Author Archives: cheyennevance

The Academics: School is in full force and though I am in a beautiful city far away from home with great people, sadly I still have to deal with the pressures of being a university student. Essays, exams, and assignments are hitting us back to back. So far most of the other study abroad studentsContinue reading “Week 7 & 8: Reality Strikes”

Classes are officially in session! This week I decided to organize the blog by days for the sake of remembering what happened. So. . .  Monday:  A bunch of us are taking Global Change Ecology so we walked to the jammie, which we now do everyday. To our horror the lines were longer than theContinue reading “Week 6: All Settled in”

I’ll be cramming 2 weeks into this blog!  The Studying: As our month long course comes to an end, actual school is slowly creeping up. Our course was initially filled with short assignments and field trips, but in this last week we have been tasked with completing 4 essays in a week long span. AsContinue reading “Weeks 4 & 5: Final Exams, First Days, and Mosquitoes”

The Studying: This week was definitely one for the books, and probably the most exercise I’ve gotten in a looong time. After arriving home from our week-long excursion, we kicked the week off by celebrating Charley blonde’s 21st birthday (there are two charley/ies in the house). The South African students in the house took usContinue reading “Week 3: The week of adventure and sore legs”

Week 2 has been by far one of the most memorable weeks of my life! This week we took an excursion up north to visit the Swartland, West Coast, Namaqualand, the Kalahari, and Tankwa Karoo Districts. The theme of the field excursion was “dynamic environments of the arid zone of South Africa.” During our excursionContinue reading “Week 2: An enchanted excursion up North”

Get ready for a long post! My first international flight was 24+ hours long but surprisingly not as bad as I expected it to be! Thanks to several nice airport employees I had my seat upgraded on my 15 hour flight, and had my own personal guide whisk me to my gate when he realizedContinue reading “Week 1: Welcome to Cape Town”