Its 6am and time to wake up for the finals. Jeff and I got super pumped and headed off to the Supreme Court of Appeals (SCA) to compete. The SCA is the highest court in South Africa sitting even with the Constitutional Court which handles purely constitutional issues. We entered a beautiful, old courtroom. It [...]
Archive for October, 2011
The Geech and The Gander
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bloem Part Deux
Posted in Uncategorized on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We arrived in Bloem and our wonderful friend and driver, Adrian, took us over to the UFS campus for a meet-and-greet. The Oprah was not in attendance. As we entered the doorway, there was a table of shot glasses filled with sherry. The teams were incredibly friendly, outgoing and eager to know about the [...]
Bloemfontein 2011
Posted in Uncategorized on October 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today was our day in Bloemfontein to prepare for our service project on Sunday and to go see the baby kitties. Thankfully everyone is feeling much better and we had a really great day! To start the morning, we had a yummy breakfast with South African style bacon and sausages with eggs, yogurt, toast, and [...]
Cape Town Part III 2011
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you in law school, some of you will appreciate the App. Ad. paper that is due this week. It’s a 27 page paper that is due the week we’re in South Africa every year. Last year Bo worked on it all week and this year Abbey and Jeff are working on it. [...]
Cape Town Part II
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today was another glorious day in Cape Town. Unfortunately for Abbey, she awoke under the weather and because the morning was a bit cold and rainy, there was no alternative but to spend the day in bed. Lynna and I had a quick breakfast, brought Abbey back some fresh fruit and ginger beer (which [...]
Cape Town 2011 Part 1
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We started the trip off at 4am on Saturday morning, and I forgot my pants. After losing an entire day in a plane we finally arrived in Cape Town, South Africa. Our hotel, located in the heart of the Waterfront area is a remodeled prison from the 1800’s. We have yet to see or [...]
