My first week of internship at Black Sash went very well. I work with four other interns that are my age, three from France and one from Germany. I spent the first two days mostly doing research and reading trying to catch up to the other interns working on the same project as me. By the third day the other interns were already involving me on their project which was really cool to get put in the mix so quickly. From what I can tell from my internship work is very relaxed here. When I am doing work it is very heavy reading and a lot of work, but my boss never wants to overwork me so breaks and short days are acceptable. Some of the things I will be able to do at my intern are informing people of their rights in the townships, going into parliament, and monitoring governmental organizations such as refugee centers, so it should be very exciting.
Classes have been going well, but it is hard to stay focused on school work while in Cape Town not to mention living in a house with a pool and 16 other students. I am glad we get to go to University of Cape Town campus for one day a week though. While we don't have the opportunity to take classes with other UCT students, there are other ways to meet people there. Julian, Tom, and myself went and played basketball at the gym and had the opportunity to meet a diverse group of people from Greece, South Africa and Zimbabwe to play ball with on Thursdays.
A couple of us went up Lions Head on Saturday night with the interns from Black Sash to watch the sunset. It may have been the most beautiful landscape I have seen since I have been to Cape Town. Watching the sun go down over the ocean and the city light up as it became darker was an astonishing image. I look forward to doing it again with the rest of the group on the full moon.
View from Lion's Head
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