Rondebosch Court

Woohoo!!  I’ve finally moved into the apartment I’ll be living in for the rest of the semester!  We started off in orientation housing, so it’s exciting to be able to move in and get settled for real.  Here’s a lovely picture of my apartment building, which is called Rondebosch Court. 

There are 3 floors of CIEE students living here and an RA on every floor.  It also feels very safe.  It takes 4 keys to get from the entrance of the building to the door to my room and there is a front desk attendant as well.  Between 6pm and 6am, CIEE has security guards on watch that also will walk us anywhere we want to go.  They’re called the Guardian Angels.  We’ve been talking a lot about safety here the past few days so it’s definitely been on my mind.  I’m happy with this apartment particularly because it is so close to campus that it is easier (and seemingly safer) to get around.

It has an ideal location. It’s right above the ice cream/frozen yogurt shop (my life dream) and across the street from Woolsworth (which is similar to Whole Foods and Trader Joes).  There’s also a Pick N Pay about 2 minutes away (like a Ralphs and CVS combined) and a fruit stand right outside our door!  I won’t be starving here for sure. 

I share a room with one other girl (who goes to Penn State) and there are five girls in our flat all together.  We have a bathroom, really nice kitchen, and a great view!  I'll put up a picture of my room eventually but it's not that exciting as of now (gotta get a tapestry for the wall at Greenmarket Square).

It’s also right across the street from Cocoa Wah Wah (a yummy café with free wifi) and Pig & Swizzle (the local bar/hangout).  Cool stuff.