Today Freya, Eva, Leon and I went into an exhibit entitled ''Colours of South Africa''. It was somewat interesting. We sat in a large ornate old building whith the lighted dimmed and listened as an african women told folk tales from her town. One was how thunder and lightning came to be. Thunder was the mother sheep, and lightning was the lamb who always caused trouble by catching things on fire. That is why thunder always follows lightning (the mother sheep always yells at the lamb when it causes trouble). We listened for a while and made our way through the exhibit. While their, we met up with Tante Romana and Tante Ressi (omas older sister...shesa very nice old woman). After the exhibit, we all sat at an imbisstand and had some beveraged and snacks. Gerd, Evas new boyfriend of the past year, came to join us. I like to call him GERD which stands for (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) which is practically what he inflicts on me. Lets just say I dont like him. hes 20 years older than Eva, which I just find scarey! It started raining, so we made our way into the nearest museum (the childrens museum). Tons of people were their also taking coverage from the rain. We were all sitting talking (Eva, Romana, Ressi, Freya, and I) when we noticed Gerd taking pictures of us from afar. Hes a photographer/artist. He wasnt taking it in a regular fashion though. He was holding the camera at the level of his belt...a peerfect perspective if wanting to catch pictures looking up people nostrils. very cleaver. Oh yeah, Tante Ressi wanted to see a sand sculpture, which we went too. It was awsome. Very creative indeed!
The day befor Eva and I had gone to a lake in the near vescinity to Gerasdorf. It was beautiful weather, sadley we didnt have out bathingsuits with us. I dipped my feet in the water, and waided up to my ankles. It didnt take long befor I had the brilliant idea of throwing jake in the water to see how he liked it. He plopped in and swollowed a gulp af water and started coughing. Luckily it wasnt harmed though. I dint think ill be throwing jake in the water any more!
Hey, what's with all the Crocs? Those snails at Bernhardstahl are quite cute - but aren't they slimy? I think the sand sculptures from the museum are very cool, too. Usually you don't see such things in a landlocked nation. Sounds like you're not a big fan of Gerd, but all of your excursions sound interesting. Was the African folklore told in German or English? I'm glad you're posting so much now, and keep adding the photos so I can see where you've been. I'd like more pictures of you and Freya. Love you, Libra
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