South Africa

I have always been curious about this country since in the early 1990s a number of Russians emigrated there. Besides, a few months ago a co-worker came back from S. Africa with scratches on her arms, which turned out to be from a lion cub---of course, since then I have been dreaming of an opportunity to visit the land where you can pet wild cats. Even though I didn’t end up getting the desired scratches from lion cubs, the trip to S. Africa proved to be even more exciting and enlightening that I had initially envisioned.
As always, the reason for the trip was a work-related conference similar to the one that took me to England this past summer. I was co-organizing a panel discussion and presenting one of our collaborators’ papers, but besides that it was going to be an enjoyable week of learning about the work that is going on in Southern Africa. The conference was in Cape Town, which is considered to be one of the main tourist attractions in the country.