On Thursday evening we were invited to the leaving party of Phil the British High Commissioner which was to be held at his residence at Cape Point. We arrived at 6.30pm and showed our invitation card to the security at the gate. We made our way through the house to the garden area at the rear overlooking the sea and spoke to the commissioner. He told us he was now being sent to Sierra Leone for a couple of months before retiring to Brighton. As usual there was a constant supply of drinks which were handed out by the waiters however the food just kept passing us by eventually we sent Abigail and Bradley off to bring some of the meatballs and beef on sticks back to us. At 9.30 we left for home as Bradley was very tired some of the other volunteers left to go to the Scottish Embassy which is a local pub, restaurant run by Mark and is a meeting place for NGO’s.
On Friday morning we made our way up to Francisco’s to watch the Royal Wedding of William and Kate. We had arranged with David the owner to watch the wedding whilst having an English Breakfast at a discounted price. We arrived just in time having already missed Prince William’s arrival at the church. Tessa, Merrille, Gaynor and Jane were already there so we joined them ordering coffee and juice. Kate one of the Peace Corp volunteers arrived with some other girls and then they produced a variety of hats from their bags to wear for the occasion, very funny. Although not the same atmosphere as back home it was still good to be able to watch it over here. We left just after the kisses on the balcony as we had all made a decision to spend the rest of the afternoon at Safari Garden pool.
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