Almost Here

The excitement grows as the student-interns who will be participating in this year's Cape Town Study Abroad Program are scheduled to touch down at the CPT airport in about five hours.

The orientation schedule is set and the adventure is about to begin. Click on links below for more information on various sites we will be visiting.

Honors in Cape Town

Orientation Week Itinerary

January 2010

Saturday, 16 January

2:10 p.m. Pick-up at Cape Town International Airport

3:00 Depart for Loch Rd, Rondebosch

3:30 Arrive at the place that will be home from now until 2 May.

Sunday, 17 January

9:00 a.m. Official Welcome to Cape Town

10:00 Getting to know your neighbourhood

Rondebosch walk around and shopping

noon Lunch at Nando’s on Main Rd

2:00 Return to Loch Road

3:00 Depart for down town

3:30 Visit Signal Hill

5:00 Return to Loch Rd to dress for dinner

7:10 Depart for Dinner

7:30 Chai Yo Thai Restaurant, Mowbray

Monday, 18 January

9:30 a.m. Depart for University of Cape Town (UCT)

10:00 Briefing International Academic Programs Office (IAPO) w/Colleen Jeftha

Get ID cards and tour campus

1:00 p.m. Lunch at UCT

2:00 Visit Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

4:30 Return Loch Rd

6:00 First official house meeting

7:30 Depart for Wetton

8:00 Group Dinner at Swingers with evening of Cape Town Jazz

Tuesday 19 January

9:30 a.m. Depart of Downtown Cape Town

10:00 Cape Town Walk-About: Parade

City Hall/Library where Mandela gave his freedom speech

St. George Cathedral

Parliament

Company’s Garden

Taxi Rank

noon Individual Lunch while exploring St George Mall

2:00 Depart for Loch Rd

2:30 Free Time

6:00 Safety Briefing: Officier Marilyn Daniels

7:30 Student House Dinner

Wednesday 20 January

10:00 a.m. Depart for downtown

10:30 Slave Lodge Tour

Host: Lucy Campbell

1:00 Lunch@ Charly’s Bakery

2:30 Tour of District 6 Museum

with Mr. Joe Schaffers

6:30 Depart for Dinner

7:00 Dinner at Addis Ethiopian Restaurant

Thursday 21 January

7:15 a.m. Depart for Nelson Mandela Gateway

9:00 Depart for Robben Island

noon Individual Lunch & Exploring Victoria & Alfred Waterfront

3:30 Return to Loch Rd

7:30` Depart for Wetton

8:00 Dinner at Blue Chip

Friday 22 January

9:00 a.m. Depart for Cape Point

Lunch

Boulders Penguin Colony

6:00 Return to Loch Rd for Evening Free

Saturday 23 January

9:30 a.m. Depart for Durbanville

10:00 Visit family owned winery Altydgedacht

12:30 Depart for Stellenbosch

1:00 Group lunch at Spiers Moyo

5:00 Return to Rondebosch

6:00 Free Evening

Sunday 24 January

9:30 a.m. Depart for Guguletu

10:15 Attend service at followed by lunch

12:30 Visit to the Amy Biehl Memorial

and a visit to the memorial of the Guguletu Seven

12:30 Lunch

2:00 Introduction to Khayelitsha

Visit to the office of the Treatment Action Campaign

overview by Mandla Majola

4:00 Attend a boys soccer game at Mandela Park, Khayelitsha

coach Abongile Qasana

6:00 Return to Rondebosch for Free Evening

Monday 25 January

9:00 a.m. Public Transportation

Group Exercise for which an assignment will be give

7:00 p.m. Group Prepared Communal Dinner to which they invite Vernon, Ben & Marita

Tuesday 26 January

Visits to various internship sites as a group

Christel House School

Thandokulu Senior Secondary School

University of the Western Cape Gender Equity Unit

Cape Town Refugee Centre

Wednesday 27 January

Visits to various internship sites as a group

Red Cross Hospital

Black Sash Provincial Office

Cape Argus Newspaper:

Black Sash National Office

3:00-6:00 Race & Gender in a Global Perspective

Lecturer: Marita McComiskey

6:00-8:00 Dinner at Marita's flat

Thursday 28 January

9:30 History, Culture & Politics of South Africa

Lecturer: Mr. Vincent Williams

noon Lunch

1:00 Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar: Internship: Research Seminar

Lecturer: Rev Vernon Rose