This university is enormous. It has also one of the most beautiful campuses in America…but I’ll let you judge based on the pictures.
It has been a nightmare to find my way around uni, but the upside is that I have made friends while asking for directions. I have also met people from different parts of the world during the international exchange orientation (some people from France, Austria, Switzerland, England, Mexico, the Netherlands and a good number of Australians).
Just to give you an idea of how big the campus is, I have to catch a bus to get some of my classes (which also gives you an idea of how lazy I am).
Cornell has two creeks running along the campus and they have some beautiful waterfalls. Some things to do around here include: jumping off the Sacket foot-bridge into the water (which is forbidden and I will never ever do it), enjoying a live chime concert at the McGraw tower (the repertoire includes Beach Boys, Queen, Disney songs and anything you can imagine), going to the fruit market in front of the Cayuga lake (you can actually get to the market by kayak) and eating Cornell made ice-cream (which includes a new student-created flavour every year).
Now a completely different thing I would like to share. Just before I came to Cornell I spent some time back home (Lima-Peru) and my dog brought nine puppies to the world…Here’s the video!
I will keep you updated with everything that is happening up here, feel free to leave some comments or questions!
Comments
Cornell sounds awesome!
And wow - look at those puppies go!
Posted by: Trixie | September 1, 2008 10:21 AM
señor editor, lo felicito por su pagina.
la universidad esta muy buena, se ve inmensa (huge)
jajaja. parece hogwards, deberias tomarte fotos como harry potter.
bueno por ahora eso es todo.
ya recibirá más omentarios mios más adelante.
p.d. seguiremos en contacto, a ver si un dia de estos hacemos "click" jajaja
Posted by: rene | September 2, 2008 07:48 AM
Hey bro, soy tu amigo de billar de Sídney.
The campus looks amazing, straight out of a Disney movie, i’ll be happy to take your place if you get sick of it. Good to hear you’re settling in well in Los Estados Unidos. Looking forward to reading your entries and don’t worry, tu ingles es buena
Posted by: Rhys | September 5, 2008 01:41 PM
WOW! that waterfall creek thing!! what an amazing campus!
Posted by: asako | September 5, 2008 02:04 PM
Hi Roey Rod. Cornell looks fab and it sounds like you're having a great time - kayaking to a market - what next! enjoy yourself and keep up the stories - we love them! Cheers Jas
Posted by: Jas | September 5, 2008 10:10 PM
Hi all! Thanks for your comments, I will be updating the blog as soon as I finish the insane amount of reading I've got to do! I guess you could say: "Welcome to Cornell!"
Posted by: Rodrigo | September 10, 2008 05:22 AM
It really is an amazing campus. I would love to take a look around.
Posted by: milo | September 10, 2008 10:23 PM
All I can say is wow! The pictures looking fantastic, you guys are very lucky.
Posted by: dave | October 22, 2008 06:16 PM