On Thursday, our academic advisor Steve invited the whole group over for a braai at his house. Steve, his wife Lori, and his 3 kids, 10th graders Lydia and Sarah and 6th grader Simon are also living here for the semester, and live a quick walk away. A braai is essentially a grill-out, complete with braai sauce and ostrich sausages! Later, we went out for drinks. In South Africa, cider is a really common drink, almost like a lighter beer, although some varieties are quite sweet. So far the food has been really good, and pretty familiar. It usually has a nice spice kick to it as well. The grocery store (Pick’N’Pay) offers most everything we need, except I cannot find black beans (baked beans, however, are in abundance). The trick is that you must get your fruit weighed before you check out.
We’ve become regulars at Cocoa Cha Chi’s for the internet, which is fast enough to upload pictures which is too hard to do at the house. For 25 rand (just over $3 USD) you can get a delicious croissant sandwich with eggs and rocket (which is like arugula) or a mango mint iced drink. We’ve made friends with our waitress, Vimbai, who is probably around our age and lives in Obz as well.
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| The grill |
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| Ostrich sausage |
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| Yellow watermelon |
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| Ciders and Castle |
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| Cocoa Cha Chi's! |
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