Hello everyone!
Warm greetings from beautiful Cape Town. I'm excited to finally sit down and write and let you all in on what has happened during our short time in South Africa.
Sarah and I safely arrived In Cape Town on Friday morning after a 9 hour flight to London, a day spent snoozing on the leather couches at Heathrow, and a second 12 hour flight to Cape Town. All in all our travel was uneventful and included lots of sleep and some really good Belgian chocolate, but once we actually made it to the university things became very eventful.
We met up with the international student coordinator (Jeanenne, we finally met the infamous Mariska!) and she helped us get settled and showed us around the university.
Warm greetings from beautiful Cape Town. I'm excited to finally sit down and write and let you all in on what has happened during our short time in South Africa.
Sarah and I safely arrived In Cape Town on Friday morning after a 9 hour flight to London, a day spent snoozing on the leather couches at Heathrow, and a second 12 hour flight to Cape Town. All in all our travel was uneventful and included lots of sleep and some really good Belgian chocolate, but once we actually made it to the university things became very eventful.
We met up with the international student coordinator (Jeanenne, we finally met the infamous Mariska!) and she helped us get settled and showed us around the university.
Sarah and I are staying in the international student lodge, it's comparable to a hostel. The thing that's kind of funny about the international student lodge is that it isn't very international: the majority of the students who live there are German or Dutch, although there is one other American and a couple from Norway. Last night when we were hanging out with a few of our dutch lodge-mates felt strangely similar to my Calvin days.
Anyway, after we moved into our new home Sarah and I traveled to Lion's head, one of the mountains that the city of Cape Town is built around, with some of our new Dutch friends. Lion's head is part of Table Mountain National Park, a huge nature preserve minutes from the city. We half climbed, half rock-climbed to the top and watched the sun set over the Atlantic ocean. Gorgeous!
Anyway, after we moved into our new home Sarah and I traveled to Lion's head, one of the mountains that the city of Cape Town is built around, with some of our new Dutch friends. Lion's head is part of Table Mountain National Park, a huge nature preserve minutes from the city. We half climbed, half rock-climbed to the top and watched the sun set over the Atlantic ocean. Gorgeous!
And climbing down the mountain in the dark was especially fun.
And then we ate pistachio nuts.
I could say more, but I'll save it for another day. I hope to write more about my experiences here as well as reflections on fieldwork. So, keep the comments and emails coming and we'll stay in touch.
PS Jeanenne, Sarah says that she is interested in doing some cage diving here. At first I didn't think this was a good idea, but it might give you a good reason to come visit us here...
4 comments:
KAREN! You made it!!!!! Ok. I have a 3 hour train ride awaiting me today, so you are totally getting a novella asap.
Love you lots and I couldn't be prouder of you.
yay Karen! I am missing you already, but I am so excited for you, and all the adventures you are going to have (or have already started having...like climbing down a mountain in the dark--how do you do that?). I send HUGS.
Yea friends! You are the best. I miss you both.
...And thanks for the hugs.
That sounds wonderful! And that picture is really clear... thanks for writing to all of us, and keeping us up with your life there! Yay!
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