Saturday, March 14th - Alyssa

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ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!

Saturday we went to visit Langa township. There are three classes of people in the township: Upper, Middle, and Lower classes. We got the chance to see where people live in each of these areas. We started out the tour with seeing a performance by some of the kids who live there. As we walked through the township the kids were coming up to us, holding our hands, and taking pictures with us. This experience was really hard and emotional because it was a different kind of poverty than most of us are used to seeing in America.

After the township, we went to M'Hudi winery which is the only black owned winery in South Africa. It was bitter sweet going to the winery after the township because we just saw so much poverty and now we are heading to two wineries. However, I think it made some people appreciate it more. We got to taste some wine, but I was sick so I just watched. We went to another winery after lunch called Spier. Here we were able to pet baby cheetas and relaxed by the lake sampling their wine. We ate dinner at the restaurant there, Moya. There were a couple people doing a tribal dance and singing which was really neat to watch. The food was good, but the entertainment made the dinner so much better.