Sometimes I feel like when you’re in another country working everything is research. Exploring the local supermarket? Research! Walking into town and guessing the significance of windowsill kitsch (all the houses here appear to have art on their walls…
Trying to find a job from another country is literally the most stressful, anxiety inducing process ever! Actually, trying to find a job in general is stressful! It just sucks even more from South Africa. There have been things that…
There is a massive storm pelting the tin roof of the SIM apartment. My roof is slanted, so the rivulets of ice and water shift down my windows at an angle, and all I can see are the bare tips…
I am not sure why I am just now being more attentive to the differences between South African Culture and US Culture but I have made a few observations in the past two weeks. First of all, I love that…
Iceland. Land of Fire and Ice, a landscape of stark contradictions somehow rendered harmonious by the capable hands of Nature herself. This is a place that has inspired me from childhood, a small island close enough to the top of…
Life has been a bit more real since moving to Fish Hoek. Not living in a volunteer house means that you have to be more intentional about connections with people outside of work. I wrote about the pros and cons…
You never really realize how much of a role internet and Wifi play in your life until you are constantly struggling for a connection. So after being told that I speak good English and unknowingly making morning travel buddies I have…
Another intern interviewed me recently to hear about my time here so far and I thought I would share it on here as well: Why did you choose to intern in Africa? During College I went on two study abroad…
I am finally settled into my new apartment and I am still deciding how I feel about it. Pros I have a new found freedom. The rules are not as strict as the Vol House and it feels more like…
I know that I have not posted in a while but between not having Wi-Fi long enough to post anything to traveling all over the place, I have simply not had the time to sit down and do this. There…