You won’t believe this–I’m sending this from Cape Town! In Africa! Remember that time when I said we might be going to Israel? Well, there was a change of plans (it’s a long story), and we went to Africa instead! Dad’s professor payed for most of it and I saved about $300 and gave him that. Emma and Anja are at my grandmother’s house. They were very upset that they didn’t get to go.

Well, we’ve been here for about three days, and we’re going to Egypt in a week!! I can’t wait! Well, a lot has been going on around here. Dad actually got bit by some sort of viper! The doctor’s say he’ll be okay. I hope so. He’s in a hospital right now called Cape Raale. I’m not exactly sure what ‘Raale’ means. Things here are very different from America. It’s really sad. Being here just proves how lucky we are and how much we take for granted. We’re staying in Mr. Jayler’s home. He has a little two-year-old girl named–I’m not sure how to spell it… Radel? Well, anyway, she’s adorable! People here don’t know much english and I keep forgetting that. I’ll say something and their response will be a quizzical look. Thankfully, though, we have a translator, Carl, and Mr. Jayler knows a little. Well, I gotta go now. The computer is running very slow, and every word takes a long time to register. And, plus, well, I’m afraid that if I say to much, then you might discover that this is an April Fool’s trick.

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