Monday, July 18, 2011

South Africa, The RainBow Nation..

I've been roaming around for few years already, and i was not expecting being this much surprise when i arrived to South Afrca, my knoweledge of the country is almost null, but by assumption i was thinking that this place is going to remind me of Nairobi, or Addis... but after all it just made me feel back to Holland.
the Airport is pretty big and organised it took me less than 20 min to finish the visa checking and get my luggages, instead of a normal outdoor parking, it was like 6 floors of pretty large parking spaces.. once out on the highway, the green side of the city, blue sky and big sun made it pretty amazing.. the weather was very cold , it was the winter time, experiencing winter twice a year it's pretty hard for me who enjoy only hot and sunny places, but the mix between sun and cold was pretty nice.
it's true that i've been living and working near sandton , like the best neighborhood in JoBurg, but i really liked the structure of the city and felt pretty comfortable there!!
During my class, i enjoyed the company of my students, nice, warm and friendly people, it's great how people can get along and work all together!!
i could not visit that much during the week so on saturday i enjoyed the ride to Pretoria, very square and green city, the view from the Union Building may let u relax, in joburg i enjoyed the craziness of the Casino, i could really spend hours there walking, listerning to different band singing and even dancing!!!
i had a real crush on this country.... most of people said if you liked Joburg you will fall in love with CapeTown, i can't wait to visit this city!!!