Liz looking forward to surpassing her wildest expectations

Come this May I will be graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Communication Sciences. After school I plan on pursuing a career in marketing research with a focus on the neurological implications of marketing strategies. With this in mind I have read a lot of research in the health communication field revolving around ways to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention which has led me to my internship with LoveLife where I will hopefully be able to contribute to new marketing strategies that this organization uses to promote awareness, testing, and care related to HIV/AIDS.

Liz at Chapman's Peak

Cape Town is gorgeous, we have not had a signal bad day of whether to date, knock on wood. When we got here I’m pretty sure everyone was pretty tired but we kept our chins up and trudged on. Our first dinner was pizza, which was appropriate because that was my last meal in New York was pizza too, although the ordering process was very different than in New York. The RAs chose three people to represent the group and go into town and order the pizza. I was lucky to be chosen and was able to go into the town and get a tour from Ben, our RA. From what I’ve seen the town and city seem similar to New York City, as long as you keep your wits about you and an eye on your belongings you can be safe.

We were lucky enough to see the beautiful sites around the Western Cape ranging from Maidens Cove to Cape Point and Boulder’s Beach. The beach area in Cape Town, Camps Bays, and surroundings areas remind me of Sydney, Australia. But this city has a beautiful mountain range along the backdrop of it. Also, seeing the city from a bird’s eye view from Signal Hill was fabulous. Maidens Cove was a beautiful spot to see the beaches, then continuing up the coast we stopped up a little higher to look at Camps Bay from a lookout’s view and then moved onto Cape Point. Cape Point is said to be where the Indian and the Atlantic Ocean meet but this is not true, nonetheless it was a beautiful spot for a delicious lunch where I was able to try Malva Pudding, which is a traditional South African dessert with smidge of Dutch influence and a dash of apricot. Boulder’s Beach was awesome as we were able to sit inches from birds wearing tuxedos aka penguins! It was a beautiful, yet exhausting day.

Liz with penguins at Boulders Beach 

Cape Town is everything I have hoped for thus far and I hope it will continue to be so and surpass my wildest expectations.

‘Til next time, peace out broskis.