Well deserved rest -

Well deserved rest 04/28/2009

Just a quick blog post today - I think some of the others have talked about the house that we are currently staying in, so I won't repeat everything too much. To catch everyone up, the Rotarians decided to give us a mid-GSE trip break. Yesterday, the Hermanus Rotary club picked us up, took us to a large house not currently lived in and dropped us off. The team members have joked that we feel a little bit like a reality show with all of us in one house together!

The Rotarians will return tomorrow morning and we will resume our normal GSE team activities. In the meantime, the group is taking full advantage of our free time with leisurely meals outside, walks on the beautiful beach here and catching up on computer time. Today we had a delicious tapas lunch, joking that you could tell we are Americans with our table full of plates (literally the entire table surface had some sort of food dish on it). Right now, Jenny and B.J. are looking like crazy people as they talk to their families via Skype, and are waving, blowing kisses annd talking to their computer screens.

I forgot to bring my camera to download some current photos, so here are a few of my favorites from earlier in the trip.

Children at Ilitha, a preschool in Khayelitsha, Capetown's largest informal housing settlement with extreme poverty. Ilitha is a project from the Seapoint Rotary Club in Capetown.

My first cricket game ever - the Indian Premier League playing in Capetown. Note the "6" on the screen - a "6" is equivalent to a home run in baseball.