This time around, some pictures of campus and a walk through tour of the beach. Since yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day (you get more of them than you think), I took the opportunity that evening to take a nice long walk. First, here's the main view of campus.
Then turn around and walk 20m to the main road
Then head onto the overpass. Looking east, you can kind of see the City Center (downtown) in the distance.
Down to the other side (this is a great little path by the way, it goes up and down the beach for miles so it's my favorite place to run!)
Then head up through the trees on your right
And voila! le beach...
I personally like the west view better. In the top left where the bay curves around south is Mumbles, that cute little town with the really good ice cream.
Keep in mind, this is high(er) tide. Wales actually has one of the largest tidal zones in the world, so when it goes out, it goes out around two miles! This is a picture on a different day, but this kind of shows you how far it goes out. Think the distance between us and the shore, plus another 100m.
The water isn't really THAT cold, but it's like San Fransisco. No one really goes swimming, but a lot of people just grab a ball and play sports, run, or just take a stroll down the shoreline whenever they get great weather like yesterday. At this area, there are a lot of sea shells and kelp, which makes it kind of hard to run around barefoot, but it sure is pretty!
But for now, back to campus! The blue building in the back is Faraday Tower, computer science headquarters (this scene's just off to the right of the very first shot)
Now walking up to the front of the long building closest to us in the first shot, turn right and we have about 60 percent of the buildings on campus (there are a few more behind me, but the sun was in my eyes, so none of the pictures turned out) There are more there than it looks
Walk down to that first pole and turn 90 degrees to the left. That unsuccessful attempt at modern architecture is my dorm. That should give you an idea of just how close I am to my classes :)
Well, that concludes our tour for today and next time, shops and cafes!
Then turn around and walk 20m to the main road
Then head onto the overpass. Looking east, you can kind of see the City Center (downtown) in the distance.
Down to the other side (this is a great little path by the way, it goes up and down the beach for miles so it's my favorite place to run!)
Then head up through the trees on your right
And voila! le beach...
I personally like the west view better. In the top left where the bay curves around south is Mumbles, that cute little town with the really good ice cream.
Keep in mind, this is high(er) tide. Wales actually has one of the largest tidal zones in the world, so when it goes out, it goes out around two miles! This is a picture on a different day, but this kind of shows you how far it goes out. Think the distance between us and the shore, plus another 100m.
The water isn't really THAT cold, but it's like San Fransisco. No one really goes swimming, but a lot of people just grab a ball and play sports, run, or just take a stroll down the shoreline whenever they get great weather like yesterday. At this area, there are a lot of sea shells and kelp, which makes it kind of hard to run around barefoot, but it sure is pretty!
But for now, back to campus! The blue building in the back is Faraday Tower, computer science headquarters (this scene's just off to the right of the very first shot)
Now walking up to the front of the long building closest to us in the first shot, turn right and we have about 60 percent of the buildings on campus (there are a few more behind me, but the sun was in my eyes, so none of the pictures turned out) There are more there than it looks
Walk down to that first pole and turn 90 degrees to the left. That unsuccessful attempt at modern architecture is my dorm. That should give you an idea of just how close I am to my classes :)
Well, that concludes our tour for today and next time, shops and cafes!
1 comment:
Looks fabulous! And it's spelled "voila."
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