Poly GIP South Africa

This morning, our group had a very different experience for this week - took a brief trip to a legendary commercial street market in downtown Cape Town. At this market, we had our first shopping outing and in the processed learned on the fly about haggling/negotiating. The first thing I noticed was that there were no price tags. Many people in our group employed various strategies to attain a “better price,” and in other words, we made "friends" with the vendors or capitalized on the desperation of the vendors. All in all, we all came out feeling fulfilled with our newly purchased paintings and clothes- all gifts for our loved ones back home:-) After that foray into consumerism and stimulating the South African economy, we trekked to the MOCAA Zeist Museum of Art. The building was creatively carved out of old grain silos. Each floor exhibited a different aspect of South African and African culture. We saw many different paintings, pictures, and sculptures with each display fl...