I guess I’ve always had Cape Town high on my list of places to go, and when I saw an internship program available in Cape Town I decided to kinda do two birds in one.

One where I got proper responsibility. I've done work in the past but it was very much more observational and shadowing. So I was looking for something more hands-on.

It was pretty much what I was looking for! I got to get an overall picture of the different roles involved.

Yeah, It was a good balance. I never got spoon-fed, I was quite independent, but whenever I needed help or had questions they were more than happy to answer.

I think so, a lot of the work I was doing was stuff I had never done before. I wanted to see what it's like to run a business.

Yes, A lot of the time the projects I did didn’t seem important, but after I was done I could definitely see what I did helped the team.

Yes, especially in South Africa, the work environment is very different. It was nice to see that offices don’t all work the same way, and that there are many other ways to do things. It's great because if I start my own business one day I can incorporate different ways of doing things into my business.

Cape Town has a reputation for being unsafe, so I was scared of that. This has also been the longest I’ve been away from home. I was also worried I wouldn’t make friends while I was here.

In hindsight, I was probably a little naive. I never really felt unsafe in Cape Town. It felt a lot like Uni!

I really really like Cape Town. It’s the first place I’ve been to where I feel I could live here for a while!

Yeah definitely! Its been the best couple of months of my life!

Yeah, Lucie was very helpful, even if I had a really small question, she always answered quickly and gave good advice.

It was amazing! Before I cam I never realized how hands-on Bridging Gaps would be. I thought it would be kind of like a- pick up from the airport, and only see when you leave kind of thing, but it wasn’t like that at all! Bridging Gaps organized so many social events and was always checking up on me and helped book activities. You were always looking out for us.

Yeah, Lucie was very helpful, even if I had a really small question, she always answered quickly and gave good advice.

Yeah, I think what I was asking for, for my internship was very random and unique, and Lucie really smashed it out the park and got me exactly what I wanted!

I thought they were quite reasonable compared to other companies.

Definitely justified. But after given the services it was definitely justified.

Even if it seems like a lot of money at the time, the experience you get, and the memories you get to take home and the friends you make really makes it worth it!