Leah's South African Travels: Introducing: Sam, Rachel, Wendy, Patrick, Katherine, and Renee!

Hey Guys!!

So this week, my cousins, Sam and Rachel, and their mom, Wendy, were visiting us. They also had their friends, Renee, who is the mom, and Patrick and Katherine, who are 13 and 16. If you were in Ms Roterman's class last year, you probably remember that you Skyped us when we were here last March, and my cousins were there. Well, these are the same cousins! Sam and Rachel are 14, almost 15 yr old twins. They got here on Sunday, and on Monday and Tuesday, I got to skip school because I was "sick." On Wednesday it was my last day of school so I only had a half day. On Monday, we were going to go to the beach, but it was kinda rainy, so we went to a castle, which I think is the oldest building in South Africa, but I'm not sure, so don't quote me on that one :). Later on Monday, the weather cleared up, so we went to the Pavilion, which are the pools, but they have AWESOME diving boards!! On Tuesday, my cousins went out, but later we all went to the beach. On Wednesday, we went to a beach called Muizenberg, which is just a normal beach except you can actually swim there, because its on the other side of Cape Town, so its the Indian Ocean. Muizenberg also has water slides, so all the kids went on those, while the grownups were on the beach. Me and Patrick tried to go down the slides together, but he ended up going just in front of me, so at the end of the slides, we WHACKED into each other. (Pat, I know for a fact that you're not reading this, but in the tiny case you are, I AM SO SO SO SORRY and PS: my tooth STILL hurts) :) On Thursday, we climbed up Lions Head, and YES, we made it all the way to the top!! *pats herself on back*. On Friday, and this is really my most exciting news, WE WENT SURFING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG WOW!!!! IT WAS SO FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And YES, I DID stand up, thank you very much for asking!! :D Here are some pictures from throughout the week! Hope you like them and thanks to Katherine and Renee and their amazing camera skills for all the pictures!!!