How I met Rochester

I kind of lost the track of time. I think I’ve been on the plane forever as it was always dark, but it turned out to be only 12 hours. But the genuine truth is that my plane took off at 9:00 AM 25th in Beijing, and it landed at 10:00 AM 25th in New York. So technically people back home have already spent a day while I, one hour.

I called my parents and had some snacks and then the adventure began as I walked up the plane at Laguardia Airport, the four year adventure for me at University of Rochester.

It’s a 50-minute flight, but I was so excited that I kept checking my watch to see how much time remaining. About 40 hours later, at least that’s how I felt, the broadcast finally spoke out the landing message. Opening the sunshade, a blossom of bright sunshine came in, and all I could see were packs of little houses surrounded by pine trees, lots of rivers as if the odds and ends of wool, waterfalls, and sports fields… And as the trees became more and more vivid, and I could even figure out the types of vans running on roads, and then BOOM, we landed.

Now I’m officially on Rochester land and the feeling of excitement keeps piling up. Now I get to visit the campus, meet some of my future classmates who are also international students, and go explore everything.

Maybe I should feel really nervous or nostalgic. However, all I’m feeling is excitement. It’s exploration, adventure, and a fresh start that waves at me.

I am a freshman who is attending the summer immersion program and I am going to introduce some places students in Rochester would miss but are really great. The place I would like to recommend today is Hamlin Beach. It is located not far from the campus, only about fifteen minutes driving from here. The beach is really broad and clean.

You can feel free to bring volleyball or frisbee if you want to play with your friends. The water here is not so cold and pretty pure, and because its lake water, swimming is more comfortable here.

If you feel hungry after enjoying yourself, there will be a food truck which provide delicious food, cheese burger and buffalo chicken are strongly recommended. Also, there is barbecue places almost everywhere, so it fits you when you prefer cooking yourself as well. Last, don’t forget to take all your trash, there is no place for rubbish inside the park so remember to bring a bag for all your stuff. Hope you have a great experience.

3 Days of Summer in Rochester

I arrived at Rochester at 11 pm three days ago, feeling comfortable with my jeans and T-shirt, and glad that there was no snow. They say Rochester is a place of cold and snow, but I find the summer here amazing: the summer in a cold place like Rochester, I guess, is the best season:

It is cool and not that humid; the wind softly blowing, taking away the disturbing vapor. Back in my city, which is located in a basin, the whole place is surrounded by a thick layer of cloud, so all the humidity is locked beneath, and in summer the temperature can be as high as 40 degrees.

Coolness is fine, but the sunshine makes it even better. For me, who don’t usually see much sunshine even in the summer( because of the layer of cloud, too), days in Rochester look just like movie settings.