or rather the city of my college years
Today, I'd like to show you all around Auburn, Alabama ... where I spent 4.5 wonderful years ... where I met my husband ... home of the Auburn Tigers, and known as 'The loveliest Village on the Plains'
"The Deserted Village"
1 Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain,
2 Where health and plenty cheer'd the labouring swain,
3 Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid,
4 And parting summer's lingering blooms delay'd:[...]
-Oliver Goldsmith
I love walking around downtown Auburn. It has the charm of a small town that comes alive on a quiet summer Saturday. Summer is the best time to explore a college town!
Cheeburger Cheeburger ... they serve their kids burgers in paper Cadillacs and have Trivial Pursuit cards on the table to play while you are waiting
Here you will find arguably the best cup of hand squeezed lemonade ... also possibly the most expensive ;-)
Here are some 'charm' pictures I found on the streets of downtown
The marque bell tower on campus. I would love to walk all over the town and take pictures, but my battery died ... which was probably a good thing considering we had a wedding to go to that evening. Perhaps one day because this town is truly beautiful and charming
Orange and blue flowers in front of Samford Hall
6 comments:
I love to walk around town and take pictures - that's about the only way I get out of the house LOL
Auburn looks like a lovely place - thanks so much for the tour. Hope you enjoyed the wedding!
Kristin - The Goat
Well, this was quite a surprise! Though I've lived in the San Francisco area for the past 33 years, I am from Columbus, GA, graduated from Columbus High School and have great memories of Auburn and summers spent swimming at Lake Chewalca. My first college football experience was the GA - Auburn game and I always rooted for Auburn unless they played GA. My brother and nephews all went to GA Tech.
Sadly, my mom suffered a stroke when I was home in Columbus in Feb and is now in assisted living near my brother in Atlanta so, at 65, I don't know if I'll ever see Columbus or Auburn again. I enjoyed this visit.
I have a good friend that went to Auburn. I recently traveled to Tuscaloosa for business and he came to see me but kidded that he'd need to wear a disguise.
The campus bell tower is fabulous! Auburn looks like a lovely place. I've never been before so thanks for the tour.
Happy SIMC,
jj
Your town looks so fun. Very charming and southernly sweet : )
I always love your posts. You make me smile! And whenever I click over and see that blog header I just feel happy!
You really make me want to go for a visit. It looks like a delightful place.
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