Some hiking and Picture of the Area

This picture show how the valleys around Stellenbosch are. Fairly steep mountains surrounded with wine farms. To bicycle or drive around is amazing. You will pass several mountain passes, small towns and a lot of farms. On the way you can stop by one of the wine farms and taste some of what they offer, while eating lunch.
Me on top of Simonsberg mountain. I am pointing down at Stellenbosch. Above my head is Table Mountain and Cape Town. Whereas Cape Point is in the top left corner.
Pointing at Cape Town, Table Mountain and Lions Head. The plains between Stellenbosch and Cape Town are called the Cape flats. Huge part of these plains are now Townships, always expanding. These Townships are the home to about 2millions.
The sunset from Stellenbosch Mountain. You see Cape Town and Table Mountain to the left and the sun sets almost on top of Robben Island.
Here you get a feeling of how big the Townships are. The lights at the bottom are Stellenbosch.

Hey again

It has been almost a month since last time I wrote and I felt it was about time with an update again.

Firstly the autumn has arrived and the winter is approaching :( It is still warm during the day, but in the evenings and night I always use a sweater now. The sweet and easy summer time has passed for now! I must say it feels strange, mentally it should be spring and when I talk to people I usually say that the summer is coming, it does not feel right with winter now. Nonetheless, there is nothing I can do about it. At the same time I really like to wear a sweater and a hat sometimes. It is annoying with to much heat too long. I also asked my mother to send me some wool socks. There are no heating in the house and the floor gets cold, so I am excited about getting them.

I has finally got a chess friend here :) I and a Swedish student has bought a chess board and plays at cafe's, pubs or at school. It is brilliant. The only weird thing is that we attract the strangest people when we are playing. But besides that, its perfect.

I am also working with two associations now. The first is ANSA and the other is SPOSSA. The second is a political science association that we are starting at the university. It is good experience for the later life and I think I need to get some more things on my CV.

This also makes life a little more hectic. There is always more than enough to do and I am getting a little bit stressed about school. We have 1 presentation, 1 small paper and 2 big essays for the next three weeks. However, when this semester is over the World Cup begins and better motivation than that is hard to find.

Hope you are all doing well

JJ