Windhoek, Namibia Archive

  • Though I have truly loved all of my experiences here so far, I think I finally have an answer to the “favorite part” question… Spring Break! Our Spring Break trip...

    Spring Break at Vicky Falls!

    Though I have truly loved all of my experiences here so far, I think I finally have an answer to the “favorite part” question… Spring Break! Our Spring Break trip...

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  • After a little over three weeks of traveling to various parts of Southern Africa, learning and seeing and experiencing many things, I am finally back to Windhoek about to start...

    Actions Speak Louder than Words

    After a little over three weeks of traveling to various parts of Southern Africa, learning and seeing and experiencing many things, I am finally back to Windhoek about to start...

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  • The past ten days have been filled with many adventures for me that it is crazy to think that February is almost over!  Though I’ve been enjoying (mostly) all of...

    Time Flies When You’re Havin’ Fun!

    The past ten days have been filled with many adventures for me that it is crazy to think that February is almost over!  Though I’ve been enjoying (mostly) all of...

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  • Throughout this study program in South Africa and Namibia, I get to experience three homestays.  My first one was in Soweto, outside of Johannesburg, South Africa.  It was only for...

    Home Sweet Homestay

    Throughout this study program in South Africa and Namibia, I get to experience three homestays.  My first one was in Soweto, outside of Johannesburg, South Africa.  It was only for...

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  • Last Wednesday evening I had the opportunity to go to a poetry reading at the Playhouse Theater in downtown Windhoek.  The theme for the night was “In the Beginning there...

    In the Beginning was the Word

    Last Wednesday evening I had the opportunity to go to a poetry reading at the Playhouse Theater in downtown Windhoek.  The theme for the night was “In the Beginning there...

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  • I finally arrived in Namibia on Wednesday from South Africa and I love every minute of being here.  When our flight landed, we exited the plane and it smelled like...

    Summer in January? Yes, Please!

    I finally arrived in Namibia on Wednesday from South Africa and I love every minute of being here.  When our flight landed, we exited the plane and it smelled like...

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  • Life is good.  After enduring the seventeen hour plane ride from Washington D.C., I finally arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa with the fifteen other students from around the country last...

    First Week in Joburg

    Life is good.  After enduring the seventeen hour plane ride from Washington D.C., I finally arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa with the fifteen other students from around the country last...

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  • This is a blog that I wrote with another girl on the program, Emma Russell. We wrote it for one of our classes… Hope you enjoy!! This past week we...

    Traveling with More Questions.

    This is a blog that I wrote with another girl on the program, Emma Russell. We wrote it for one of our classes… Hope you enjoy!! This past week we...

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  • As a part of the program here in Namibia, we are allotted one week of travel on our own. Our group here did a variety of things including visiting Victoria...

    Just Around the River Bend

    As a part of the program here in Namibia, we are allotted one week of travel on our own. Our group here did a variety of things including visiting Victoria...

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  • One of the many things that I have learned while being here in Namibia is realizing how skewed my perceptions of Africa were and how people at home still have...

    Lions, Zebras, and Rhinos… oh my!!

    One of the many things that I have learned while being here in Namibia is realizing how skewed my perceptions of Africa were and how people at home still have...

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