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So I decided to do my own blogg to keep everyone updated. Initially it was thought for once I'm back in Stellenbosch but I'll see if I can put a few things up here about what's happening in my life.
That won't be much since all I'll do for the rest of the year is studying. I have two BIG exams left before I can move out of my place and travel to South Africa in January. There everything si set with Stellenbosch University where I was very friendly received from Professor Harms at the Mechanical Engineering Department when I told him I'd like to do my Thesis there. Roughly I'll do research on the public acceptance of Renewable Energies in SA. The thesis question as well as my procedure will be specified when I arrive in Stellenbosch. Stellenbosch just recently opened an Institute for Renewable and Sutainable Energy Studies which is linked to the mechanical engineering so I've been told that I can have close contacts to this Institute. I'm looking forward to the time ther and the challenge.

The Yemen
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At 11 August we came back from a three week field trip in the Yemen. We were 18 Students + 2
Professors, PhD Student and the wife of one of our professors. The time there generally was very good! The country is beautiful in the same way Namibia is beautiful, only different ;-) It's very dry in mos tparts of the country, incredible humid in the coastal areas, but barren. The highlands and plateaus were friendlier for agriculture, so were the slopes rising from the flat coastal areas up to the plateaus. The people there suprised us with an kindness I have never experienced before and we felt very welcome. Well. a couple of days we had military "protection" by guys who obviously enjoyed their opportunity to boss their fellow citizens around and pushed them out of our way which didn't make us their best friends but it wasn't our fault and the soldiers didn't want to listen.

I've sweated as never before! On some days I darnk 7 litres of water and still felt thirsty.

The country is beautiful, go and visit the Yemen! Oh, well, not my American friends though - you aren't "welcome to the Yemen"!














Now I'm back at my desk studying. It's getting fault here slowly - lovely! I really enjoy that. Did my 2nd bike ride today since I'm back (yaya, I know, went for runs more often in the past weeks) and the weather was just perfect. The first leaves are falling down and the late afternoon was shining.
I'm still prostituting myself at the train station (working at an "outdoor" store there) but only three more months are left - puh!

That's it for now....

mooi bly!