more adventures...

Just in case I forget to say it elsewhere: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDSEY AND AMANDA!!! Hope you’re having a great day!!!

....wow.. I’m bad. It’s been a while since I’ve written on here. But honestly, not a lot has happened the past few days. I’ve been doing a lot of walking and reading. I went for some of my first adventures all along too! I found the internet café by myself and went grocery shopping a bit. I’m starting to know the town pretty good now. I think I can probably find my way to everywhere where I would need to go now! I also went for a walk on Monday with Linus to the dunes. They are still really hard to climb…I am so out of shape..meh – I just need to climb a dune every day then! haha
Every night this week except one I’ve been going over to Lex’s house in the evenings to watch movies. There’s a cute little video store here called “Mr.Video” and on weeknights you can rent one and get one free. It’s $20 (less than $5Cnd) …but the weird thing is, is that it’s due the next morning at 11am. No week-long rentals here!
On Tuesday night we went out to Lex’s favourite and least favourite bars. It was Beau’s last night here for 10 days (he is going on a little trip up to Vic Falls and northern Namibia) so we took him out for some drinks. It was lots of fun…and I even drank a beer!! A whole one to myself! I’ve never liked beer so this is a pretty big step….and also it’s way cheaper than my fancy girly drinks that I usually get so it’s so all around! I’ll post pictures! Hahaha…
Last night I made Mrs.Venter my chicken parmagiana. She really enjoyed it which was great. She seems to think some of the things I eat are just crazy (like cucumbers on my sandwiches… she couldn’t believe I did that!...I actually made her try today…she really enjoyed it!)
Today I also had a little adventure. Since Beau is out of town for the next 10 days he’s letting me use his bike. Lex had some work to do at MYO so I decided I would bike there. I was so proud I made it directly there without getting lost or anything! Yay!! And holy cow…that’s another thing just showing me how out of shape I am! My legs are always like jello after I get of the bike! Yuck…
Tomorrow is the first rehearsal for Mascato!!! I CAN’T WAIT!! I’m so excited to see everyone! It’s going to get busy fast too! We have rehearsals Friday, Saturday and Sunday with little concerts in there too! I love it!


I’ll leave you with things I’ve learned thus far:

-I should have listened to Lex when she said to wear sunscreen.
-Nothing stays clean (especially your feet!!)
-Taxi drivers are crazy. You’d better make damn sure you’re not in a hurry when you get in one.
-Namibia has it’s own beat. You can hear it everywhere….taxi’s, walking by stores, clubs, people driving by in their cars…everywhere!
-I don’t think it matters how long I’ll be here…I’ll still look the wrong way when crossing the street.
-Cars don’t stop for pedestrians.
-If you’re new in town, especially white and female, everyone notices.

...more to come........