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Close on the heels of classes starting, my month at my initial apartment came to an end. As I described in a previous post, that apartment was adequate, but it really wasn’t meant for long term stays. As my roommate Ty put it, “that place has no soul!” So, we found a new place through Read more

On Monday, 12 February, classes at HIT started. The class that I picked up just the week before (Statistical Methods for Finance) meets at 10:15am on Mondays and 8:00am on Fridays. The class is required for the Financial Engineering degree program and is taken by first-year students. I won’t lie, I was pretty nervous for Read more

My third hike with the Mountain Club of Zimbabwe (which I am now officially a member of!) was in the same area as my first: the hills around Mazowe Dam. We were told not to share the exact location of the hike because the leaders want to keep it secret in order to protect it Read more

Well, I guess the honeymoon is over. The last couple of weeks in Zim have been a roller coaster of highlights and frustrations. Let me start with the lows so that I can finish this post on a high! Dealing with bureaucracy My third week in Harare began with a visit to the Director of Read more

It is hard to believe that I have only been in Harare for just under two weeks. I have settled in so nicely and have done so many things, that it seems like it should be much longer. Since my last post, I have explored more of the neighborhood around my apartment, spent a full Read more

My first Saturday in Zim, my roommate and I visited a game park!! The Haka Camp Game Park, to be specific. Located on the edge of town, it was just a 30 minute drive from our apartment. To get there we saw new parts of the city, including the beautiful, tree-lined stretch of road pictured above. Read more