Friday, July 16, 2010

Safe and Sound in South Africa

Greetings family and friends of Bridge Southern Africa 2010,

We just completed our first day of the program with our evening discussion. We are still awaiting our final two members of the group to join us - one of whom is arriving later tonight, and another student who will be meeting up with us early next week. Everyone is happy and healthy and bonding together already. Many movies were watched on the flight and some of us were even able to catch a few hours of sleep.

We arrived this morning and met up with Sarah and a few other students at the airport. Today was mainly spent acclimating to the cold but sunny climate in Joburg and getting to know each other better. We ate lunch when we arrived at the hostel, took a quick power nap, and then walked to a local sunny park to throw the frisbee and go over some of the details of our program. Tonight we had a giant pasta meal and some delicious brownies. We're heading to the Constitution Court museum tomorrow and then plan on taking the new high speed train into Mandela Square to explore some different parts of Johannesburg.

It's pretty chilly here, but definitely warms up in the sun. We are having a great time already and are looking forward to all the awesome days ahead!

Good night from Johannesburg!
Bridge Southern Africa 2010