Institution

my school/an old prison

The past two days have been pretty busy.  We started classes/orientation yesterday at the UCT Graduate School of Business.  The campus actually used to be a prison on the cape and a lot of the old artifacts have been preserved into the building (including bars on a lot of the exterior windows).  Obviously it has been glammed up quite a bit, they even built a hotel on the campus too.  Yesterday I moved my suitcases to the hotel. So. Much. Better.  I am much, much more comfortable here!

As for the other students, there are eighteen of us exchange students all together, and so far everyone seems pretty cool.  Today I started my first class-- Emerging Enterprise Consulting-- where pairs of us are assigned to  a local entrepreneur or small business owner and our entire class is a consulting project to help them grow their business.  We will find out tomorrow who we will be working with, I'm pumped.

Yesterday was also the birthday for two people in our exchange group, so the entire group of us went out for dinner and some live music on Long Street.  I had the best burger of my life at Royale Eatery.  The place is known for fantastic burgers and it truly was great.  I had an ostrich burger with beetroot relish and feta, everyone was impressed with the array of burgers and equally satisfied with their choices. Mmmmm.  We finished the night up at the Dubliner with a cover band (who I don't know the name of) that played everything from DMB, Goo Goo Dolls, Jason Mraz, to Lil' Wayne.  The lead guitarist/singer-man was out of control awesome.

In other good news, I found an apartment....er.... I mean a "flat" to rent.  It is close to the beach and even has a washing machine, * sigh *.  I am moving in on Friday!