First Full Day

Today we made an excursion to Soweto, a township outside of Johannesburg. We visited a museum dedicated to the student demonstrations that triggered the end of the apartheid. The museum was very moving and informational with personal accounts of the demonstrations and riots. Afterwards we had a traditional African buffet where we tried tripe AKA intestine. Ignoring the texture, I would say it was surprisingly tasty. Later we toured the house that Nelson Mandela lived in; it was completed with a room for a bucket toilet and looked like every other tiny house in the neighborhood.

So far we have had just a little taste of South African culture, but it just makes me excited for more!