I am currently visiting University of Florida, and because I am visiting and don’t want to spend all of my time online, this post will be something more like a photo essay. This is the first full day of my visit. I hope to see more of the town itself tomorrow. For brevity’s sake, I’ll give you my first impressions of the campus as adjectives: big, green, beautiful, green, busy, green, wet, green, and odoriferous (in a good way–it’s a very distinct plant/moisture smell that I tend to associate with Little Rock, AR and Chatanooga, TN for reasons pertaining to my childhood). Yes, I’e been a bit starved of the color green. My little corner of the world has been in a drought for at least 13 years.
Plaque on Turlington Hall (where the English Dept. is located)
Another plaque on Turlington Hall
Squirrel
Marston Science Library
Century Tower
Library West (where most of the Humanities collections are held). There were several hammocks in the lawn/treed area in front of the library)
Speaking of Special Collections…this is the entrance.
Giant line of scooters. Apparently, lots of people here drive them because they are cheaper/easier to park. Lots of people also bike, which is cool.
Blue tree. Looking over the Plaza of the Americas.
Turlington Hall (conveniently located next to a Starbucks, bagel place, and more food…).
View from Turlington.
There will probably be more photo-posts to follow. Stay tuned.
Wow. Green, beautiful, green. Nice!