Katherine and Mary Claire take on Cape Town!: Educational Experience Week!

Sorry for the lack of blogging lately! So here is a quick catch up. Monday we had the chance to visit Robben Island. We rode over on a ferry, and had a tour from a former political prisoner. He was accused of treason in the 1980s and spent 5 years on Robben Island. He showed us around the different sections of the prison, and we got to see the cell where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned. We then got to visit the house Robert Sobukwe was kept in. During apartheid the white government feared the release of Sobukwe so they decided to keep him under house arrest on the island. One of the most interesting things about the island now is that both prisoners and guards have come back together to live on the island and work in the museum. They have moved on from their past, and are now looking to educate others for the future. Tuesday a group of us went to tour the World Cup Stadium. It was so interesting! We got to go to the team locker rooms, and we got to visit the VIP boxes where the president of FIFA and Prince William and Harry watched the games from. We even got to go out to the field. That afternoon we visited the Green Market and Charly's Bakery, Oprah's favorite bakery! Wednesday we drove out to Franschoek a little town surrounded by mountains and is home to Haut Espoir, a vineyard. At Haut Espoir we did a wine tasting, and then we had a competition as to who could make the best wine blend. Sadly our teams only came in 3rd and 4th, but it was such a cool experience! Today we have a free day, but it is storming outside so we are taking this chance to work on our first paper, comparing South African leaders to the different leadership models we have learned about. We are coming close to the end of our journey, and it has flown by! I can't believe we have been here for almost a month! It has been one of the best experience, but we are looking forward to seeing everyone when we get home in 11 days!!!