Dear YFU friends and families, The winter season is finally over and Jacaranda trees are taking over the city of Pretoria. I should not complain about the winter, since I came from Swedish Summer to South African spring, but oh well, a Swedish summer is more or less like a South African winter. Time flies when you have fun! Our inbound students that arrived in August have already been here for two and a half months, what happens with time? I am sure they are enjoying their time in South Africa and I wish them the best for the up-coming exams! My name is Henrik by the way and I am the new office intern in Pretoria. You will find me and Leandro, my intern-mate, further down in the newsletter. As a new person in a new country and culture you will find things that amaze you and wish you could take back. In my case it is the South African people. Coming from a country and culture where greeting a stranger or hugs and body contact is rare, South Africa is a big difference from home and that is what I like the most with South Africa! As you probably know, it has been a while since the last newsletter, but here it is again, this time full of adventures from our students, volunteers and families all over the world. We will get to know our new interns in Pretoria, get to know how it feels to come as a new student to a South African school, meet one of our volunteers who is doing an internship in Sweden and much much more! I want to say thank you to all the contributors in this newsletter! Thank you! I hope you will enjoy it! Regards, Henrik Ocklind, intern in Pretoria
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