Getting Started

I wanted to establish my blog and give everyone, specifically my family members, some time to figure out how to maneuver this blog and website. I suppose this is where I will summarize the details of this amazing trip for my family and friends. Through the College of Education, which I am always in a love-hate relationship with, and Michigan State University, we are traveling to Cape Town for 6 weeks. The duration of the trip includes intensive touring and several near-death experiences which I plan to partake in. We will be in classrooms with mentor teachers (who just so happen to also be part of our host family) for 4 weeks of the trip.

Most importantly, we are going to be in Cape Town for the World Cup. I am by no means a soccer (or is it football?) fan. Although, I am prepared to be an uber fair weather fan. This is going to be such an exciting time for everyone there.

I have been warned about safety issues in Cape Town. While it is not the safest place on Earth we will always be with group members, group leaders, or our host family, so there is no reason to worry.

I have been doing a very informal comparative study (mostly because I am a huge science freak) between the weather in Cape Town and East Lansing. I've been trying to figure out how the weather will be for my Winter Reprise for this adventure. What I have learned is that we seem to have very similar weather which I attribute to a fairly similar distance from the equator. East Lansing, MI is located at 43°N and Cape Town, SA is at 33°S. I will try to continue this comparison as the trip continues.

One of my goals for this blog is to set up some sort of interactive itinerary. I don't know if this is possible but will welcome any advice or thoughts.

I leave in 20 days and in that time have to move out of my apartment, pack, and work on 2 assignments that are due before we depart (so much for being graduated).

Future updates will probably include a list of books I'm reading and taking with me in South Africa, and of course, I will probably focus mostly on the foods I eat along the way.