Photos! and my first weekend...

My first weekend in Jo'burg was really quite lovely. I spent the morning on Saturday helping out with the community engagement program that runs on campus. We have 50 or so kids come up from the illegal settlement near here for videos, games outside, and chess lessons! I can't play chess, so that sounds all rather awesome to me!

Then, on Sunday I was taken out to the Botanical Gardens near the uni. The wind was rather bracing (it was bloody freezing), but we managed to scale up the path to the top of the waterfall!





We even managed it with the three kids (aged 5, 3 and 1!). I think we did rather well. It's a lovely spot and the gardens below, while not ornate, are pleasant and at least its somewhere I can walk around, sprawl on the grass and be relatively safe!

Then we went to one of the local malls so I could do some grocery shopping. I spent the evening watching The West Wing and cooking in my new fry pan! Yay!

My room is fairly small, but better than anything I had when I was at college!
It's pretty sunny here, even in the winter! While my room is most definitely a little stark, in the way that institutions are, I do have a glorious bunch of flowers that my colleagues sent me for when I arrived.

Which was really sweet of them! Speaking of which, my colleagues are increasingly making their way back onto campus. As are the students, so things are going to be a little noisier and perhaps more lively around here! Which doesn't bode well for my sleep patterns, but it will be great to have their energy around! Anyway, that's what I'll keep telling myself. I'll try to take some photos of the campus and things tomorrow so you, dear reader, can get an idea of what the place looks like!