My summer in South Africa. I leave May 28 and will be back in the states on July 17. I’ll be spending it with some of my closest friends in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. If you have any interest in keeping up with our progress (and i hope you do) just check in here for our adventures. Lots of love.Tumblr (3.0; @andasummerabroad)http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly8cwi6dws1qbqq5fo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>[</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/18235788019http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/18235788019Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:47:07 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmc1fram851qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmc1fram851qkyjafo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmc1fram851qkyjafo3_500.jpg"/><br/> view of CPT from Signal Hill<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmc1fram851qkyjafo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmc1fram851qkyjafo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Lion's Head<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmc1fram851qkyjafo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmc1fram851qkyjafo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmc1fram851qkyjafo8_500.jpg"/><br/> Camp's Bay<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmc1fram851qkyjafo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmc1fram851qkyjafo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>a tour of the city </p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6222478098http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6222478098Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:42:40 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbzs2dYny1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbzs2dYny1qkyjafo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbzs2dYny1qkyjafo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbzs2dYny1qkyjafo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbzs2dYny1qkyjafo5_500.jpg"/><br/> boat cleaning.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbzs2dYny1qkyjafo10_500.jpg"/><br/> they lift up the boats to clean <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbzs2dYny1qkyjafo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbzs2dYny1qkyjafo7_500.jpg"/><br/> in the wild...of the cape town docks.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbzs2dYny1qkyjafo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbzs2dYny1qkyjafo9_500.jpg"/><br/> he's made of coke crates!<br/><br/> <p>aquarium adventures and such.</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6221215673http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6221215673Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:07:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbyliWQ7i1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbyliWQ7i1qkyjafo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbyliWQ7i1qkyjafo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbyliWQ7i1qkyjafo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbyliWQ7i1qkyjafo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbyliWQ7i1qkyjafo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbyliWQ7i1qkyjafo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbyliWQ7i1qkyjafo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbyliWQ7i1qkyjafo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmbyliWQ7i1qkyjafo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>i have this thing about aquariums…</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6220325994http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6220325994Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:41:31 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lma5o73jDN1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lma5o73jDN1qkyjafo2_500.jpg"/><br/> view from my apartment. <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lma5o73jDN1qkyjafo3_500.jpg"/><br/> and in the other direction<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lma5o73jDN1qkyjafo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lma5o73jDN1qkyjafo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lma5o73jDN1qkyjafo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lma5o73jDN1qkyjafo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lma5o73jDN1qkyjafo10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lma5o73jDN1qkyjafo11_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lma5o73jDN1qkyjafo12_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>hanging around de waterkant</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6184643417http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6184643417Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:19:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm4q1qI4f81qkyjafo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm4q1qI4f81qkyjafo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm4q1qI4f81qkyjafo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm4q1qI4f81qkyjafo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm4q1qI4f81qkyjafo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm4q1qI4f81qkyjafo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm4q1qI4f81qkyjafo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm4q1qI4f81qkyjafo12_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm4q1qI4f81qkyjafo13_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm4q1qI4f81qkyjafo14_500.jpg"/><br/> purple skies.<br/><br/> <p>on the waterfront. </p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6081973757http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6081973757Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:53:34 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2vpu0XbP1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>… i emerged in cape town rain.</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6046954917http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6046954917Tue, 31 May 2011 16:01:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2gv7Y3zj1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2gv7Y3zj1qkyjafo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2gv7Y3zj1qkyjafo11_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2gv7Y3zj1qkyjafo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2gv7Y3zj1qkyjafo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2gv7Y3zj1qkyjafo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2gv7Y3zj1qkyjafo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2gv7Y3zj1qkyjafo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2gv7Y3zj1qkyjafo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2gv7Y3zj1qkyjafo9_500.jpg"/><br/> Paris has their priorities in order. <br/><br/> <p>i was on a paris train…</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6039017125http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6039017125Tue, 31 May 2011 10:40:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2fzoYVIs1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2fzoYVIs1qkyjafo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2fzoYVIs1qkyjafo3_500.jpg"/><br/> apparently Hangover doesn't translate...<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2fzoYVIs1qkyjafo4_500.jpg"/><br/> getting closer!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2fzoYVIs1qkyjafo5_500.jpg"/><br/> made it!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2fzoYVIs1qkyjafo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2fzoYVIs1qkyjafo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2fzoYVIs1qkyjafo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2fzoYVIs1qkyjafo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>paris, paris, paris.</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6038643445http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6038643445Tue, 31 May 2011 10:21:14 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2f36oLSE1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2f36oLSE1qkyjafo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2f36oLSE1qkyjafo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2f36oLSE1qkyjafo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2f36oLSE1qkyjafo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2f36oLSE1qkyjafo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2f36oLSE1qkyjafo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2f36oLSE1qkyjafo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2f36oLSE1qkyjafo9_500.jpg"/><br/> yeah. it doesn't look that far. it is. <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2f36oLSE1qkyjafo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>etc. etc. </p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6038277517http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6038277517Tue, 31 May 2011 10:01:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2cuoFYsD1qkyjafo7_500.jpg"/><br/> hm. yes. i think i could live here.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2cuoFYsD1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2cuoFYsD1qkyjafo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2cuoFYsD1qkyjafo3_500.jpg"/><br/> louvre!<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2cuoFYsD1qkyjafo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2cuoFYsD1qkyjafo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2cuoFYsD1qkyjafo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2cuoFYsD1qkyjafo10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2cuoFYsD1qkyjafo11_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2cuoFYsD1qkyjafo12_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>variations on a theme…but mostly the Louvre</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6037391989http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6037391989Tue, 31 May 2011 09:13:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2awdlKjA1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2awdlKjA1qkyjafo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Fontaine Saint-Michel<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2awdlKjA1qkyjafo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2awdlKjA1qkyjafo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2awdlKjA1qkyjafo6_500.jpg"/><br/> creator of my first Parisian Crepe. yum.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2awdlKjA1qkyjafo7_500.jpg"/><br/> i have this thing for street performers.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2awdlKjA1qkyjafo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2awdlKjA1qkyjafo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2awdlKjA1qkyjafo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2awdlKjA1qkyjafo11_500.jpg"/><br/> flower shop<br/><br/> <p>More Paris</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6036636909http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6036636909Tue, 31 May 2011 08:31:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm0md8mbLo1qkyjafo11_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Drew(travel friend #1) airport in Paris!<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm0md8mbLo1qkyjafo6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Liam (travel friend #2) on the Metro<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm0md8mbLo1qkyjafo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> amanda's soulmate? perhaps...<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm0md8mbLo1qkyjafo9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Paris!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm0md8mbLo1qkyjafo10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> first breaths of french air <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm0md8mbLo1qkyjafo12_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm0md8mbLo1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/> first stop: Notre Dame<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm0md8mbLo1qkyjafo8_r4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm0md8mbLo1qkyjafo2_500.jpg"/><br/> inside the cathedral. <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm0md8mbLo1qkyjafo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Paris.</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6035923533http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6035923533Tue, 31 May 2011 07:51:00 -0500<p><strong>travel tip number one</strong>: drink water. drink lots &amp; lots of water. </p> <p><strong>travel tip number two</strong>: when you cannot read the map - </p> <p>(because it&#8217;s in French and you got a C in Spanish II class sophomore year of college &amp; decided maybe you weren&#8217;t meant to be one of those oh-so-clever-multi-lingual-people.)</p> <p>Anyways,</p> <p>When you cannot read the map, <strong>don&#8217;t</strong> <em>under any circumstances</em> look at that map and think:</p> <blockquote> <p>&#8220;Well. Notre Dame &amp; the Louvre &amp; the Arc de Triomphe don&#8217;t look too terribly far apart. Let&#8217;s walk.&#8221;</p> </blockquote> <ol><li>They are. </li> <li>No matter how lovely Paris is - after 8 hours on a plane your body already hates you enough. </li> <li>Most of the public toilets in Paris are out of order. </li> <li>So just take the blinking Metro. Seriously. Buy yourself a day pass and call it a jour. </li> </ol><p><strong>travel tip number three</strong>:  do some research. you know, like google the city, even wikipedia isn&#8217;t you&#8217;re worst option. else you just end up with a bunch of lovely pictures of&#8230;well&#8230;you&#8217;re not quite sure. </p> <p><strong>travel tip number four</strong>: Paris really is a gorgeous city. Do yourself a favor and go. Just not necessarily the way we did. </p> <ul><li>oh and a <strong>sub-tip</strong>: If you can, go to a mass at Notre Dame. It&#8217;s incredibly moving &amp; there&#8217;s something almost ethereal about a mass sung in French. </li> <li>another <strong>sub-tip</strong>: coconut-nutella crepes = delicious. </li> </ul>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6035864126http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/6035864126Tue, 31 May 2011 07:47:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llwoh90voO1qkyjafo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chicago or Bust! (Chicago on Bus)</p> <p>Kelisen, Amanda & I are ready for the first leg of our tri-continental tour. </p> <p>See you in July!</p>http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/5927904086http://andasummerabroad.tumblr.com/post/5927904086Sat, 28 May 2011 07:39:08 -0500