Everything went fine at the airport. Meeting everyone in the airport was fun and everyone got along really well from the beginning. We boarded the plane and started out 18 hour journey. It went rather quickly. There were three meals, plenty of movies, which I watched. I slept for quite awhile as well. We landed and we were thrown into a much nicer climate.
Customs was easy and fast. The customs man asked me no questions and didn’t even look me in the eye. It was the first time that ever happened and I wondered if it was because I was an American coming to South Africa. The airport was undergoing renovations so some columns were exposed. The main room of the airport recently renovated was really nice. In the bathroom in the bag check there was a sign on the mirror which said, “South Africa’s Water is Precious. Please Use it Sparingly” You would never see a sign like that in the US. At least not yet but maybe sooner than we think. We met up with Linda, our program coordinator, Passat, our driver, and Moketsi, our south african guide. They took us to St. Peters. The sign in front proclaimed that “Christ the King’s offices” were at the residence. I was excited to finally meet the man in person and see where he worked.
The first dinner was nice and we got to know one another better. We played bananagrams ands would you rather. It was a nice ice breaker. We were all pretty exhausted and headed to bed.
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It's exciting to move through this with you - I envy your opportunity our school didn't have such opportunities I did, on my own, go to live in Korea in what would have been my 2nd semester Junior year, so it was a lot like you, but I was alone.... so few people my age except the girl who lived at the house I partially rented and later fellow teachers at the Army School I taught at. It is a wonderful memory and experience to have had ENJOY
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