I've been in South Africa for less than a week and so far I've seen whales playing in the ocean, shaken the hand of a former political prisoner and narrowly avoided eating the country's favorite snack food, biltong (dried meat, a bit like beef jerky, only made of ostrich). I've met amazingly friendly people and experienced an absolutely gorgeous natural landscape of mountain and sea. Today I made the 30-minute flight from Cape Town to George--the Aquila convention is being held at a sweet country inn about 2 hours drive from George. It's tucked in at the base of the mountain and the flowers and freshly cut grass smell heavenly. Tomorrow we start our 3-day event with registration and basic scrapbooking classes. Scrapbooking is still fairly new here, about two years old, so I'm a little curious to see how we'll do! Erika and Hennie tell me the ladies are very excited and that we've got people coming from all over the area. Erika, Hennie and Rita have been so nice and accommodat ing, making sure I have everything I need...including vegetarian food! (fortunately chocolate counts as vegetarian, since they've also left a big basket of sweets in my hotel room.)
Tonight it's all about going over class materials to prepare for tomorrow (and maybe just a few of those chocs!). Hoping for good luck and happy people tomorrow!
