Destination Seattle Please

I woke up to clouds and grey skies today, so Miles and I decided not to go on the skyrail at the stadium since the view wouldn’t be too clear. But, we still wanted to get out and do a few things. Zola, my host mom, came along with us. We went to the stadium to go to the world cup store again—there were a few things both of us wanted to pick up that we hadn’t the time before. And, since it was cloudy, we weren’t going to go to Ushaka either. But, right behind Ushaka is the beach front, and on the sidewalk between the two, villagers set up all of their crafts, and we wanted a couple more of those too. We looked at everything for quite a while and found some really good things. I’m so excited! I can’t wait to send things home this week. All three of us were kind of hungry at this point, so we went into the Ushaka mall area and had lunch. Zola decided she wanted a shot or a “shooter” as they call it here, so we got pictures of her in action. South Africa has a really interesting pizza that Miles and I have both fallen in love with. They call it a Caribbean or a New Orleans depending on where you go, but it has bacon, banana and avocado on it. At first, we were both quite hesitant about the banana part, but it’s the best thing ever! I can’t believe how tasty and addicting it is. That’s what I got today (: There was a homemade fudge shop here too, so we stopped and got some of that on the way out. It reminded me of my dad (:

Later in the evening, Miles, Boom Boom and I went to Florida Road, back to Cabana, the restaurant/bar that we went to last time we came. We had fun, just relaxed and had a good time.

I leave for Cape Town next Saturday. In one aspect, I can’t believe I have already spent five weeks in Durban and it’s time for me to leave, signifying my trip is half way over. On the other hand when I think about each individual day, it seems like time went by very slowly. But I think time went by quickly more so than slowly as a whole. I’m blown away that it’s already almost May! When I think about having to spend another five weeks away, I wish that I was flying home instead of to Cape Town. Yet I’m also excited for Cape Town! I’ve been told it’s a lot more exciting than Durban and that time goes by so quickly, for one because of how much stuff there is to do, and also because it’s the last leg of the trip. Ah, so many emotions have been simultaneously emerged during my time away from home. I’m trying to convince myself that I will have an amazing time in Cape Town and that time will fly. Hopefully before I know it I will be boarding the plane, destination Seattle.