A quick update!

Hey everybody!  I know it’s been a while since I last checked in and I just want to say that I’m sorry! Things have been a bit busy but I’m still alive in South Africa and soaking up every second of it.

Unfortunately the weather is starting to get a bit cooler down here- which sucks because I keep hearing all about how the weather is starting to warm up for you guys back home (even though Kelly was telling me there was a chance of snow this weekend-crazy Maryland weather)! Luckily we had warmer weather this past week (consistent mid 70s) but the week before that was pretty chilly and those temperatures are likely to return soon.  I’m starting to wish that I had packed more than three long sleeve shirts.

My fall break was from April 18 to the 28th and I can’t wait to share everything that I did.  I went on some of the best trips, experienced some of the coolest things and made memories that I will never, ever forget.  I don’t want to post anything before I have all of my pictures and videos together, which is why I haven’t put anything up (there are a lot of them!).  Hopefully within the next week I’ll get it all together, and I’ll do a separate blog post for just that (or maybe even two).  It was a little bit hard to adjust back to classes after the holiday, especially since I had a big presentation and essay due a couple of days later.  But on the bright side, I only have five weeks of classes left! Isn’t that crazy?  I’m more than halfway through my trip and it’s freaking me out. Stellenbosch feels more and more like home every day.  Not only that, but my friends are becoming bigger and bigger pieces of my heart and I don’t know how I’m ever going to say goodbye to these beautiful people that live literally all over the world.

In the meantime, we’ve been doing more wine tasting, more restaurant exploring, and more exercising.  Our traveling has slowed a bit after fall break but we are still going on plenty of adventures around the Stellenbosch area.

Tomorrow is the final (or championship) rugby game for the college division and our school is in it! Rugby games have quickly become one of my favorite activities as a Stellenbosch student.  I have high hopes for the Stellenbosch Maties tomorrow that we’ll win!

It’s getting a bit late over here so I’m going to head off to sleep, but I wanted to write a brief post to let you all know I hadn’t forgotten about my blog! 🙂 I hope you’re all doing well and please, don’t hesitate to message me on Facebook or shoot me an email.  I miss you all!

xo

Kim

also shout out to my friend Joey who completed his first race today- an Ironman! He’s been training like crazy ever since we got to South Africa, which is way more than I could ever commit to. You go dude!

Just a few pictures from our post-fall break adventures