Day 25 – Our First Weekday in our new home

The bid deal for today is it is Reese’s first day of school. He said he had to be there by 08:00, so I set the alarm and he was ready on time to head out. We made it almost 10 minutes early, only to find out it actually started at 08:30. I left and went searching for Laundromat to take our dirty clothes as they had been accumulating at a rapid pace. I finally found one two blocks from Reese’s school in an “arcade”, which is what we would call a strip shopping mall. They charge based on weight, so I gave them a bag of clothes (about a week’s worth from us both) and it ended up costing us about $3.90 to wash, dry and fold it all. We can’t buy laundry detergent for that little back home, so we’ve discovered our new method of washing (as we don’t have a washer or dryer in our flat).

I also went by the mall again to buy a printer as ours was broken in shipment. It was just as well, as the old printer was only a 110 volt/60 cycle capable one, and they used 240 volt/50 cycle here. I purchased a new printer/fax/copier/scanner for about $155, and so we were ready to roll. The paper sizes are different here as well (A4 size instead of 8 ½ by 11), so I picked up some of that as well.

I then drover to Stellenbosch again just to get the lay of the land so I wouldn’t get lost the next time I tried it. I continue to be amazed at how close it is. Behind our flat is the Helderberg mountain, and the other side is Stellenbosch. It isn’t as easy as that to get there, but as the crow flies it is just about 3 or 4 miles. It is a beautiful old Cape Dutch style town, the second oldest town in South Africa, and the one