Our First Braai!

Tuesday before class we met a couple Afrikaans students who said they were doing dermatology this week. I’ve been interested in shadowing a dermatologist for a while, but have never had the opportunity so I decided to continue with a group of Afrikaans students for the rest of the week. Monday and Tuesday they were in the clinic with patients learning general terms for skin lesions and spots. On Wednesday our group of 9 went to a small classroom and as a group answered multiple choice questions about pictures of skin problems to practice terminology. It was very interesting and insightful and much more interactive than the afternoon classes we usually attend.

Wednesday night we attended our first Braai, which is basically a cookout. Marius, a guy in our class, and his wife Marie hosted us at their house in Bloem. We went to a grocery store beforehand to buy our own choice of meat (I bought lamb kabobs), but when we arrived, we discovered that Marie had prepared appetizers, Afrikaans shots and drinks, and other snacks. Marius has visited the US before and spoke of an instance in which he was invited over for dinner, but he arrived, he ate, and he left, so he assumed that we were unaccustomed to the idea of going to someone’s house to socialize before and after eating dinner. Obviously, socializing was completely expected, and I absolutely loved every second of it.

I don't have any pictures of our Braai because my phone was dead, but I'll steal some pictures from Sami's facebook and post them later.