Posted Foodstuffs. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2010/11
I want to write about the Pick and Pay, or maybe it's spelled Pic and Pay, I don't really remember right now, and I don't want to make the effort to find out. Just due to laziness/not wanting to get up right now/whatever. Anyway, my brother recently got a job at a Cub Foods, and I've noticed his growing obsession in grocery stores and comparing them to Cub, so I thought that I'd take a minute to describe one of the major grocery stores here for him, so I don't forget anything. The shopping carts are real different. There's this...
Posted Where The Baboons At? to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2010/11
Roaming the Cape of Good Hope, the ominous screeches of baboons taunted us, but we were unable to find them. It was the group's dream to see a baboon today, but sadly they did not want to see us. We searched frantically to get a glimpse and got nothing. However, the spectacular views of the diverse flora, and merging of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean mesmerized our minds. It was indescribable to see the incredible shorelines, cliffs, Dassies (an endemic rodent), black colored lizards, and a few ostriches. Even though it was quite the work out, it sure was...
Posted Where Do The Children Play? to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2010/11
Ma Afrika Tikkun is beautiful. The kids there are terrific. They are so curious and have so many questions and most are outgoing as all hell. When you get them on the dance floor, they have this beaming confidence that you cannot find in most grown people. What amazes me is that the kids spend their days entertaining themselves on this sort of patio outside and they are just happy. They don't have a lot of toys, they don't have a lot of anything. And yet, day after day they are there having a great time. They take each day...
Posted Dehydration is NO JOKE, & 10 Other Things That South Africa Has Taught Me Thus Far. to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2010/11
1. Time is not really a necessary thing. Tell someone to meet you at 10:15 and don't be surprised if they don't even leave their homes until half past 10. The flow of the day is more important than what exact time it is. 2. They drive on the other side of the road here! So when you cross the street, look to your right first. Or maybe it's to the left. Or just whatever is the opposite of where you would look if you were in the US. 3. Oh yeah, and CLEARLY pedestrians DO NOT have the right...
Posted NEW YEAR! to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2010/11
I don't think that I can even give justice to how brilliant the New Year in Cape Town is. Once midnight came, everyone headed out to the streets and went wild. It's crazy because in Minnesota, you know that at night in January no one is about to be outside, but here-it's just wild. I think this may have been the best New Year I have ever had. It is great to finally have all of us together and to have the opportunity for all of us to hit the town as one big group. I feel like bringing in...
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