(Almost) en route to Cape Town

I've made it to the first segment of my 36 hour journey to Cape Town-- an overnight train from Krakow to Prague! So far, so good. It's only been about 20 minutes though, so there is plenty of time for trouble . . . I have a couple in the compartment with me from Ireland. They seem fine, but "trust no one" is definitely my mentality for the night, no matter how nice they seem.

I got really weirded out on the tram tonight, on the way to the train station. I'm really just in such complete disbelief that I will be in South Africa in a matter of a day and a half. The whole thing is so unimaginable to me. Soon though, it will be my reality! My first taste, literally, of that reality was on Wednesday, when I had to start taking my Malaria pills.

I'm excited, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous as well. With so many unknowns, it's just hard to know what to expect. I think once this train ride is over, and I assumably have all of my possessions, I will feel much better about the trip. But, seeing as there's no wifi on the train and I won't actually upload this until I'm back in Prague, none of you will ever get to read this if my iPad happens to get stollen . . .

I'm actually really excited to get back to Prague. I should have two hours between getting off the train and needing to go to the airport. I'm going right to Aly's to meet her and then out to breakfast. Aly will be my last goodbye to all of my friends in Prague. That part, I am not looking forward to. Prague was where I lived for a month though, so it will be comforting to go back "home" one more time before going off to my new temporary one.

I am going to write about Poland sometime in the next 36 hours, but will not have it done until I've made it to Cape Town most likely. I had a great time though, and really didn't have a single issue with anything! It was so bizarre being by myself, it definitely changes the experience, but I'm just so glad that for being by myself I didn't run into any issues.

On top of writing about my experience in Poland, I have a five page paper to write up if I want to get credit for the USAC field study. It is due on July 5th, for anyone who decides they want the credit, but I know that once I get to Cape Town I probably won't have the time, or Internet, to do it . . .

In general, I don't expect to have wifi available to me to do my postings whenever I want once I get to Cape Town. There is Internet at the volunteer house that I can pay for, but it won't do me any good without wifi. So my plan is to write regularly offline and then to upload multiple posts when I do get online. So be on the lookout for new material periodically!

Wish me luck on what is definitely going to be a long couple of days!

 

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