The University of Wisconsin

Don and I spent about four hours walking around the University of Wisconsin.  Initially we had thought we would be able to have lunch with Amanda Rogers, a former TIS student who is making quite a name for herself in the international community.  Unfortunately, she has had many distractions lately and we were unable to connect. But just seeing where she works was fun.

We decided to go eat at the food court in the Student Union.  We had the choice of many food offerings, and Don chose German.  Imagine that.  Beer is served on campus, so he tried their Rathskellers blend, which he enjoyed.  But the best part of the lunch was its setting.

While we were sitting outside near the lake, I heard some music come on.  Looking up, I saw some people hanging on ropes from the roof of a nearby building.  I finally figured out that they were doing a dance while rappelling.  For now, pictures will have to do, but once I can get my video uploaded to youtube, I will.  Check back because it is a fun video to watch.

We took some time to visit the bookstore and the union, stopped at Starbucks, and then drove around to find the Kappa and DU houses.  That was easy, as we had driven by both on our way in.  The Kappa house is quite a stately building, and we do not know how the DUs get any studying done with their location on the lake (picture in next blog).  We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the campus.