Wow! I can't believe that I have been gone for over two weeks. It's been a crazy time already and I'm very much looking forward to the next four and a half months. I'll summarize the past two weeks for those of you that I haven't talked with since being here. I flew into London for about three days where I got to see the main attractions like Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Tower of London, and some wonderful parks. The weather was decent and I had a lot of fun getting to know the other students who would be traveling with me to South Africa. We then flew directly from London to Cape Town, which was about an 11 1/2 hour flight. It wasn't too bad, actually. When we got
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