It feels like just yesterday when I
was packing at three am the morning to board my 16-hour flight to Cape Town,
the city in which I would be living in for the next three and a half months. For
some reason I thought that when I walked out the airport South Africa was going
to be something completely different to anything I have ever seen. I expected
to have extreme culture shock but that was not the case. It’s as “normal” as
anything else that I have seen and it is actually very similar to Colombia.
When I see the mountain in the background from downtown Cape Town to when we
went to go visit the various communities I was reminded so much of Medellin, the
city I live in when I visit Colombia.
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| Manuela capturing the sights from Chapman's Peak during Orientation |
Orientation was filled with so many amazing activities
that sometimes I was just so overwhelmed with what we were seeing and
experiencing. We did a variety of things from visiting the UCT campus, going to
Cape Point (which was so beautiful), going to Robin Island, attending a South
African soccer match (so much fun), visiting the District Six Museum, going to
Jazz performances and the list goes on. Despite how tired I was feeling at
times I was glad that we were always busy because I didn't have to think about
all the overwhelming feelings I was having of experiencing so many new things
at once; such as being in a new country were I didn't actually know anyone
besides seeing people in the pre-departure class, going grocery shopping to
cook for myself real food for the first time in my life and living with 19
other people in one house
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