yeah usa!

So I found out that the boy who had been using my laptop actually spilled wine on the keyboard. GAH. After a day of rest, my computer finally turned on, but the keyboard connection is all messed up (i.e. when you type "s," it comes out "sw"). I spent Saturday running around town trying to get someone to fix (or at least clean the inside of) my laptop, but no one will even touch it because it's a Sony, a brand people aren't really familiar with here. THUS I must wait until I return home to get it fixed... I did end up buying a screwdriver and taking apart my laptop to see if I could clean it myself, but that did nothing. There was a pretty substantial amount of wine in it, though. GR. That was the drama of the weekend.

In other news, this weekend I felt so well connected, haha. On Saturday, a man who basically founded one of the biggest grocery chains in southern Africa invited us all over for dinner because his son is going to Penn in the fall. The house was incredible-- it was like an Indian palace, and they stuffed us with tons of roasted meat--lamb, chicken, pork-- as just the appetizer. We stayed and watched the USA vs. England game over some wine and scotch. Wooo USA! The next day, a few of us went hiking (see picture) and befriended a (white) family from South Africa. The father is a group manager or something for a diamond company in Botswana, so again, very well off. They gave us a free lift home and their contact info, insisting that they must show us around the area another weekend. They also invited us to stay at any of their houses (they have one in Jo-burg, another in Mozambique--ON THE BEACH, and more in other cool places but I'm blanking on where they are) if we ever need housing in those areas. Cooool.