beckygoesafrica

We had a week of vacation - Spring Break, so to speak. I spent it with my roommate Emily on the Wild Coast. That was something completely different - just the two of us, without...

Lesotho. A small kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa. The country is about the same size as Belgium or Israel and has approximately 2 million inhabitants. The lowest...

Last Friday evening, we headed to the airport right after my three travel companions took a test at the university. At 8:30 PM, our flight departed to Johannesburg - commonly...

Hogsback... Such a beautiful place and after my last trip here in South Africa, I just had to go back there. After four hours of cramped driving in a small car, we arrived. It's...

One can easily forget which country you are in here in our chic dormitory, in the chic suburb on the chic beach promenade of Summerstrand.

Hello everyone :) Now I will randomly share some stories about things I've been up to lately.

Since our Gardenroute Trip a lot of time has passed again, time that I spent in Port Elizabeth. The week after was the International Culture Fest, as part of the Diversity Week,...

On Thursday was International Women's Day, so we had the day off. Of course, we had to use that for a little road trip. So we set off along the Garden Route. Our destination for...

Last weekend, we went to the surfer town of Jeffreys Bay from Friday to Sunday, which is just over an hour away. Even though I enjoy dorm life because there's always something...

One person from the International Office is super motivated to go hiking with us. That's why we were hiking on a coastal trail with almost 70 people on a Sunday. Here are a few...

On the second weekend after my accommodation, we took our first overnight trip. We went to Addo Elephant Park, which is just over an hour away. We left on Saturday at 1 p.m. and...

Yeah, the university... The first weeks felt like vacation and a class trip, but slowly you realize that it's about something else.

On the first day of the week, we were divided into our groups, with whom we spent the whole week. Each group had the same program, just on different days.

Flying is always a bit of a challenge for me... I can't really enjoy it like many others. Fortunately, the flight from Frankfurt to Johannesburg was very relaxed, the food was...

Ich bin genau vor einem Monat in Frankfurt ins Flugzeug gestiegen um in Port Elizabeth, Südafrika mein Auslandssemester an der Nelson Mandela University zu verbringen – höchste...