I've arrived in Johannesburg! I arrived last evening around 6pm after a 15-hour flight from Atlanta. I was picked up from the airport by Verne Harris. Yes, the Verne Harris. Pretty incredible. All my fellow archives and records management students definitely should recognize this name thanks to Professors MacNeil and Duff. He's a really interesting guy and I cannot wait to learn more about archives and South Africa from him.
We also stopped in at the Foundation so that I could see where I would be working and meet a few of the employees who were still around. I met a nice woman (whose name I cannot remember...ugh, I'm so bad with names sometimes) who I will be working with, and Sello who was busy working on a CD-rom for Mandela day. I will be heading back to the Foundation today at 2, along with Wendy, the intern from the University of Manitoba, for a more formal introduction.
The bed and breakfast (Abbotsford House) is lovely. It's located in a northern suburb of Johannesburg and is so peaceful. It's also really close to the Mandela Foundation.
The one negative thing so far is that Delta lost one of my two bags. Thankfully, it was located and should arrive this afternoon. On the bright side, it was my small bag so at least I had a change of clothes.
That's all for now since I want to squeeze in a nap before 2.
-Lindsay
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The adventures of a University of Toronto Faculty of Information student in Johannesburg, South Africa, interning with the Nelson Mandela Foundation's Centre of Memory.
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