I'm now into week five of training and things are going well. We had yesterday off for mwomens Day so Peace Corps took some of us to a game reserve. It was a great time and we saw zebras, giraffes, rhinos, wildebeest, and warthogs. On saturday we will visit the apartheid museum in Johannesburg and next Friday we learn our permanent site! I know I will be going to Limpopo but I'm eager to learn exactly where. A week from Monday we will travel to a supervisor workshop in our province followed by a four day visit to the site I will be living in for the next two years. We had our midterm LPIs or language proficiency interviews. In case you haven't realized by now Peace Corps loves their acronyms.

On saturday a large group of us attended a local wedding that was a blast. I tried a traditional home brewed beer that wasn't too bad. We also danced and ate wonderful food. Speaking of food I have recently had the pleasure of trying chicken feet. They tasted fine but its a lot of work for a limited amount of meat.

Training is flying by now! The first two weeks were a huge challenge for me but now that I'm settled into a routine the days are going very quickly. I'm learning so much every day I'm surprised my head hasn't burst. Its an astounding amount of information to try to retain. Everything from language to culture to teaching skills to safety and health. The long days are a little rough but still better than being bored. However I am desperately looking forward to sleeping in someday in the future.

Not much else interesting has happened so ill try to write again soon.