Please watch a video with Patricia and Eduardo from Brazil talking about their stay in Cape Town: here the English version:

In addition, here their experiences in Portuguese. Enjoy!

Thank you very much, Patricia and Eduardo! It was a great pleasure having you here at Kurus English in Cape Town! We are all looking forward to welcoming you back soon!

The theme of last week’s language excursions was Building Cities.

The first day, on Tuesday, we took a Walking Tour of Cape Town, guided by Abi of the Cape Town Partnership. It was a rainy day so we weren’t quite sure if we would be able to do the tour but the rain man helped us and it was dry by the time we left from Kurus English. Before starting the tour, we went to the office of the Cape Town Partnership to get some information and a complementary bag filled with a bottle of water, brochures with safety tips, information about creative cape town, give responsibility and CCID profile. There also was a little tourist book in it with the best of Cape Town central city.
Abi showed us places where new buildings are going to be built and where old heritage buildings still exist.

The next day we drove to Kalkfontein, using 2 buses. Kalkfontein is a township located between Cape Town and Stellenbosch and has both proper housing and an informal settlement area. We met Joanna and she showed us the place where she’s doing good work for the people who live in Kalkfontein. Once a day, she distributes food. People queue up to be served a little portion of nutritious food. Mostly, this meal which Joanna serves once a day is everything the people consume. She also has space where she sews clothes for the local people. It was really impressive to see the way the township people live. They possess almost nothing but yet there’s always a smile on their faces. After seeing Joanna’s place, she guided us on a short walk through the township. We saw the difference between an informal settlement and an authentic township.

On Thursday, we visited an architect’s office, Makeka Designs Laboratory CC, in City of Cape Town. Our guide for this day, Holger, gave us a presentation of the renovation and upgrading the central station. There is still a lot of work to do before the 2010 World Cup. Cape Town is getting an upgraded central station. The difference between the new and the old is huge. During Apartheid there were different areas for whites and non-whites and even nowadays, something of that feeling still remains. Now the plan is to have a central station for ALL the people.

During the week we learned so much about the city’s development, especially concerning the infrastructure, buildings & informal settlements. It was great to do these excursions.

~ Jessica

Hello everybody,

First of all, thank you for the warm welcome at Kurus English.
I’ll be the marketing/communication intern for the next.. (almost) 5 months. I come from Holland, so I can understand the ‘Afrikaans’ language. But my goal will be to speak better English then my English teacher in Holland at the end of my stay here in Cape Town. I am afraid I can’t reach that because he’s a native speaker but I’ll give it a try. Besides improving my English I also want to experience the work at Kurus English. I’m gonna practice my learned knowledge at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences. I study International Business & Languages, so I also want to improve my skills concerning the educational programme.
Please feel free to ask questions or whatever you want to know about me or Kurus English!

Kind regards,
Jessica

Thank you very much for your support and we wish you all the best for the future!

It was a wonderful experience for all of us and we will never forget this trip.

We really enjoyed the time we spent with you in “Cape Town”

The Fejo Group September 2009
Fikret -Fiko-, Tea, Stefan, Tine, Kai, Laura, Anton, Sascha, Julia, Moni, Anke, Toshias and Jens

Thank you

A warm welcome to Jessica! Jessica joins the Kurus English team for the next 5 months. She supports us with our marketing and communcication efforts. Thanks, Jessica, for your support! We all wish you a great time in Cape Town and at Kurus English!

Thank you for all – the good/ excellent lessons, which were challenging and funny -
The good help for all questions and the friendly and familiar atmosphere.
Two weeks isn’t enough, but I was enjoying the time. And once more, I’ll say thank you to my teachers. They were so friendly.

Ursula

Yes, it is true! Kurus English opened its doors one year ago on the 1st of September 2008. Time really flies…
Our baby Kurus English is crawling already, now it is time to walk! Thanks to everybody especially our students, teachers, Language Excursion hosts, accommodation hosts, guest houses and the Coffeebeans Routes team for your support and your contribution!

Last night we celebrated our 1st anniversary with a delicious dinner and live music from Adamo at Alan & Jason aka Paradise Grey! Thanks to everybody for celebrating with us! Please enjoy the pictures!