Here's what I learned today:
- I don't know my metric system, and it sure would come in handy about now!
- A lecture hall here is called a Theatre--imagine my surprise when there was no production!
- You don't wait in "line", you wait in the "que"---reminds me of my Disney days
- Iced tea is still served in a can
- Look right, left, then right again before crossing the street, and don't expect the traffic to stop for you
- Marcel's yogurt is awesome!
- That no matter where in the world you take classes, the first week is always crazy, and you're never where your supposed to be when you're supposed to be--that's a universal thing!
- You can make friends anywhere in the world
- No matter where you go, someone always knows someone, who knows someone........it happened just today.......It really is a small world we live in!
Today was a pretty good day of getting out and seeing a bit of campus and meeting some new people. I think I actually saw a couple of students that fell into my age group! So, I didn't feel like the oldest one on campus.
I met a girl named Anna, originally from Ontario, but now living on the Isle of Mann, who had just done some work at an orphanage in Johannesburg. She and I became fast friends and spent the afternoon at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&A Waterfront) where the seals had come to take a bit of a rest.
Also, yesterday, Sunday, I worked my first Rotary event and enjoyed a lovely outdoor event called Opera in a Convent Garden. It was an outdoor concert of opera and popular songs performed in a beautiful outdoor garden of a private school. People brought their picnics and enjoyed the scenery and music. I helped to run the Opera Cafe with other scholars and Rotary members to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.
Below is a short video of a couple of youngsters enjoying the music!
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