Hi everyone!
I've been busy here and we still don't have internet in my house, so I doubt I'll get to this regularly! I haven't been able to post
any pictures yet either, but hopefully I will soon.
Cape Town is great! We've already been to so many museums and beaches and great
places--our first eight days were all orientation. These next few days
we'll spend visiting our internship sites, I'm working at a school called
Christel House (check out their website: www.christelhouse.org). Then we
begin classes on Thursday. I have three: Politics of South Africa, Global
Women's Studies, and a seminar to go with our internship. We've decided to
hold all three classes on Thursday, instead of Thursday and Friday, so
we'll have a nice three day weekend that we can hopefully use for trips.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we work at our internships. So far, it
really has just felt like a vacation here, but I'm sure soon once we start
work and class it'll really hit me that I'm actually living here.
Believe it or not, I've actually drawn some parallels between ZA and
Haiti, despite how far away they are. I'm glad I have that experience to
help me adjust here. Two days ago we visited the townships, which are
informal settlements on the edge of the Cape, it's just rows and rows of
shacks. I think already having been to Haiti prepared me for seeing that
though, because I think I would have been shocked if I hadn't. Most of the
houses are just made of tin nailed together, and usually house an average
of 7 people. It's crazy here, the disparity between the wealthy and the
poor--just blocks away from these townships are mansions and really nice
properties with gated yards and BMWs. Very interesting to see.
I actually just got a couple pictures up on Facebook, if anyone can get to
that. I'll definitely update this more when I can! Hope to talk to you all
soon!
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