Arrival in Cape Town

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After a long and quite stressful preparation time, the time has finally come. I just boarded the plane to Johannesburg with a stopover in London, despite the unpleasant sleet....

My first day in pictures

Exploring what the Durban suburbs have to offer - Paradise Valley

When there was still time to do stuff, before university was picking up, we went to Paradise Valley which is a beautiful little nature reserve just around the corner

Throwback: Introduction day for all Internationals

In the first week of University, the International Office launched an introduction day for all international students at UKZN Westville Campus. Even though not many showed up,...

Uni in South Africa and The Real Housewives of Capricorn

I want a cosmopolitan and there is nothing you can do about it! (Tashneem's words when I ordered it :D)

Meeting my host sister again and hiking up Lions Head

On my second day, I had planned to do some writing, but since the night before my laptop was acting up, so I spent the morning until 1 am trying to get it working again. After...

And then there was… 😉

Actually, the last blog entry was already written. Actually. 😬😅 This morning we woke up relatively early, which not only gave us that quaint door on the way to breakfast, but...

A little bit of Africa comes with it

Today, South Africa's winter is treating us to wonderful summer weather – at least by northern German standards. 😎 We're taking it easy on our last day of vacation. With Tra

Stellenbosch and Franschhoek

Today we're going to the Winelands. This morning's drive out of Cape Town was again oppressive in parts. For kilometers on end, we drove past densely built-up, very poor-looking...

Cape Town between yesterday and today

This morning, we take an Uber taxi to the Waterfront. Our driver Shammy is from Zimbabwe – yet another person who has left their home country for economic reasons and is trying...