Hey guys!!!
I'm writing from a computer lab right now because we're currently living in the residence halls for our orientation, and for whatever reason there is no internet available. So sorrrryy, that means no pictures now.
The flight here wasn't bad at all. I mean, we left the house in the Hamptons around 6:30am on Monday and I didn't get into the residence halls here in Cape Town until after midnight on Tuesday night (technically Wednesday). But it definitely wasn't as bad as it sounds. Here's a little summary of the trip...
Movies watched: 6 (including some really awful movies like 2012)
Books read: 1
Magazines read: 5
Hours slept: 6
Dramamine's taken: 3
Glasses of champagne drank: 2
Ambien taken: none (!!)
Anyway, I arrived in Cape Town airport at around 8:30pm but somehow no one was there to greet me which was awkward so I aimlessly wandered around the airport looking like an idiot for awhile. I guess my confusion made me stand out like a sore thumb because finally some of the CIEE people recognized me. We then waited at the airport for a solid 3 hours which really sucked because all I wanted to do was sleep. It was about a half an hour drive to campus and my room here at the residence hall is actually really nice. It's a single with nice modern furniture that's WAYYYY better than any Kenyon dorm that exists. I'll post a picture later on.
So far, we've been doing basically really boring and tedious orientation bull. I guess it's important, but honestly if I was running this joint we'd be doing it in half the time. On Saturday we'll be moving in to our apartments off campus. I went with the other 7 people living with me (who are really cool actually!) to go see the place and it's really amazing. It's a duplex town house with a huge courtyard in front, all single rooms, a kitchen, a daily maid service, and an INCREDIBLE view of Table Top Mountain. I'll post pictures when we move in, where I'll also finally have wi-fi (which we have to pay for....duh).
We just finished this scavenger hunt around the UCT campus which was the first time we really got to see the campus. It is BEAUTIFUL. Sorry, I didn't bring my camera to take pictures...my bad. Maybe I'll take some later. Anyway, because my roomates are so cool we actually won the competition, but not fairly... We saw into this room where all the clues where typed up that had a gate blocking the entrance. So we craftily got a long stick and managed to get all the clues through the gate and didn't have to do any of the frantic running around, woohoooooo! And we won a free nice dinner downtown for next week. So yeah, cheaters sometimes prosper. We had a fun time cheating and devising a way to not get caught, and we also walked around the campus and saw some cool stuff.
Last night we went out in the UCT town area, which doesn't really look or feel like Cape Town but we had fun anyway. It was like freshman year all over again and kinda embarrassing. We rolled to the bar with like 50 people... it was really ridiculous. And the bar was basically full of the people from CIEE which was also really lame. Tonight we're going to Long Street (which I have no idea where that is) which should be more South African and less CIEE. The food so far is sub-par: we went to this gross fast food place yesterday, and the dining hall serves the weirdest stuff. They served french toast and baked beans for breakfast today and some sort of foul mystery meat last night. Disgusting. Okay, I think I have all the bases covered so far, when I move into the apartment on Saturday I'll be able to update some photos (which I actually don't have much of...I'll try to take some move).
Miss you all!!!
-Julia
P.S. I'm keeping my iPhone off while here, but in case you want to contact me I have a South African phone. I can text and call and whatever. It's 6 ours ahead of East Coast time here, 9 hours ahead of LA time. The number is (including the country code): 01127823107996. I think. If that doesn't work, let me know.
aahh can't wait to see pictures!! so glad your roommates are chill and that you've already learned a wise lesson... cheaters sometimes prosper. haha. miss you jules but you are going to have an epic journey! can't wait to hear more about it soon!!!
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