Our Day Off

Today was our first day off really since we got here. We were supposed to have off last Thursday, but when the Robben Island was cancelled on Wednesday, I did that on Thursday. All that to say, we have had a full week and today was my day to regroup. For me, this couldn’t have been better timing. Last night, I was feeling kind of homesick. I realized that I haven’t ever been away from my own bed for over two weeks. We are now in our third week here in South Africa.

A group of us headed out to the huge mall - Gateway: Theatre of Shopping here in Durban. It has the largest rock wall in South Africa (maybe the world, an indoor wave for surfing and a whole bunch of theaters. You could spend a week there and not get bored. Keep in mind that I don’t go to the mall at home, but to be in a mall today, was so comforting to me. We even ate lunch at the mall - I had pizza that tasted like something I’ve had before!

With all the new experiences that I’ve had in the past two weeks, most good, some more challenging that others, I was so glad to be able to just relax and mindlessly take in a mall. Surprised even me how good that felt.

If you want to check it out, you can see all about it at www.gatewayworld.co.za!