Oh my word can you believe it how fast time went by! It´s amazing when I compare it to last year in Korea! Here I really don´t want to leave and I start crying the second I think about it! But I need to go back because even though I love it here I want my independence back! Living with a family 24/7 and being dependent on them and their car is really difficult for me after living alone for such a long time! I´m looking forward to certain things in Germany but I know that I will miss a lot of the South African things (like Chilli Bites and Savanna) and the one thing I will miss most is that everything is soooooo cheap here! In restaurants even in really really good ones you never pay more than 6€ for a (big) meal!And drinks are always around 1€! Ah I could go on and on about it but I guess you want to know how my trip was! WOW!!!!!! I don´t even know where to start!! It was the best vacation I ever had!!! And the place was the most beautiful place on earth I´ve ever seen!!! It was just stunning!!! I left Pretoria Friday (09/14) afternoon and after 17h in the bus  I got to George at 7.20am! A friend of my hostdad picked me up and brought me to the Guest House in Wilderness where I was staying the whole week! The Lodge as they call it here was beautiful and just 10m away from the beach! The view was absolutly stunning! 
After I got there I took a nice long shower and slept a bit! At 11am we picked up the french girl (Lili) and went back to the Lodge! We then went out for lunch and afterwards we went to the beach and just walked for a bit! But we were both so tired that we fell asleep at 4pm and didn´t wake up until 9am the next morning! Then the lovely owner of the guest house welcomed us and we had a great breakfast! The next couple of days we didn´t do much expect for swimming (I´ve never seen such clear and warm water because it is afterall winter down here but the water was about 24C!) and walking along the beach because we didn´t have a car and weren´t able to rent one cause I don´t have a credit card! But on Tuesday the owners son offered to drive us and to show us some nice places! And he did! WOW that was as I would say the perfect day! We started early in the morning and drove 50km to Knysna (if you are bored you have to google it) We stopped at the waterfront because Knysna has this huuuuuuge Lagoon inside it! Or well the whole city is build around that Lagoon! Absolutly beautiful! 
Then we went to Plettenberg Bay!!!All the South Africans love that beach and spend there summer vacation there! And it is really stunning! 
The whole time I wanted to see whales cause I read that they will be there and the owner told me that you can see whales from our room! But I didn´t! So me, Lili and Jacques (the owners son) walk down the beach and all of sudden I see like 150m away water fountains and I start screaming "Aaaaaaah is that a whale?" and Jacques "Yes, it is!" I freaked out (not in a bad way) I was soooo excited to see one! It was absolutly amazing! I coulnd´t believe it and I couldn´t take my eyes off of it! The whole time we were at that beach I couldn´t stop smiling and saying wow I saw whales! There were quite a few and they jumped out of the water and everything! And it was sooo close! I wanted to do one of the whale watching tours but Lili said its to expensive and I didn´t want to go by myself so instead we went swimming! Which was much nicer in Plett than in Wilderness cause there were little to no waves! It was just WOW and I had so much fun! I haven´t smiled so much in ages! 
After about 3h at the beach we went to look for a nice restaurant for lunch and we found a really amazing one! its called "The Lookout" (just in case you get to go to Plett) It is on Top of one of the Cliffs and you have a great view over the bay and the beach! I asked him for his best table and wohoo I got it! It was right on the corner and we had the best view! I said wow thats perfect but it would be even more perfect if we would see whales again and no kidding right in that moment a whale started jumping! And he stayed there for all of our lunch (which was delicious)! You can imagine how happy I was and my cheeks started to hurt from all the smiling! It was just like a dream come true! Absolutly amazing!!!  The view from our table!!!
After lunch we went swimming again because the water looked to good to not go in!!! We had such a great time and we all got along really well! 
But all good things come to an end so we left the beach at around 2pm and went back to Knysa because we wanted to see "The Heads". It is and I know I repeat myself but I´m at a loss for words cause it was so beautiful or no lets say breath taking!!! 
We walked around there for a while and took millions of pics and just had a good time and enjoyed it! After that we went back to the waterfront because I wanted some souveniers! And after that it was time to say good bye to Knysna and go back to Wilderness but on the way back we stopped at a liquor store and bought a six pack of Savanna dry (it is the most popular south african drink- it is a cider and its really really good). We all showered and after that we met at the beach and sat there the rest of the night talking! Which was a lot of fun especially after the Savannas! =) Wednesday and Thursday morning we spent at the beach again and walking around in Wilderness! Unfortunatly it was time to go back to Pretoria for me on Thursday afternoon! I was really sad to leave cause I had such an amazing time there and I just love being at the ocean! After some tears and lots a good bye hugs I took the bus home! But it was also nice to be back here in Pretoria and to see everybody again! I missed Babsi a lot and was happy to have her back! Right after I got back we booked our flight to Cape Town! Wohoo we leave tomorrow at 6am and get there two hours later! We rented a car and we will spend 2 days in Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope and after that we drive to Stellenbosch which is famous for its wines! So we will stay at a vineyard and we already booked a wine sampling tour! =) On Sunday we are of to Hermanus which is the best spot to see whales so we will do a whale watching tour there and then we drive to Mosselbay where we will spend the night! And on Monday we will go to Wilderness/Knysna/Plett because I want to say Hi again! =) And of course I want to show Babsi all these beautiful places! On Tuesday we start driving up tp Pretoria again but we will stop somewhere and spend the night! We should be back here on Wednesday around noon! And then I only have 3 days left until I go back to Germany!But on friday night we are going to see the Black Eyed Peas in Jo´burg! YEAH I can´t wait!Its going to be awesome!!!!!!!!! So I guess I will write again when I´m back in Heidelberg!!!!Have a great time everyone!!!!Mwah | 
