April 1

I have just returned from my 2 week holiday vacation....what a great time! I kept a journal and took notes about everything our group did during the 2 weeks. We left on April 1 at 7:00 AM. At 5:00 AM I had a prank played on me by Anna and Alex. Apparently they placed our cell phone under my bed with an alarm set for 5 AM to fool me on Fool's Day. It took me about 5 minutes to figure out what had happened, so I decided to get them back by setting the alarm for 520 AM and sneaking into their room and playing the same trick on them. My room is on the complete opposite part of the house we are staying at and I heard how loud the alarm was and it was absolutely hilarious. But anyway, we left at 7 AM for holiday and traveled from Stellenbosch to the town of Knysna. On our way to Knsyna we stopped at a couple of wine farms and tasted some of the local wine. The first place was Springfield, and the second place was Van Loveran. I bought a bottle of red wine from Van Loveran just so I did not feel guilty about drinking all of their wine. After wine tasting we continued on our 5 hour drive to Knysna where we stayed in a dormitory/hostel for the night. For dinner we went to a restaurant called 34 South. I had some of the best Hake I have had on the trip. Hake is like White Fish (if you are from Michigan you should know White Fish). The restaurant was located in the harbor at Knysna, which was absolutely beautiful. The night ended with some euchre and random conversations on the porch.