Robben Island

This Friday we went to Cliffton 4  beach after classes. The water is so freakin COLD!!! I put my feet in the water and the water was so cold that it too my breath away!! So needless to say I did not spend too much time in the water. I thought I was in Grand Cayman because the water was crystal clear, little to no waves and palm trees surrounding us but there were so differences such as the water being COLD and we were surrounded by mountains. The only unfortunate thing was that as windy as it is here, it blew sand all over us!!! We did not rent chairs so we just laid down our towels and got pelted by sand. I still have sand in my hair, scalp, fingernails, ears and just about everywhere else. Saturday me and some friends went into Cape Town to Green Market Square. Green Market Square is stall after stall after stall of souvenirs that you can haggle and buy. They had bags, dresses, bracelets, African masks, earings, shoes, figurines of animals, paintings, etc... Anything that you could think of, they had it at this market. We also walked into the Flower Market and saw BEAUTIFUL bouquets of flowers. Later that night we had a braai (kind of like having a cookout or BBQ back home) and then some of us took a mini-cab to Cliffton 4 for a concert. They played 60's,70's and 80's American music. It was a blast. There were tons of families and all the kids had glow-sticks and I was really envious of them. After the concert we stayed at the beach and looked up at the stars and I even saw a shooting star!!! Sunday we went to Robben Island, which is where Nelson Mandela was held in prison. We took a 25 min boat ride out to Robben Island. The tour of the rooms where the political prisoners (political and criminal prisoners were kept separate) were held were given by ex-prisoners. I found this to be shocking because how could you work somewhere that once tortured you and striped you off all your rights and your family? I think that part of it has to do with forgiveness and out of despair rises hope.