27. Final Day

Friday, March 15th, was our last day in Cape Town. It was also a special day at Bishops, as it was Founders Day. Celebrating the day that Bishops was founded, 164 years ago. The day started off with a one-hour chapel service. Afterwards, there was donuts and coke at Birt House. Then there was an inter-tutor soccer tournament in which all the tutor groups (mentorgroepen) played against each other. There was also Tug Of War (touwtrekken) and The Mile. The Mile is just people running from the one side of the long Bishops' driveway to the other side, they do it in all weird ways: there was one guy doing it in a wheelchair pulled by a bicycle. Domas and I weren't put in any team so we just walked around Bishops and watched what the other people were doing. We then walked over to Nikhal's house with Matías (from Argentina).

That afternoon, we went to Vida in Cavendish. We sad goodbye to all our friends and had our last chocolate frios. The goodbyeing was very sad. Matthew and I walked back home and I packed my bag.

We had dinner at a nice pub that apparently held the record of selling the most beer in one night in the Southern Hemisphere. I had a really good pizza with avo and bacon.

We had to be at the airport at nine, checked in, and goodbyed. Saying goodbye to our hosts and families was very sad and emotional. I felt very bleak.

The flight was long and I mostly slept. We arrived at Schiphol and I was reunited with my parents and sister. It's a really weird feeling knowing that exchange is over and I'm missing SA and my friends there already...

This is the end of my blog about my exchange to Cape Town, I hoped you enjoyed reading it!

Bye!

Pieter

26. Last Week

On Monday, March 11th, it was my birthday. It was really cool and I got loads of presents from my friends and host family. My host family took us up Lions Head before school, because they thought we couldn't leave without having done that hike. We hiked for about thirty minutes and reached the top, the view from up there was amazing. Camps Bay, Clifton, Sea Point, Green Point, City Bowl, Table Mountain, we could see it all! After the hike, we drove back to Newlands and I went to school. School ended at five. At six, we met up with all our friends at Spur (burger place) in Cavendish Mall for my birthday. It was really cool!

The next day, on Tuesday, my host mom took Domas and me to Cape Point. It was a long drive. At Cape Point, we enjoyed the view over False Bay and the Cape Peninsula and saw loads of dassies. 

On Wednesday, Annick's host mom took the Dutchies to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Stellenbosch (university town), and Rhodes Memorial (place with a good view over CT). It was really nice as you can see in the pictures below.

Thursday was a regular school day, but that night, we had the Dutchies' Goodbye at Annick's. It was sad... I went to bed realizing that it'd be the last time to sleep there.

Here are some photos of my last week:

View from Lions Head

View from Lions Head

Domas and me at Cape Point

Dassy at Cape Point

Cape Point Lighthouse

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

Bishops' exchange boys at the Dutchies' Goodbye

Everyone at the Dutchies' Goodbye