Frontier Farms

This past weekend, a large group of 20 international students and myself went on a trip to two farms houses north east of Port Elizabeth about four hours.  The phrase: "we were in the middle of nowhere" defiantly applies here!  There was no internet, no cell phone service, just us students, the farm owners, a bunch of animals and the mountains!  It was great!  We left Friday morning, and arrived at the first farm house in the late afternoon.  That afternoon, we enjoyed tea, coffee, DELICIOUS desserts and a fantastic, home cooked dinner.  This meal in itself was reason enough to go on the trip!  Right before dinner, just as it was getting dusk outside, a few friends and I attempted to hike around a bit, until we ran into the largest, scariest, nastiest looking spider I have ever seen in my life.  The best part?  I WALKED INTO THE SPIDER WITH MY FACE.  Needless to say, the hike was over!

It was getting dark, so the lighting is bad, but this is the infamous spider!
I would say, about the size of the palm of my hand.

That night, the group split up, one group stayed at the first house, while the other stayed at a second farm house.  I chose to stay at the second house and although the first was great, the second was even better!  The second farm house was so welcoming, I realized just how long it had been since I had been in a real house- with a couch, tv, dining room, kitchen and normal commodities.  It was great!

Saturday morning, we woke up, had another amazing meal for breakfast, spent the morning playing cards, and then we headed out to milk cows and sheer sheep!  This was interesting, but since I had milked a cow before, it was not as interesting for me as other people.  It was an enjoyable time though, and it was interesting to get to know the farmer, how he made his money and how his farm worked.  Below are just a bunch of pictures of the animals on the farm and the place on the farm where they milked the cows!

Saturday evening, we spent more time playing card games in the farm house and of course, eating our weight in whatever amazing meal the farmers made us.  Then, on Sunday morning, we went to one of the waterfalls on the farmers land, spent some time there, and then headed for home.  Overall, it was a good weekend spent relaxing, laughing with friends and eating A LOT.