We arrived last week in Cape Town and were immediately swept into tons of excursions and activities (for some of us, we did all of it on no sleep). The day we arrived we scoured the neighborhood for some groceries and then headed down to Kloof Street, an extension of the famously exciting Long Street, for some delicious food. The next day we headed off to the V&A Waterfront, which is essentially a boardwalk and tons of shops, restaurants and performance spaces. Everywhere we walked there was tons of music-- including a fabulous a capella group from the townships! I chatted with them for a bit and ended up buying their CD.
We ate at a rather fancy traditional South African restaurant, and I had a traditional Capetonian dish: snoek (a white fish) with apricot marmelade sauce. It was fantastic! Almost everyone else had the ostrich, which was apparently delicious. Try it if you have the chance!
The next morning I started work at the Economic Policy Research Institute (learn about it at epri.org.za). It's been really tough but great so far. We've spent a few days learning STATA, a modeling and statistical software, and it's a bit like learning a foreign language. Not easy!! But today we were assigned to some fantastic projects and I'm excited at the prospect of working on some really interesting poverty studies! More updates to come soon!
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