I spent an hour between lunch and a meeting and noticed a couple of things:
1. There is no restaurant at the university, but there is a cafe. There are restaurants a short walk away, though.
2. There are lots of places to sit outside, but no tables. Somehow this doesn't surprise me.
2b. some of the benches are painted 2x6s on metal frames. About half of those are missing parts of the wood.
3. There is a big, nice grassy area where you can sit and chat with friends.
4. The main walkways are covered, I'm guessing to protect from both sun and rain as both can be nasty.
5. There is a solid dirt-colored stripe around knee height on many of the walls, particularly near classrooms. Apparently a lot of people wait while leaning against the wall with one foot on it as well.
6. Speaking English gets you stares and eavesdroppers (I eavesdrop on other languages in the US, so I'm ok with that). Speaking Arabic gets giggles (although they seem to be surprised ones, so I guess that's a compliment?)
1. There is no restaurant at the university, but there is a cafe. There are restaurants a short walk away, though.
2. There are lots of places to sit outside, but no tables. Somehow this doesn't surprise me.
2b. some of the benches are painted 2x6s on metal frames. About half of those are missing parts of the wood.
3. There is a big, nice grassy area where you can sit and chat with friends.
4. The main walkways are covered, I'm guessing to protect from both sun and rain as both can be nasty.
5. There is a solid dirt-colored stripe around knee height on many of the walls, particularly near classrooms. Apparently a lot of people wait while leaning against the wall with one foot on it as well.
6. Speaking English gets you stares and eavesdroppers (I eavesdrop on other languages in the US, so I'm ok with that). Speaking Arabic gets giggles (although they seem to be surprised ones, so I guess that's a compliment?)
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