Julian: already one of best life experiences

Tom, Emily, Teddy, Kayla, Terri, Julian

Right now I am sitting next to the pool in my swim suit and oversized sunglasses. And it’s January. I don’t have to really think hard to realize that my time here in Cape Town has already been one of my best life experiences. It would be easy for me to go on about how much fun this group of people is but for the sake of the blog I will just say that I came here with great people. As a history major one would expect me to talk about how great the apartheid museums are. While they were fascinating and touching my best experiences so far were getting a feel for how South Africa is today. You may get the occasional person who comes up to you to tell you how much they hate America, but the people here are generally more than willing to help. The culture here is certainly different from our culture but I haven’t had the chance to engage with a lot of South Africans because it is still orientation week. But I like what I see so far. We’ve gone to a couple jazz clubs already and I had the chance to find out how the Capetonians break it down. I danced the night away and went to bed with sore knees from all of that moving around. And then there’s the view of Table Mountain wherever you go. I won’t even try to explain how awesome that is because it is truly something that you have to see for yourself.