Well, tomorrow is the day. I will be flying out of Michigan in about 16 hours. The excitement is definitely building! Both of my parents are taking me to the airport and we are going out to lunch before at a Coney Island. I am looking forward to spending the morning and early afternoon with them before I leave. I will be meeting my friend Alexa at the 'curb' where we check in, then we will go in and join the rest of the group! There are 22/24 of us on the same flight tomorrow, so it will be great group bonding! We are flying from Michigan to Amsterdam in Europe which is about a seven hour flight. We arrive in Amsterdam and have a four hour lay-over, then hop on the flight to Cape Town, SA! I will be in Cape Town at 10pm their time--4pm Michigan time on June 30th.
Looking forward to starting my trip!
xo
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Itinerary
Here is our itinerary!!
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR CROSS-CULTURAL TEACHING IN SOUTH AFRICA, JULY-AUGUST 2009
Date No. of Days Day Activity
30-Jun day 1 Wed Arrive in Cape Town: group 1
1-Jul day 2 Thu Arrive in Cape Town: group 2
2-Jul day 3 Fri "Official Welcome and logistics orientation Robbin Island, District six museum, bo-kaap City centre, Waterfront, opening dinner World Cup: Quarter finals 4pm and 8pm BIG SCREEN"
3-Jul day 4 Sat "Wine route: Stellenbosch, Spier, Paarl, Franschoek WORLD CUP: 4pm Cape Town and 8 pm"
4-Jul day 5 Sun "Peninsula trip: Signal Hill, camps Bay, Hout Bay Chapmans Peak/Ou Kaapse Weg, Boulders, kommetjie, witsands, fishhoek, etc"
5-Jul day 6 Mon "orientation at UCT: historical overview - politics, culture and education Prof Crain Soudien and student presentations"
6-Jul day 7 Tue "Orientation at UCT: Knowledge in the Blood: Prof Jonathan Jansen WORLD CUP: 8pm Cape Town"
7-Jul day 8 Wed "orientation at UCT: transformation - politics, culture and education Meet UCT education graduate students/profs. HIV/AIDS, WCED officials (Roderick Williams and Dr Ronald Cornellisen) WORLD CUP: 8pm"
8-Jul day 9 Thu "Trip to Table Mountain- cable car and
hike down the mountain"
9-Jul day 10 Fri "orientation at UCT: teaching, assessment, and everything else(dept. officials, teacher panels) + educational challenges of SA classrooms (panel of principals, panel teachers, Special ed) POTJIE, GAMES, TRADITIONAL DANCING"
10-Jul day 11 Sat "trip to Gordon's bay, Betty's Bay, Pringle Bay
Hermanus WORLD CUP: 8pm"
11-Jul day 12 Sun "Gansbaai, Cape Agullas Southern Most Point of Africa
WORLD CUP: 8pm"
12-Jul day 13 Mon "Shark Cage Diving or Hermanus Last night at Deo Gratia"
13-Jul day 14 Tue "Check out at Deo: Township tours: Langa/Khailitsha,
Mitchells Plain Meet the teacher/host Function - Go home with teachers"
14-Jul day 15 Wed school day 1 (observations)
15-Jul day 16 Thu school day 2 (observations)
16-Jul day 17 Fri school day 3 (teaching) - Rugby
17-Jul day 18 Sat Mountain contour path hike and Kirstenbosch gardens
18-Jul day 19 Sun host family weekend
19-Jul day 20 Mon school day 4
20-Jul day 21 Tue school day 5
21-Jul day 22 Wed School day 6
22-Jul day 23 Thu School day 7
23-Jul day 24 Fri school day 8 (Rugby)
24-Jul day 25 Sat host family weekend
25-Jul day 26 Sun host family weekend
26-Jul day 27 Mon school day 9
27-Jul day 28 Tue school day 10
28-Jul day 29 Wed School day 11 (indoor cricket)
29-Jul day 30 Thu School day 12
30-Jul day 31 Fri school day 13
31-Jul day 32 Sat West Coast: Vistas: Darling, Citrus-dal, Saldanha
1-Aug day 33 Sun West Coast: Saldanha, strandloper
2-Aug day 34 Mon school day 14
3-Aug day 35 Tue school day 15
4-Aug day 36 Wed School day 16
5-Aug day 37 Thu School day17 (Last day at School)
6-Aug day 38 Fri check out with host family and Leave for George
7-Aug day 39 Sat Explore: Knysna Featherbed, Elephant farm
8-Aug day 40 Sun Explore: Game farm, Xhosa village
9-Aug day 41 Mon Explore: Oudtshoorn, Kango caves, etc
10-Aug day 42 Tues Leave early morning for Cape Town - Deo Gratia
11-Aug day 43 Wed Deo Gratia
12-Aug day 44 Thurs Leave Cape Town for the US
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR CROSS-CULTURAL TEACHING IN SOUTH AFRICA, JULY-AUGUST 2009
Date No. of Days Day Activity
30-Jun day 1 Wed Arrive in Cape Town: group 1
1-Jul day 2 Thu Arrive in Cape Town: group 2
2-Jul day 3 Fri "Official Welcome and logistics orientation Robbin Island, District six museum, bo-kaap City centre, Waterfront, opening dinner World Cup: Quarter finals 4pm and 8pm BIG SCREEN"
3-Jul day 4 Sat "Wine route: Stellenbosch, Spier, Paarl, Franschoek WORLD CUP: 4pm Cape Town and 8 pm"
4-Jul day 5 Sun "Peninsula trip: Signal Hill, camps Bay, Hout Bay Chapmans Peak/Ou Kaapse Weg, Boulders, kommetjie, witsands, fishhoek, etc"
5-Jul day 6 Mon "orientation at UCT: historical overview - politics, culture and education Prof Crain Soudien and student presentations"
6-Jul day 7 Tue "Orientation at UCT: Knowledge in the Blood: Prof Jonathan Jansen WORLD CUP: 8pm Cape Town"
7-Jul day 8 Wed "orientation at UCT: transformation - politics, culture and education Meet UCT education graduate students/profs. HIV/AIDS, WCED officials (Roderick Williams and Dr Ronald Cornellisen) WORLD CUP: 8pm"
8-Jul day 9 Thu "Trip to Table Mountain- cable car and
hike down the mountain"
9-Jul day 10 Fri "orientation at UCT: teaching, assessment, and everything else(dept. officials, teacher panels) + educational challenges of SA classrooms (panel of principals, panel teachers, Special ed) POTJIE, GAMES, TRADITIONAL DANCING"
10-Jul day 11 Sat "trip to Gordon's bay, Betty's Bay, Pringle Bay
Hermanus WORLD CUP: 8pm"
11-Jul day 12 Sun "Gansbaai, Cape Agullas Southern Most Point of Africa
WORLD CUP: 8pm"
12-Jul day 13 Mon "Shark Cage Diving or Hermanus Last night at Deo Gratia"
13-Jul day 14 Tue "Check out at Deo: Township tours: Langa/Khailitsha,
Mitchells Plain Meet the teacher/host Function - Go home with teachers"
14-Jul day 15 Wed school day 1 (observations)
15-Jul day 16 Thu school day 2 (observations)
16-Jul day 17 Fri school day 3 (teaching) - Rugby
17-Jul day 18 Sat Mountain contour path hike and Kirstenbosch gardens
18-Jul day 19 Sun host family weekend
19-Jul day 20 Mon school day 4
20-Jul day 21 Tue school day 5
21-Jul day 22 Wed School day 6
22-Jul day 23 Thu School day 7
23-Jul day 24 Fri school day 8 (Rugby)
24-Jul day 25 Sat host family weekend
25-Jul day 26 Sun host family weekend
26-Jul day 27 Mon school day 9
27-Jul day 28 Tue school day 10
28-Jul day 29 Wed School day 11 (indoor cricket)
29-Jul day 30 Thu School day 12
30-Jul day 31 Fri school day 13
31-Jul day 32 Sat West Coast: Vistas: Darling, Citrus-dal, Saldanha
1-Aug day 33 Sun West Coast: Saldanha, strandloper
2-Aug day 34 Mon school day 14
3-Aug day 35 Tue school day 15
4-Aug day 36 Wed School day 16
5-Aug day 37 Thu School day17 (Last day at School)
6-Aug day 38 Fri check out with host family and Leave for George
7-Aug day 39 Sat Explore: Knysna Featherbed, Elephant farm
8-Aug day 40 Sun Explore: Game farm, Xhosa village
9-Aug day 41 Mon Explore: Oudtshoorn, Kango caves, etc
10-Aug day 42 Tues Leave early morning for Cape Town - Deo Gratia
11-Aug day 43 Wed Deo Gratia
12-Aug day 44 Thurs Leave Cape Town for the US
First Post!
Hello!
Welcome to my blog site that I will be updating while studying in South Africa. I have made this blog for family, friends and others to read up on what I am doing as I will not be able to communicate through other mediums besides email. I am hoping to be posting pictures, videos and information that I will be learning and experiencing. Exciting news to come!
Welcome to my blog site that I will be updating while studying in South Africa. I have made this blog for family, friends and others to read up on what I am doing as I will not be able to communicate through other mediums besides email. I am hoping to be posting pictures, videos and information that I will be learning and experiencing. Exciting news to come!
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