Last Month in CT

Finals are upon us. They are so much worse at UCT than at USF and that is a general consensus for all the kids here, not just me. They count for about 60% of your grade, so everything else you do all semester doesn’t matter at all because if you bomb the final, you are done. A lot of pressure, and all I want to be doing is enjoying the beautiful fall weather here in Cape Town!! (Lets be real-I’m doing a lot of enjoying of the weather as well as studying…)

This past week was full of finals and not so fun things like studying day and night, but it also had some really fun moments. Background: There is a little restaurant right across the street from our house called Hello Sailor, and it is a tiny tiny little place that serves amazing breakfast and lunch, and amazing coffee and our house eats there A LOT so they know us pretty well. We decided that for the end of the year we wanted to have a house formal dinner, so we asked the guys at Hello Sailor if we could have it there, they came up with a Cape Malay style menu with desserts and drinks and it was absolutely fabulous. I had had two finals that day so I was a bit wiped out, but I rallied and made it to dinner only a bit late.
Dinner at Hello Sailor:


Everyone was dressed to the nines, and the food was amazing…for the veggies there was a fruit and lentil dahl with spiced rice, and for the meat eaters was ostrich and a lamb stew and something else meaty. The starter was a potato leek soup, and it was all so delicious! Dessert was milk tart and malva pudding (a South African specialty) that I can’t even describe, but it melts in your mouth and is one of the most delicious things I’ve ever had. They included some traditional South African shots, and we all made it a party. We told funny stories about our house, and then made it back home just in time to take a family picture and then head out to the club hemisphere! Where we saw Wayne Brady….craziness ensued.
Family Photo:


The next day was our friend Nicole’s 21st birthday and she had rented out a boat for a sunset cruise leaving from the waterfront. Drinks were included and we made it there at about 5pm, just before the sun started setting and it really was incredible. Being out on the water looking back at CT with table mountain in the background and green point stadium (where I will be going for the world cup!) with all your friends and the most gorgeous setting…this last bit of my travels in Cape Town is turning out to be quite memorable. Peep the pics…words really don’t do it justice.
Amanda, Dan and I not even posing for this wonderful photo:


Incredible sunset


What am I going to do when the glorious, majestic table mountain isn’t the background to my life anymore?
Amanda and I :