A Transitory Time
Due to the nature of my program, Connect-123, most interns stay only 2-3 months. Since my arrival (nearly 4 months ago), I have already had to say several goodbyes and now have a new group of interns to meet. For…
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Road Trip!
After discovering that Madagascar was not covered in lemurs as certain movies might suggest, I decided to spend my last week of summer vacation exploring the Garden Route. Rachel and my strategy was to get most of our traveling out…
Dinner for One
Despite multiple apocalyptic predictions, it’s 2013 and we’re still here. Might as well make the best of it, right? I, for one, had a wonderful Winter break. I visited Freiburg, a small city in southern Germany, and met up with…
Impact
“What will my impact be?” This question is one that weighed on my mind throughout the entire time I was in Udaipur. The impact could be the work I completed for Jagran, an organization that has an advanced understanding of…
Weeks 14, 15 and 16
And so the New Year has begun. Christmas and the holidays have come to an end, and I’ve had some time to reflect on everything that happened to me in the past year. Over the past year, I returned from…
Happy Holidays from Sub-Saharan Africa
Johannesburg has invaded Cape Town. High heels and designer brands attached to a Jo’burg accent are easily distinguishable among the Capetonian trendy flats and plaid. Cape Town and Durban are often the annual holiday destinations of preference among Jo’burg professionals.…
The final departure…
I have been so lucky to have had the opportunity to explore South Africa way beyond the city limits of Cape Town, so navigating the Cape Town airport has become just as easy as Denver International and it has also…
Holiday
On December 23rd I picked my family up from the Cape Town airport. Especially, in a family of chiefs and no indians it was pretty cool to be the only chief that knew what was going on. The first night…
Observations
Over the last few months, I’ve noticed a few things about my surroundings, as well as Germany and Germans in general, so I thought I’d share them. I think most Germans would admit to the truth of most of these…
Spontaneity, the Lack Thereof, and a Beachy Start to Summer
Similar to most activities in Cape Town, going to see the new James Bond movie was a mission. While there is still room for spontaneity in Capetonian life, most events I have participated in took foresight, a moderate amount of…