Blogging.

This is my first ever blog, so give me some time before stuff starts getting interesting. I landed in South Africa on Monday the third (happy birthday dad) and have since been here for only one full day. First things first, I am in Johannesburg, it is a big commercialized city with basically everything that we have in the states. The people here are wonderful,it is amazing how nice everyone is. My first experience in the country was a mall to try and exchange currency, walking in there was a roxy, quicksilver, and most all other places you would not expect to find. My second experience was going to my temporary housing, which is with 8 girls and two other guys. The family I am staying with also happens to be my boss on this adventure, and he and his wife have been so amazing and generous. I also went to the casino my first night and already lost 35 bucks ugh, way to go Arielle though for playing for her first time and winning 250 Rand ( 40 bucks approximate). Mom and dad if you are reading this I promise that it won't happen again, I plan on winning next time. All of my roomates are great although I do not get to see them often because they are always working. I do not have a camera at the time, but I plan on using someone else's to post. There is a place right by my house that is a little set of buildingsnthat kind of looks like old style Romeo and juliet setting, it is actually a casino, hotel, and cinema fully equipped with imax. There are a bunch of restaurants and beer is out of this world good, it's called castle and I guess it is the south African national beer. It is like 2.00 for a pint. Tomorrow I will be going to the apartheid museum, I am bringing tissues. I will try to update weekly and get as many pictures as possible.
South African slang of the week: traffic lights are called robots haha.
Ps I am trying to get a cooler background but can't figure it out, Brittany got any ideas?