First Week Done :)

So here goes for my first blog post from Cape Town :)

The first drama was encountered at the airport... British Airways had over booked the flight, meaning that 8 of the 21 people in our group couldn't fly, and would have to wait until the next evening to take the next flight out to Cape Town!!!
We said our goodbyes and then headed through to the other side... We had something quick to eat in Wetherspoons, then went to find our gate... It was here that we heard the news, that 4 seats had become available on the plane, and that the remaining 8 were going to draw names from a hat...
We boarded the plane and waited to see who had made the cut!!!

The flight was probably the most turbulent I have ever experienced, although I still managed to sleep for 10 of the 12 hours... The other 2 were spent eating and watching 'The Fault in our Stars', a terribly predictable movie!!!

Once we landed, we took an age getting through customs, the only bonus of which was that our bags were already on the carousel once we had gotten through.

We were picked up by our team leaders and taken by mini bus out to Hout Bay, where we were to stay until Friday.

The place we are staying is incredible.. It's a disused army base, built into the side of Table Mountain... The views are amazing!! We have spent Tuesday-Thursday getting more information about the partner organisations we will be working with, and spending time team building....

On Wednesday evening we went down to the local beach... Llandudno Beach! It was beautiful... Looking back from the shore, Table Mountain stands tall...

Tonight is Thursday, and we have found out the partner organisations that we will be working with, and the volunteers we will be sharing a house with... I am sooooo happy that I will be working with MITS; Making an Impact Through Sport. I will be based in Mitchells Plain, the biggest settlement in Cape Town, with 1.7 million people living in 6 square km...

Tomorrow I will be heading out to my host families house... I am so excited, all the training is over, and we are finally going to do what we came here to do...

I will try and update as much as I can from now on :)