A little catch-up

Hello, sorry I've neglected to update this blog in so long! Between homework, my internship, and my home stay family, I've had very little time to devote to my new hobby of blogging. Anyway, I'll do my best to cover the highlights of the past 3 weeks. right. now. 

     On September 14th, so exactly 3 weeks ago, I got to go to a wildlife conservation reserve with my host mom and 6 Finnish librarians. That's right. Wildlife reserve. 6 Finnish librarians. My host mom works for the city of Windhoek, and she was in charge of taking care of this delegation of Finnish folks who were here setting up a library in a poverty-stricken informal settlement near Windhoek. So, on the 14th she took them (and me) to this conservation place to do a "game drive" which entailed riding around in a big vehicle to various fenced-off sites, where our guide would call the animals and feed them over the fence. All of the animals had been at the reserve for most of their lives, so they were essentially raised in captivity. We got to see young baboons, cheetahs, leopards, wild dogs and lions. The lions were absolutely terrifying because they growled and charged at the fence for about 5 minutes until our guide fed them lunch. It was a tremendous experience to be so close to these amazing animals! It was also great to spend time with all the Finnish librarians, who were an excited and friendly bunch. One of them gave me a keychain and another gave me her contact information in case I ever made it to Finland again and needed a place to stay!