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Yearly Archives: 2009

I’m leaving on a jet plane

I started this before I left South Africa and am now finishing up after being home, so it might be a bit confusing, but ...View full post »

Robben Island – A Photo Montage

(A few things: [1] Nelson Mandela served 18 of his 27 year prison sentence here, [2] Your tour is led by an ex-political...View full post »

The Cederberg Mountains

A few weekends ago (okay more than a month ago…I started this post awhile ago!), the AIFS group packed up our vans...View full post »

Kayamandi

All around Cape Town, there are areas that are named “townships”…these areas are back to back to back ...View full post »

Family and friends visit

My parents and my mom’s best friend Amy thought it would be a great idea to use me as an excuse come visit me whil...View full post »

An Adventure to Cape Town

Two weekends ago, we packed up our bags, grabbed a reasonable amount of money (enough to enjoy a few drinks during the r...View full post »

Catching Up

Sorry about the lack of posts — my parents came in last week and I’ve been enjoying some time with them. I h...View full post »

Amazing

South Africa is breathtaking, insane, incredible…I can’t even describe it in words. I’m having a blast...View full post »

One week!

In one week, I’ll be flying over the Atlantic, on my way to studying at Stellenbosch University for 4.5 months in ...View full post »

The Metaxatos Twins

I had a photoshoot with an English teacher I had in middle school. She has a 3 year old daughter named Anna and on June ...View full post »