Soccer games and the beach!

Today was a great day! We finally had a free afternoon and a few of us went to the beach at Camps Bay. It was absolutely beautiful! The water was so freezing cold that you could barely even put your feet in. The Atlantic ocean here is freezing and the Indian ocean is warm, but that is where the sharks are! A week ago someone was eaten by a shark at a beach in the Indian ocean (we are going to that beach on Thursday)! There are mountains surrounding the ocean and beautiful houses everywhere. There were about 12 of us that stayed for the afternoon. It cost us less than $4 to ride a train and then taxi to get to the beach! Im hoping to go to the beach a lot! Oh when we were at the beach I was very surprised and shocked to see so many women without tops on laying out on the beach!!! Later when we got home somebody said that Camps Bay is apparently a nude beach! We ate dinner at a really neat place right by the water and my entire meal cost $11. The money situation is great here for Americans! Today in orientation we learned how to register for classes at UCT which is a bit in the dark ages because we have to stand in long queues (lines) for hours to register because it isn’t done on the computer! I have to figure out my classes I will be taking tonight so there aren’t any problems when I need to register! Last night a big group of us went to a local sports bar called Pig and Swizzle to watch one of the African Cup soccer games which was SO much fun! Everyone there was for Zambia and they were getting really really into the game! It ended up going to pks and Zambia lost so people were kinda upset! We are going back for the next games because it was such a fun experience! We were the only non-locals there and we met a lot of fun and interesting people! The pictures I’ve put up are the views of Lion’s Head and part of Table Mountain from the beach and also some of the people from my group!