As the final week of our program
comes to a close, I have been reflecting upon this past semester with great
joy. It is unbelievable to think that
three and a half months have gone by. It
seems like just yesterday that I was welcoming my fellow Huskies to Cape Town
at the airport. Now, as we come to the
end of our journey, I am thinking back on all of the incredible moments and
experiences I have shared with some of the most amazing people I have ever
met. I am so thankful to be staying an
extra few weeks in Cape Town, because there is no way I would be ready to head
home quite yet.
It is hard to sum up the past
semester, because there are so many things I have experienced that I simply
cannot express with words, I can only say that this has been the most amazing
few months of my life, and I would not go back and change a single thing. Above all, this semester I have learned that
incredible things can happen when you take the time to get to know somebody and
their story. You can learn so much by
sharing stories and ideas with new people, and taking the time to get to know
somebody can really make a positive impact in your life, as well as
theirs. The most important thing I have
learned is the importance of keeping an open mind and a positive attitude
towards all things in life, because doing so has changed my life in so many
incredible ways.
The next few days will be filled
with some sad goodbyes, but luckily I know that the friendships I have made
this semester are so strong, and we will always be able to share in these
incredible memories and South African experiences. Also, in the next few days Onna, Maria and I
will be heading to The Karoo, the desert a few hours from Cape Town, to
participate in AfrikaBurn, which is South Africa’s version of Burning Man. We will be living in the desert for four days
and meeting up with my cousin and a friend of his. I am incredibly excited for this experience,
and cannot wait to meet more interesting people there.
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