Adam approaches his final month in Cape Town

Before going to the human rights workshop I wasn’t sure what to expect.  It turned out to be a very unique experience.  We got to meet a diverse group of people who were from countries all over Africa.  We got to hear some of their stories while we discussed human rights.  We even held a mock U.N. conference where each group chose an African nation and discussed facts and information regarding human rights in that particular country.  I learned a lot from this conference and thought it was one of the best and most fun parts of the whole workshop.  An added bonus was that we had the workshop at a beautiful olive and fig farm.

We were told that before we left for Cape Town that people here work and live at a much slower pace than in America.  I definitely noticed this as soon as I arrived in Cape Town.  For a person who is fairly punctual I find it difficult to sometimes deal with the tardiness that comes along with the Capetonian lifestyle.  However recently I have started to fall into the groove of this slow paced way of life, especially on this four day Easter weekend.  Downstairs in the house right now an over the top Easter feast is being prepared and after that it’s off to the International Jazz Festival.  There’s no work tomorrow (Monday) because of Family Day.  South Africans sure do celebrate a lot of holidays and I can’t complain.

The weather here in Cape Town is starting to change a bit with autumn beginning to set in.  It’s an unfortunate fact of nature that causes us all to long for summer.  Luckily for us when we return home it will just be the beginning of summer, which is pretty awesome.  We are all making our plans for our last month in Cape Town trying to make sure that we don’t miss out on anything.  I’m looking forward to the rest of April and think it might just be our best month here.