Need we say more!!

CAPE TOWN in the words of a CNN Reporter

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/09/03/destination.adventure.south.africa/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Remember Kurus – when a German chap says “It was okay” then you have fulfilled all his expectations. I say: It was fantastic! So you can be sure that I was highly impressed and deeply moved.

By the way, you should always remember that Rapport = formal flirting.  And you are the Masters of Rapport!

Daniel, the soldier

Daniel Seeger

The first thing one notices when one arrives in Cape Town is it’s beautiful environment. It’s stunning landscape, fresh waters, picturesque mountains and clean air, distinguish it from other famous cities around the world.  This week Kurus English, along with Coffeebeans Routes,  worked together to provide our current FEJO group with an orientation of the environment “in our neck of the woods”, so to speak!

We visited Intaka Island - a wetlands and bird sanctuary situated right in the centre of the Mother City, learnt about the Reclaim Camsisa project, which is an NGO that focuses on creating a sustainable approach using CT’s natural water system and last but not but not least paid a visit to Cape Town’s own recently opened Greenpoint Urban Park. Due to rain, we were forced to run for cover, but we didn’t let it rain on our parade and we weathered the storm with a drink in hand at Sotano with a spectacular view of the ocean in front of us.

Did you know that there are more species of plants on Table Mountain alone than in the whole of New Zealand?!  Talk about Bio Diversity!

Jessica

It’s a pleasure to be part of Kurus English. We really enjoyed the time in Cape Town. We also want to thank CoffeeBeans!

Corinna, Tina, Julia, Kaya, Annika, Stephanie, Anna, Ruth, Juliane, Lisa, David, Matthias, Katharina, Marius

FEJO

I have a nice time in your school I have learned so much, thank you.  You are very family and thanks for the excursions.  I hope I see you more times in Cape Town.

Julia Bayer

Thank you so much for this wonderful occasion to stay at your school for one week. We have profited in English and have learnt a lot of/about the social conditions; the efforts you are making to improve our cultural understanding is a great benefit to us.  We hope to see you again either in Zurich, Switzerland or in Cape Town!

Katharina & Elizabeth

Katharina von Siebenthal & Elizabeth Weyers

This image is a combination of 548 individual shots taken in Cape Town/ South Africa.

The image shows a synopsis some minutes before the beginning  until 2 hours after the sunset.

The planet Mercury is fine to see below the star ‚Regulus‘ (it is the brightest star of the star constellation ‚Leo‘).

Left star trails are curved around the South Pole and right star trails are curved around the North Pole. Stars that are located on the celestal equator have straight lines.

The exact point “West” is marked.

The image shows that the sun was placed in the northern part of the celestial sphere at 15th July 2011 (near the summer solistice at 21th June).

The dotted lines are caused due to illuminated and moving fishing boats and due to the exposure time intevall of 15 seconds.

Brighter areas near the beaches are the result of whitecaps.

Details:
Location for the image: on Lions Head (669m) – Cape Town, South Africa.
Date of exposure: 15th July 2011.
Exposure time: 2 hours. Time between exposures: 15 seconds.

Have fun with this particular image!
Best regards and the best wishes to Cape Town
Erich

Star Trails, Table Mountain, Cape Town

This picture is a collection of 620 single images, taken with a digital camera and a 24mm x 36mm sensor. A wide angle lens was used (17mm). The camera was fixed on a tripod and was oriented towards the south. Due to the motion of the Earth (daily motion) the stars appear as trails (star trails). All star trails are bending around the South Pole.

Complete time of exposure for all images: 3 hours, taken on 5 July 2011 from 8:30pm to 11:30pm.

Clear sky

Erich, Linz, Austria

I was studying at KURUS SCHOOL for two weeks. I had really great time here, becuase I was feeling an exceptional friendly atmosphere and had highly competente teachers, especially Gavin!
A daily highlight were also the excursions guided by Iain. I’m so happy to have learned both, English and a lot about Cape Town – his History, all the News in the Present and the challenges in the Future.
Yes, Cape Town is a woth living town. I’m going to come back with my wife in 2012!!
Thanks for all,
Erich

Kurus English is delighted to promote 2 more special courses for the age group 50+ in 2011.

For more details on the programme please have a look at the blog post here!

2 week price special in 2011:

1.025 € (course only, no accommodation)

2.000 € (incl. Guesthouse)

2.450 € (incl. 3* Hotel)

Guesthouse Single Room with breakfast, shower/bath, WC

3* Hotel Single Room with breakfast, shower/bath, WC

Inclusive:

20 hours General Intensive English, 10 hours Language Excursions, Wine Route, Peninsula Route, Private Dinner, Airport transfer (2times), original course book and workbook, Internet access, accommodation placement

REMAINING Course Dates in 2011:

17-09-2011 – 01-10-2011

29-10-2011 – 12-11-2011

You are also very welcome to extend your stay!

Downloads:

50+ Programme_example

50+Programme_additional activities_2011

For further information please feel free to contact us here!

for these wonderful and very interesting 2 weeks. I were able to improve my English (thanks Gavin for not giving up on I).  Thank you Iain for showing me all the beautiful sides of Cape Town.

Thank you

Magnus

Magnus Kaste

It was a fantastic time!

BUT now it’s over.

I learn a lot of things about culture and the language.

Bye Bye

Franz

This month, member schools of Education South Africa (EduSA) collaborated in hosting an Brazilian Agent FAM Trip.
These schools were Jeffreys Bay Language School, EC, Kurus English, Interlink, LAL, Inlingua, Cape English Language School, International House Cape Town and Good Hope Studies.

10 agencies and South African Airways Brazil visited Cape Town, South Africa, for one week and were taken to the centres in order to visit their premises and meet with the staff there.
There was also time to visit and explore some of the sights in Cape Town, such as taking a guided walking tour around the city and to go on a Safari at the Addo Elephant Park. Most days were rounded off by a visit to one of Cape Town’s many world-class restaurants, where the representatives of each school had the chance to speak to every agent in person in a more relaxed environment.

We would like to say Thank You to all agencies, who made the effort to visit each school. We had a fantastic time and it was a honor to host each of them. We wish them all the best for the future and we hope that they will send lots of Brazilian students to Cape Town, South Africa.

Agents:
Ms.Michelle Marques - South African Airways Brazil
Mr. Fred Tiba – Belta Director and also director of Agency Educational Net, São Paulo
Mr. Benedito Silva -Director of Education Abroad, Sao José dos Campos, Sao Paulo
Mrs. Cristiana Carsalade – Director of Upgrade Intercambio, Belo Horizonte
Mrs. Flavia Guimarães – Director of Master Intercambio, Belo Horizonte
Mrs. Claudia Farina – Director of SIP Intercambio, São Paulo
Mrs. Cynthia Mathias – Manager of ETC Intercambio, Belo Horizonte
Mrs. Miniran Rodrigues – Manager of Intercambio Connexion, São Paulo
Mrs. Rita de Cássia Santos – Manager of Yazigi Travel, São Paulo
Mrs. Fernanda Alberti – Manager of Cultural Adventure Intercambio, Florianópolis
Ms. Andreia Melo – Manager of IEP Brazil, Belo Horizonte

Check out a new Intership Agency in Cape Town: CAPESTUDENT.com

Dear friends
Kurus English is once again shocked by a German celebrities English performance and behaviour in public. This time Lothar Matthäus, Football World Champion 1990 in Italy with the German Team.

Please check the video for our unique solution and offer! We believe, we can really really help Loddar and not only him…!!!

Let’s see, if Lothar has the courage to come to Cape Town… We promise, he would not regret it!!!
Best regards from Cape Town
Kurus English

Emmanuel Spiegelburg

Hi Gavin, Diana, Johannes, Jan & Michael

Your Language School is now officially approved as stellar TOEFL-test preparation facility.

Thanks for the perfect coaching and hospitality.

I’ll come again.

Emanuel

Yes indeed. Cape Town has climbed right to the top beating cities like London, Sydney and New York in this year’s TripAdvisor Traveller’s Choice Destination Awards! TripAdvisor is the worlds largest travel site, and the awards are based on opinions or views posted by millions of TripAdvisor Travellers.

Top five cities are now Cape Town followed by Paris, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, and Rome. It is not lie that our city is world class, this just drove our point right across… Globally

To see for yourself, visit www.tripadvisor.com

(Simnikiwe)

“Thank you Kurus for a wonderful and amazing four weeks in Cape Town.  Thanks for all your service as well.  It was a wonderful start for me in South Africa. I’ll come back as soon as possible. Dennis”

(Simnikiwe)

Culture may be defined in many ways, but we have learned that there is a strong link between culture and history.  This week we fused the two together with the hope of getting common ground on what effect history really has on South African cultures and to our surprise, it worked… No matter what the story might be, somewhere, somehow the effects Apartheid had in South Africa always surfaces when talking culture; and this was proved when we visited a Xhosa township and the District Six Museum where we got a rude awakening on what really went on during the Apartheid era and the the shock waves that it still carries today.

(Simnikiwe)

Youth and Education played out some interesting opportunities for us to see what non-governmental organizations are doing to bring about change in the lives of the youth and communities living in poverty.  We visited projects such as Christel House, Learn to Earn, and the Green Point Urban Park.

(Simnikiwe)