boo-urns! I'm leaving!

My last week in Swakop was way too short! Time has just flown by this trip!
We weren’t able to get into theatre here until Thursday night (which was a little scary because the stage was WAY smaller than the one in Windhoek and we had to do major changes!)

So the rest of my time I tried to get in a couple of things that I really haven’t had time for yet! I went down to the wood market, checked out the beach, shopped around… it was lovely to finally have a tiny bit of free time. On Wednesday we had a jazz choir rehearsal. They learned Butterfly in one sitting! (I think it helps that they all LOVE that song!) How cool is that going to be when Soila comes??? They can work on that with her! *jealous*
Mrs.Venter also gave me a mission. She told me to take it very seriously – she wanted me to pick out my wedding gift from her. She said that I may as well pick out something I really want instead of her just guessing and then I might not like it. I honestly think anything she would’ve given me would have been awesome (I certainly wasn’t expecting anything!) She also said not to look at the price – if it’s really what I want than she’ll get it!
So I took Joel with me on my mission (also because I was supposed to find out sneakily what he liked so she could get him something too!) So after checking out a lot of shops we finally stumbled across this art shop. It was the most amazing art pieces I’ve ever seen! This guy from Okahanja creates these pieces. They aren’t just paintings – they all have different things on them like wood carvings of animals, masks and what I got – porcupine quills. He also paints with sand. So cool! I would have bought every piece in the store if I had enough money (and a house big enough!)
I found the cheapest painting I could and still thought it was too much money. I went back to Mrs.Venter to tell her what I found and told her I’d gladly split the cost with her but of course she wouldn’t hear any of it!
So I now have an amazing porcupine quill/sand ‘painting’ which I hopefully can get on the plane!

Our last few shows were great. The staging wasn’t quite as neat as Windhoek because we had way less space (and we didn’t have all the fancy lights and stuff too) but the audience loved it!! They seemed WAY more receptive than the audiences in Windhoek! They decided to add one extra show on Saturday afternoon for all the school children. It was just so great to have people clap after each song, and actually laugh at jokes. I think it was because it was a much more intimate space. The choir wasn’t miked which I also think made a big difference.
We had a lovely little reception last night after the final performance. Tons of food, speeches and gifts all around!
It’s really sad to be leaving so early! One month is most definitely not long enough!!
It’s weird too because last time I didn’t feel so sad about leaving because I knew I was coming back in a year for the musical. But now that’s finished and I have no idea when I’ll be able to come back! But I know I definitely will!!

This morning was a bright and early morning! The shuttle came to get me at 6:40! ew.
It’s now noon and I’m just chilling at the Windhoek airport. My flight doesn’t leave until 8pm which is unfortunate! At least I found a plug in for my computer so I can watch some movies and stuff! Hopefully they won’t kick me out of this café! Heehee

Well…I guess that’s about it for my blog again.

Until the next Africa trip….