Day 1and 2 (June 28-29) – travelling…left out of sd at 7:45 to Atlanta and then on to Joburg…24 hours of flying all together. Once we landed, we were greeted by Sarah K, Jeanette, and two boys from the school, Tandanani and Partson. We then took the brand-new train to the mall where we would be having dinner. A couple of interesting technological observations…
1. their luggage carts are designed to be able to go down an escalator (which we didn’t realize and half of us went on the elevator with the luggage carts),
2. in the parking lot, there are lights above each parking space – it’s a green light if it’s available, red if it’s not…genius!
3. The escalator slows down when there isn’t someone on it to save power,
After we got to the mall we had dinner in a restaurant called Spurs, with a Native American theme, which Paul (friend/helper of Sarah’s) correctly observed was very ironic – that this was considered a very SA experience/restaurant. Paul was very helpful about sharing some uniquely SA customs, as far as etiquette is concerned…for example, when reaching for something or shaking hands, hold the arm you extend with your other hand, and pull up your sleeve.
When we got to the school, we were shown our apartment and given a quick tour of the classrooms and offices. It’s a pretty old house that’s been converted into the school – and upstairs is our apartment, which is cozy. They were very considerate, leaving towels, soap, fruit, eggs, etc…
I still can’t believe I’m here and probably won’t until I wake up here tomorrow. We’re getting a tour of Alex tomorrow…leaving the house at 10, so I should at least try to get some sleep now
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