We arrived at IBM's location around 9 AM and had a meeting with the local executive staff and received some security information. After that, we visited IBM's Saturday school for underserved youth, which was truly an amazing experience. We were first asked to introduce ourselves, including where we are from and what we do at IBM. The kids were really responsive. They asked a lot of serious questions, like what inspires us, things that get us going, specifics about the countries and other personal details. You could see that they were really excited but also interested in that we have to say and they were knowledgeable about countries other than their own.
The second visit today was at Apartheid Museum. This was a very strong experience. At the ticket office we were randomly assigned to either white or non-white group, which determined the way we entered the museum. This was a very good way to make you "step into the shoes" of racially discriminated person. While going through the museum, it made me see the resemblance between the Polish and South African history - both nations did fight with stones against armed trucks and firearms. The other thing that really made an impression on me, was the exhibition showing what was going on in the other parts of the world in the same time: landing on the moon, Vietnam war etc. This make me realize that this is such a recent history.
We ended that day with a dinner at local stake house. I had an ostrich stake and it was amazing - thought it it is a bird, the meat was red, very delicate and tasty. This was actually a second ostrich that day. I had an ostrich burger for lunch, but that was nothing compared to the stake :-) To dinner we also had some South African red wine.
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