This
past weekend I went on the homestay and it was so much fun! Isabel and I stayed
with the Abrahams family, with Uncle Freddy and Auntie Anne as our host
parents. We got there on Thursday and had dinner with our host family. We had a
great conversation and really got to know them that first night. Then around
8pm we went to ballroom dancing! That was so much fun. We jumped right in and
started learning the steps to the cha-cha. I wasn’t very good but was just
trying to go with it and have fun! Then we had to partner up and that’s when I
really started to understand the steps because it was easier to figure it out
when you were actually doing the steps the way you’re supposed to with someone
else! Next we learned the jive, which I just could not master at all. Even when
we were first learning the initial steps I could not figure it out, because the
steps are just too quick! Then we partnered up and thankfully my partner was
amazing and patient with me, but I still couldn’t really get it. Last we
learned the waltz, and that one was the easiest. My partner was very good and
he guided me along, but I felt like I was getting it down pretty well! We also
got to watch the kids in the class dance together and they were so amazing. It
was such a great night!
Friday
morning we got up early, ate breakfast, and Isabel and I went over to the house
where Bryan and Eric were staying to play with the children at the daycare
there. The kids were so adorable and excited to see us and played with (ripped)
my hair out which was fun. Then we headed with them to the Muizenberg pools for
the day. That was a lot of fun because the kids were so excited to be there and
they had such a blast. We stayed there for a lot of the day and around 2 the
kids left. Then the group of us walked to Kalk Bay and that was a really cool
area. They had all of these unique shops so it was nice to explore! Then we
took a train and a taxi back to Ocean View. There we had dinner back at home
with our family. After that Isabel and I went across the street to hang out
with Eric and Bryan and their host family! The next day we woke up and went to
the mall with our family. We had breakfast at Spurs which was delicious and
then we just shopped for a bit. Isabel and I decided to buy ingredients to make
brownies that night. We came back from the mall and went to this farm nearby.
It was super cute and had lots of nice little shops, so it was fun to go with
our host parents! Then we came home and started cooking for the braai. Auntie
Anne and Uncle Freddy made the most delicious food for our braai and we ate
soooo much. Isabel and I made our brownies which we served after dinner. Lots
of our host family’s friends and family started to come over right at that time
so we dished out ice cream and brownies for everyone, which they were grateful
for. Eric and Bryan came over so we gave them some desert too. Sunday we woke
up early for church. Uncle Freddy is a pastor and he has so much energy so it
was great. Our host sister Kim is a great singer so she sang the songs! Then we
came back and had a really nice lunch and then went to watch the cycling race.
That was very exciting and cool to watch. We went back home and then it was
already time to leave! It was a really great weekend and I’m glad I could have
been a part of it!
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| With kids in Ocean View |
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