Cape Town at a Glance

July 18^th, 12:46 AM

 So I’ve now officially been in Cape Town for over twenty-four hours. In those hours, I’ve made cool new buddies (I heart Emory), walked around Rondebosch (the area just near campus, today was 65 and gorgeous!), and gotten a cell phone (An antique circa 2003). What I’ve observed from my cursory glance:

My antique

My temporary home before I move in my house

The view from my window

1. Very, very pretty people. Sucks.

2.   2. Central heating is a lot more vital than you’d think. IT’S SO COLD.

3.   3. Ballin accents.

4.   4. Cabbies hail you, you don’t hail them.

5.   5. I need to buy a leather jacket now more than ever.

6.   6. I’m way less edgy and cool than I thought I was. Must step up game.

7.   7. Table Mountain is a hundred times cooler in person than in pictures.

 View from my dorm common area

      8. I don’t understand the obsession with cage diving with sharks. Not that appealing.

9.   9. Don’t ask about the toilet thing – I have no idea which way it flushes.

10. 10. I probably could have brought my watch here. Fail.

11. 11. I need to be blonder, skinnier, own more ballet flats and spandex, and not swing my hips while dancing – otherwise I scream American. Well... I scream American no matter how hard I'd try.

12. 12. Screaming American is not necessarily a bad thing. But not necessarily good, either.

13. 13. The world is so small. I ran into Rose Filler, a girl from Duke last night at dinner, completely by coincidence!

14. 14. The presence of good dessert is lacking so far. I must find where the goods are.

15. 15. DVDs: 5 rand (61 cents). Cocktail: 15 rand ($1.83). Sitting at an outdoor café with girls in fedoras and guys in scarves, looking up at Table Mountain: priceless.

I move into my swanky pad tomorrow, I’ll keep you in the loop!