Safely Home

I debated whether or not I wanted to continue blogging after I left south africa but for the interest of friends and families in Cape Town I'll try update it every so often with what I've been up to. This blog post however, is a rundown of my last week in foreign country. It was action packed and I had a wonderful time. (Thanks so much Andria and Jerome for the last day out!) Actually Thank you so much Jerome and Andria for EVERYTHING. I had a great time and you were amazing hosts. I think I'm going to owe you for the rest of my life...for multiple reasons :) But I'm sure Jerome had already thought of that and probably won't let me live it down anyways. The Lengkeeks were wonderful and I had so much fun spending time with the girls and with both of them. I also enjoyed Jerome Bootcamp...for the first couple weeks I did it! :P I'm proud of you Jerome for keeping it up though! I'm terribly sorry for often being out...seems 2.5 months is never enough time to do EVERYTHING. I'm so glad you're coming back in a month (although I sympathize and hope the goodbyes aren't too difficult).

So the last week was a combination of sadness at the idea of leaving and adventures that needed to be packed into the last couple days. I had a final koffee drink with the young peoples who planned a little get together evening for me. It was sad to say goodbye but hopefully I have the opportunity to come and visit again so we ended with "see you soon...hopefully :D" I decided to upload a bunch of pictures after so that I don't have to try put it between paragraphs

The last day jerome and andria took me on a drive to see many of the main points of Cape Town. The first stop was Simons town where I saw the African PENGUINS!!! They are so cute...really. It's odd to see them in South Africa and took a bit to get used to since I always had the preconceived notion that penguins only exist in cold areas :) After this we went on the Chapmans peak drive which was GORGEOUS. Jerome was telling me it's the most common stretch in the world to film car commercials..and for good reasons. Finally we went to a Camel Farm? I'm not sure exactly but I RODE A CAMEL. T'was pretty fantastic and I really enjoyed it. THANKS JEROME AND ANDRIA.

Finally...time to go. We quickly ran in the house and grabbed my bags (I figured out a week later that I had forgot a couple of things, but this is to be expected because..well..it's me!) and headed out the door. Henri and I drove to the airport behind Jerome and Andria and the girls. We waited for quite a while in the wrong line (woopsie :P) and finally figured out which one to get into. Happily all my suitcases were under (woot woot) and we managed to avoid getting my carry on checked by having andria and the girls watch it while I checked in. I've already learned all the tricks of flying. After a somewhat tearful goodbye (crying in public doesn't appeal to me in most circumstances) I headed off to my flight.
Flights:
Cape Town to Frankfurt: Flight gets delays by an hour, sit beside totally drunk men on the bus who hit on me for 15 min (they were probably like 45..), fly for 11 hours without a TV (which is HORRIBLE) and land 2.5 hours late in Frankfurt.
Frankfurt to Seattle: SO MUCH BETTER. Switch to seat in middle where I have 4 seats to myself, have my own TV and tons of leg room, Free Alcohol...lots of baileys...num..., watch movies for 9 hours straight.
Arrived in Seattle at 2:00pm (2 hours late...passable) and get off plane. SAY HI TO MOM AND DAD!!!

Course I saw all my amazing friends when I got home and some more the following days. It was great to see everyone and I am glad to bad back..somewhat :P 2.5 months didn't seem like that long especially since I was the one having all the fun. So the next couple weeks are packed with finding a new job, getting a LOT of schoolwork done, and basically catching up after 2.5 months of fun.