Dear Future Participant,
When I had decided that I was for sure going to study abroad
with this program, I started reading the last year’s blog. For some reason I
started with everyone’s final blogs. To say the least, they were depressing. Everyone
was talking as if they were leaving the loves of their lives. I do not want to
make my blog have the same feeling. Although it is sad that I will be leaving
this wonderful city and closing this chapter of my life, I am just as excited
to go home and see, taste, smell, hear and touch everything that I have missed.
This blog is dedicated to my favorite things, in no particular order, five of
the activities that I really enjoyed doing while I was here. Hopefully this
list will help you stay inspired or stay excited for coming to Cape Town, you
truly have an awesome experience waiting for you. (For everyone who isn’t
planning on participating in this program, the parents’, siblings,
grandparents, friends, random people who are reading this blog, it is just as
much for you as it is for future students. Hopefully this inspires you to
travel, wherever that may be. Go well and be happy.)
1. Eating out – This is the perfect opportunity to eat out
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. There are so many restaurants to go to and when else will
you be in Cape Town!?! Fork, in Town, is delicious. Charly’s Bakery, has
delicious desserts. The Waterfront is filled with delicious restaurants.
Burrata’s, in Woodstock, is also delicious. Seeing a theme? Everything is just
so delicious!
2.
Bungee Jumping – if you read my last post, you understand how much I loved
bungee jumping. The craziest thing I have ever done in my life. It is hard to
definitively point to something super crazy you have done in your life.
However, after I jumped off of that bridge, I knew there was nothing else I
could have possibly compared that experience to. Definitely the craziest
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3.Working in a school setting – My internship made my time
here a lot more well-rounded, especially compared to other study abroad
programs. I got to spend three days a week working in a school with some of the
poorest but most kind-hearted children. Although some days I did not want to
get out of bed and onto the bus, I never regretted a day of work. Whatever your
passion is, hopefully your internship or job allows you to tap into it. Enjoy
your work or else what’s the point?
4. Rural South Africa – A
lot of people don’t discuss the countless hours spent on buses and in cars.
Driving eight hours on a bus to Kruger National Park was actually one of my
favorite times. I LOVE rural South Africa. I was actually hoping that we could
spend more time driving through the country side. Looking out the window for
that long, I began to realize that I really want to travel to a place like that
in the future, possibly live and work in a farm type setting. So relaxing and
calm. Perfect for an introvert.
I hope this blog leaves you in good spirits! Those are just
some of the things I loved, I hope you find many many more in whatever you do.
Before this turns into a sermon, I will end this blog for this week.
Sincerely,
From one traveller to another
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