Everyone busy at work Yesterday was another great day in South Africa. Let me set the scene. Today, is a public holiday-Freedom Day (first elections in 1994 after apartheid ended) so there are no classes…and …
Returned Student
Yiyole
When I say HAMER you say SPYKER! A nearly finished house This past Saturday I attended Crew Leader training for Habitat for Humanity. The Crew Leader is the person at the build site who coordinates …
I haveńt forgotten about my faithful readers
Sorry for the delay in this update, everybody! It has been a wild few weeks of midterms, vacations, paper, volunteering and teaching English… It seem as if life abroad gets more hectic as you approach …
Ubuntu
This week I’m going to try something new and attempt to tell the week’s news in pictures…with really long captions… During a molecular microbial genetics practical on Tuesday we had a lot of extra time …
Traveling
One of the wonders of studying abroad is your ability to travel. CIEE in Sevilla only holds classes Monday through Thursday and has two week-long breaks during spring semester for Semana Santa (Holy Week) and …
My Favorite Place Outside Sevilla
Last weekend four friends and I woke up early and met at El Prado bus station to go on a day trip to a little pueblo (town) called Ronda. The town is in the mountainous …
Field Camp
Preparing to measure yellow tail fish that we caught Sam, the bat expert, riding her horse Bushmen’s painting of an elephant I just got back from vertebrate biology field camp. It was 4 hectic days …
Amandla Awethu!
*Note* I posted two blogs in a row because I have way too much to say for one-so don’t forget to read Simthandile! Molecule or Atom? On Wednesday I had my regular SHAWCO group…well, kind …
Simthandile
View of the examination area and the waiting room in the background Shannon and Dhes in the examination room > Weighing one of our patients On Monday night I wandered over to the medical campus …
GQ – Will I Ever Get It Right?
On Tuesday it was Holly and her mom’s last night in Cape Town so we went to dinner at this African restaurant/hostel in the township of Gugulethu (‘our pride’ in Xhosa). We ate delicious food, …