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South Africa

Check out what our friends in South Africa are doing!


Posted by Katie on 10 October 2009, 12:54 pm

What did you assume before you left that you are not finding in your host-country, host-culture and/or host family and friends? Why did you make those assumptions?


In all of...

Posted by Katie on 7 October 2009, 1:08 pm

It's officially spring time here in South Africa and you can see signs of it everywhere. Trees, bushes, flowers….all are bursting into bloom all over campus. I'm intrigued by the different kinds of flowering plants they have here. All the...

Posted by Katie on 19 September 2009, 3:25 pm

Hey Guys, sorry I haven't written in awhile, life got really busy around here towards the end of term. Thankfully we had a week long break between terms. For the week I traveled with four other girls along a highway...

Posted by Katie on 16 August 2009, 2:17 pm

Over the course of my time here I have to write two blogs on specific assingments from Willamette. So I thought I might as well get one out of the way. Here is the prompt:

Posted by Katie on 7 August 2009, 4:17 am

When I chose Grahamstown, South Africa as my location for study abroad I was hoping to get an experience of how the "other half" of the world lives. I was interested to become immersed in a culture that...

Posted by Katie on 2 August 2009, 3:17 pm

For Saturday we had planned to go to a game reserve called Addo Elephant National Park, where we were promised that we could see all sorts of wild beasts, as well...

Posted by Katie on 2 August 2009, 3:13 pm

Well, the first week of school is over and I made it through. I moved into my dorm on Sunday and I really like it so far. I have met a few girls and everyone seems really nice.

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Posted by Katie on 27 July 2009, 2:22 pm
Molweni! (a Xhosa greeting for Hello!).

So I've been in South Africa for about a week and I am loving it so far. The first few days the weather was gorgeous, in the high 60's with sunny skies. Recently, however, it...

Posted by Katie on 21 July 2009, 6:33 am
Gutentag!

The adventure has started! I deboarded my first of 2 10 hour flights this morning at 9am Germany time. Since I had a 14 hour layover I planned to go into the city of Frankfurt and take a...
Posted by Katie on 16 July 2009, 12:06 am
So I'm off to Grahamstown, South Africa for approximately 5 1/2 months and for all of you staying state side, this blog will be the best way for you to keep up on all of my exciting adventures and probable...