Wednesday, 21 July
11:00AM Depart Chicago, Arrive in Washington D.C. @ 1:46 pm4:45 PM Depart Washington D.C., Arrive in New York @ 6:26pm
We'll be spending the night in NYC, which is awesome because I love New York. But it is kind of crazy that we will be traveling all over the country before we take off for South Africa. :)
Thursday, 22 July New York
11:15 AM Depart New York for South Africa! The flight will be FIFTEEN HOURS long. Ahhh! I am bringing plenty of books including audiobooks on my ipod.Friday, 23 July Johannesburg
8:40 AM Arrive in JohannesburgKeep in mind, South Africa is SEVEN hours ahead of the U.S. So even though it will be 8:40 AM in South Africa, it will be 1:40 AM in Chicago (so most of you will be sleeping when our plane lands).
While in Johannesburg, we'll be staying at a bed & breakfast called Life on 3rd. You can check out their website lifeon3rd.co.za to see what it's like! It looks nice in the photos.
1:00 PM Lunch & Orientation in Melville (we are staying in a suburb called Melville)
3:00 PM Tour of Origins Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand
7:00 PM Group Dinner at Gramadoela’s
Saturday, 24 July: Johannesburg
9:00 AM Depart B&BTour of Soweto
Visit to Hector Pieterson Museum
1:00 PM Lunch at Nambitha’s
3:00 PM Visit Apartheid Museum
7:00 PM Dinner in Melville
Sunday, 25 July Johannesburg
9:00 AM Depart B&BShopping, African Market, Rosebank
11:30 PM Lunch in Rosebank
3:15 PM Market Theatre Performance, “Hello and Goodbye”
6:00 PM Dinner at Moyo’s
Monday, 26 July Johannesburg
9:00 AM Depart B&B10:00 AM Tour of Johannesburg, Constitutional Hill & Old Fort/Women’s Prison Museum
12:00 PM Lunch at Old Fort Coffee Shop!
2:00 PM Afternoon Visit to Kliptown Youth Program (We'll be visiting a school!!!)
7:00 PM Dinner at Lekgotla
Tuesday, 27 July Johannesburg/East London
7:30 AM Depart for Johannesburg Airport10:00 AM Depart Johannesburg
11:30 AM Arrive East London
We'll be staying at the Leisure Lodge (leisurelodge.za.net)
1:00 PM Lunch at Nando’s
3:00 PM Tour East London
Visit Natural History Museum
7:00 PM Dinner at Grazia
Wednesday, 28 July East London
8:00 AM Depart B&B8:30 AM Visit Local School – AW Barnes (this is the school that we will be working with on the Library Project)
1:00 PM Lunch at AW Barnes
5:00 PM Shopping and Dinner at Hemingway’s Mall
Thursday, 29 July East London
7:45 AM Depart B&B8:00 AM Visit Local Schools – Stirling High School
11:30 AM Lunch at Vincent Park Mall
1:00 PM Visit Local Schools – John Bissker Secondary
7:00 PM Group Dinner
Friday, 30 July East London/ Cape Town
8:00 AM Depart B&B10:00 AM Visit Local Schools – University of Ft. Hare and Melani School Cluster
1:00 PM Lunch
8:25 PM Depart for Cape Town (we are flying there!)
10:05 PM Arrive Cape Town
We'll be staying at Little Scotia (http://www.scotia.co.za/)
Saturday, 31 July Cape Town
8:30 AM Depart B&B9:00 AM Tour Cape Town
Visit District Six Museum & Table Mountain
1:00 PM Lunch on Table Mountain
2:00 PM Visit to Cape Point Peninsula, Boulders Beach Penguin Colony
7:00 PM Dinner on Kloof St.
Sunday, 1 August Cape Town
8:30 AM Depart B&B10:00 AM Tour of Solms-Delta Wine Estate in Franschhoek Valley
12:00 PM Lunch at Solms-Delta Wine Estate
2:00 PM Free afternoon at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
7:00 PM Dinner at Waterfront
Monday, 2 August Cape Town
8:00 AM Depart B&B9:00 AM Ferry to Robben Island & Tour
12:00 PM Lunch at Waterfront
2:00 PM Visit to Kristenbosch Botanical Gardens
6:00 PM Dinner, Camps Bay
Tuesday, 3 August Cape Town
9:00 AM Depart B&B10:00 AM Visit Local Schools - LEAP Maths & Science School
1:00 PM Lunch at LEAP
7:00 PM Dinner on Long St.
Wednesday, 4 August Cape Town
9:00 AM Free Time12:00 PM Depart for Airport
3:10 PM Depart Cape Town, arrive in Jo’burg at 5:10pm
8:00 PM Depart Johannesburg (this is an EIGHTEEN HOUR flight with a stop in Dakar, Senegal!)
Thursday, 5 August
7:40 AM Arrive New York10:09 AM Depart New York, Arrive in Washington D.C @ 11:40 am
12:35 PM Depart Washington D.C., Arrive in Chicago @ 1:42 pm
