hey.

we did the weekend trip to pretoria-- and it was awesome!! it was kind of going to an european town and i loved it and noticed how much ive missed that kind of atmosphere and facilities.. since gabs is purely desert, so yeah.

we left on friday morning, and spent 9 hour in the bus going to northern south africa first to jo'burg, and from there for another hour to pretoria. from the bus station (which was really nice, as everything in pretoria is!!) we took taxix to our north south backpackers- hostel, which was nice and homelike, and after some adjustments (they had not enough beds for us so the french guys slept on the floor in half price) we walked to the centrre of hatfield, the suburban where university is also situated. and there was a square in the middle, full of restaurants and bars and it was SO nice!! just perfect. we went and had a late lunch and were all feeling absolutely happy of being there and not in gabs :)

after lunch we walked back to our hostel and just took it easy, playing pool (i lost- obviously) and in the evening we walked back to the square and had dinner in a restaurant called ocean basket. they had wonderful seafood and i had prawns and fish. afterwards we went to a night club and danced and danced for hours, and it was a REALLY good evening. oh except that i hit my toe, and the nail almoust came out and i couldnt put my jogging shoes on for 4 days (so i couldnt do anything at the gym, except from swimming, ha.) and it still hurts. oh yes.

on saturday some people went around the town, me , Silje (norway) + Aubri and Hailey (US) went around a shopping mal. i didnt know i would enjoy shopping that much.. it was a nice afternoon and in the evening we had dinner in a small chinese restaurant, in which there were no other customers except from us. and the waitresses (two women on their 40's) were the most adorable, sweet, lovely women in the world!! (aivan uskomattoman hellyttavia!!) and the food was perfect. and then we hang out at the square for a while, but everyone was so tired we went back to hostel around one. and slept well.

sunday morning we went into a market in where thay have all the same stuff as in gabs and i believe all around southern africa. and we took taxis to centrum of pretoria and it was gorgeus!! we walked around a bit and had ice cream in a french restaurant, and then aheaded to bus station and started our long way back. eventually we reached gabs at 9 pm, and taht was the end of that trip.

it was so good to get out of here for a while. now i have million assignments and tests and i feel depressed over all the work and this stupid boring city. and i want to go travelling and then home. and i want blueperry pie made by mom. and i wish it was already the end of november. and i wish i didnt complain all the time ;)

have a good week and weekend you all!