Joy: Monday

I realize I should have worked several sessions on getting kids to write more interesting blogs for content rather than what they did in the morning and what they ate and that they got up late. Parents and others want to know more substance of what we are doing. I'll fill you in on a little bit of interesting things. The weather has been chilly, foggy and rainy first few days, towels take a long time to dry after you take a shower. It's warmer in the afternoon, though, Shageluk temps, around 50 degrees F. to 60 degrees. Birds fly around the Leslie Hall, pigeons and some kind of blackbirds and we took pictures of these interesting geese sitting on the roofs of the buildings. The boys were fascinated by the ivy growing on all the old brick buildings here. The trees are really different and we'll take some pictures of those. No lions or giraffe's yet, maybe tomorrow. The cultural presentations are very, very interesting from other countries. The boys did notice, though, that some people have no more culture and thought that was sad. All they could do was describe their country from a textbook point of view. Rudy and I are having fun watching the kids interact with others. It was funny, on the bus one of the South African students really started quizzing our kids about USA money. That's when OUR kids realized they didn't know whose picture was on some of the coins! A real shocker for them. They get asked questions they can't answer sometimes. The South African boys really got a kick out of asking our kids questions. Another thing that amazes our boys is that kids from other countries know multiple languages whereas, USA students only know English. I told them not only do those other kids know and understand other languages, they can READ in other languages, too. Mind boggling for us. We are hoping to get out into the city again and look around at some things. We couldn't see much with the foggy day on Sunday but it was nice to get around. Field trips tomorrow to see other things in Cape Town get set up. Well, that's all for now! African dancing is great. Today we are going to introduce them to "Indian Rock and Roll."