Today our schedule was fairly light, as we were scheduled to be at the Communicare learning centre all day, with an "Open Day With The Arsenal Coaches" scheduled there for the afternoon.
We were told to drive ourselves, and get there, for 10am. As we hadn't properly driven there by ourselves yet, we left at 9:15 to make sure we had plenty of time in case we got lost. In the end, after going an extremely long way, we got there at around 9:50ish.
We had a little meeting in Lourens' office where we talked about our free time, and the possible options as to when we wanted to do the touristy things in Cape Town.
After that, we were told that, while at the Learning Centre, we'd be required to help people write their CV's, search for jobs, and use the computers in general. As it was relatively quiet, we ended up just going on the computers ourselves and starting to set up a CV template for people to use while we were out.
Around half an hour after we started, Azille, who works alongside Joe and Lourens, saved us by offering to take us round Bothasig, which is the place we'd be coaching at tomorrow. Of course we accepted the offer.
After jumping in the car we set off. We had to make one stop at the Communicare head office in the main town first, as Azille had to drop off some documents. After that, she showed us a bit around Cape Town, pointing out bits which are good to go to and places to go and eat which was nice, before heading straight to Bothasig Gardens so we could visit where we are going to coach tomorrow. It looks like a massive village surrounded by gates, with the odd patches of grass here and there. The houses all look relatively nice and modern though, so it doesn't seem like a bad place to live. Especially compared to some of the other parts of Cape Town that we've checked out. Azille pointed us to the area we'll be coaching on, which was a small bit of grass, but enough to get a decent session going which is nice to see.
Before getting back to the learning centre we went to a local butchers, which Azelle recommended, and tried some Biltong, which is like dried meat strips. It. Was. Amazing. It was dry and salty but for some reason it was so addictive. The butcher said that they can vaccuum pack it, so I can take some home with me, and i intend to take LOADS home.
We got back to the Learning Centre where we had some lunch and chilled out for a bit, then Joe took us into the conference room, where kids starting coming in their numbers for the Q&A session.
We spent about 45mins talking to the kids and answering various questions. Most of them about the Arsenal players, and different perks we got coaching with Arsenal. After the session, when all the kids left, one of the dads, called Brendon, came and chatted to us, telling us he coaches a local team here, and does loads of amazing things with them, like they're planning to tour Sweden, before heading to Spain for a tour. Which is amazing, especially as most of the kids here haven't been out of the country.
After we gave him our emails addresses, and agreeing to give him some exercises that we use with the kids, he left with his son and daughter, meaning our day was over! After saying goodbyes to the staff, we then managed to successfully drive him with ease, after yesterday's slight complication.
After a tiring couple of days we just chilled out for the evening, making full use of the wifi downstairs, and watched Tottenham scrape through a win against Sheffield United in the Capital One Cup, winning 3-2 on aggregate.
Also, news reached us that we finally signed Gabriel from Villarreal! Seems like a top signing, and is young for a defender at 24, but has been doing well this season for Villarreal. Let's hope he can help sort out our weak defence!
Harry
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