Touring Colleges — Jack

Jack — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:58:22 +0000

On our last day in Portland, Ryan and I went to look a couple universities in the surrounding area. We woke up earlier than usual so we could make it through Portland rush hour and stuff. Our first stop was Lewis and Clark, an artsy college. Father dropped us off at the informational building where we then found our way to the starting point of the tour. Personally I thought the campus looked rather blank and emotionless. People didn’t seem to smile or talk at Lewis and Clark. After our exposure of L.C we headed to University of Portland, Ryan, my mother, and I went into U.P. and wandered around until we asked a stranger for directions. The tour guide at U.P was a lot better than the one at L.C also the campus was prettier and seemed a lot more friendly. Lewis and Clark has a much better music and other arts program than University of Portland did while University of Portland had a much better science program than Lewis and Clark. I think if I would have to chose between the universities I’ve been to, I would pick the University of Portland because it seemed really nice. After our day full of colleges we drove forward towards Boise, Idaho.

Vancouver – Jack

Jack — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:45:22 +0000

We made it through Canada yesterday. Before we crossed the the border we went to the city of Vancouver. My mom and dad let Ryan leave and take the sky train into the city while I was stuck with the family as usual. It ended up being a very nice trip into Vancouver though because my family and I went into this art district island place that was built under a bridge covered with ivy. I was allowed to go exploring so I did so and found the most wonderful music shop. This store had pretty much every instrument I have ever wanted to learn, the only disappointing part was that every instrument was roughly $1,000. After I left the music shop I headed across the street to a market called The Public Market where I got lost and called my daddy. In the end I was able to find my family then we went and ate fatty Canadian food in downtown Vancouver.

The next day I had to walk a dog or two and I discovered a park that had a stream running through the center. Salmon were spawning in the stream which was pretty cool. When I got back Ryan and I went to tour SFU. Almost the entire campus was covered and the architecture gave it a scary look. The dorm rooms were singles and seamed a decent size, also the floors were coed. The campus seemed really nice actually. All in all Vancouver is a very fabulous place with interesting places.
~Jack

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Touring Colleges — Jack

Vancouver – Jack