, but I think it might be a good thing because the government will be forced to do something about the situation in this area. After our visit to Soweto, we had a braai and a little party at the house of Tasch and Mark, we al got really drunk and they really liked the song Rood of Marco Borsato so we played it ten times or something! On Sunday we were supposed to go to church so Tamara and I were ready at 9.30, but the others had hangovers and weren`t in time to go so we are going next time we`ll visit them! On Monday we drove back to Potch with Naudene, at 5.45, it was very early so when we got home we went for a jog and went back to bed!

Weekend at the farm

Last weekend Tamara and I were invited by Naudene and Martinus to spend the weekend at he gamefarm of Martinus` parents. Naudene picked us up on friday and we drove for ywo hours to a little place called `Swartruggens`. When we arrived we immediately went for a gamedrive and saw lots of animals. Later we had a braai at the house where we were staying and we had a discussion with Martinus about the Apartheid-regime and the consequences of it nowadays. Saturday morning we went for a swim in the lake after a walk of 1,5 hours, the water was very clear and cold but it was nearby a waterfall so it was very beautifull. In the afternoon we visited friends of Martinus in town which was very interesting and good for our Afrikaans. We went to a hill on the farm to watch the sunset, which Wwas very nice to see. On sunday we went to get the quad and Tamara and I drove through the farm with the quad, it was a good thing that we drove the quad on sunday, otherwise we would have been driving it for the whole weekend. Later we had to catch the horses and we went for a ride. At night we had a braai again and packed our bags to go back to Potch the next day. On monday morning we had a little crisis: Naudene closed the gate of the farm incorrect and the people that were building houses on the farm couldn`t get in, so they just left and went home and didn`t come back.... It was strange to come back in Potch on monday because it was so quiet and peaceful at the farm. But we had a really great time and we`ll definitely are going back there soon!

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So we finally settled down a little, Tamara is here and we bought some bikes. The first week we didn`t do much, except for biking around Potch and get lost on the way to the shoppingmall, twice. I went to the introduction seminar for the courses that I am going to take here, and I must say I am going to be quite busy although I won`t have any classes, except for Afrikaans. I am taking 4 courses here and have to write 3 assignments for every course of 4000 words each. Tamara and I also went to a Dam resort where we could swim, which was very nice.