Whenever I drive out to Amherst, I can't help but smile as I pass through the rolling hills and start spotting familiar sights. Almost a decade has passed since I graduated but it always feels just like yesterday and it always feels like I'm coming home. This is the reason why I have volunteered as a UMass alumna since my graduation, and this is the reason why I continue to give a lot of my time and energy to this wonderful community.
This past Saturday, I had to drive out for a Board of Directors meeting on campus. Bret and I drove out together and he explored Amherst while I was in my meeting. Afterwards, I showed him some of my favorite spots on campus and around town - including Bueno y Sano!
While so much of the campus has changed, I was surprised at how much I still remembered of the campus.
Returning to Amherst always feels like coming home. Where is your home away from home?
18 comments:
philly is my home away from home :) never been to amherst, but it looks beautiful!
Parts of UConn look similar to that. The Cape is kind of my home away from home.
My home away from home is Sausalito. I ought to visit Amherst, sounds beautiful!
I went to UMASS Dartmouth and went back recently to a visit a friend that is a research assistant there. So much has changed! It was fun to go back and relive some memories.
I have a close friend who feels the exact same way about UMass Amherst...she loves taking me out there to show me around and it is beautiful!
My home away from home will always be London. I spent a semester there and have gone back to visit multiple times...now trying to get into grad school there. It just keeps calling my name!
I am also a Alumna of UMass Amherst and I absolutely love that place!
Going back to Amherst is so wonderful! My homes away from home are NJ and Ireland, and Amherst will always have a special place in my heart. I miss Bueno!!!
NH feels like this to me... though I grew up there, so I guess it's sort of my real home too. Amherst looks lovely!
I went to Quinnipiac University, so I love going back and visiting the campus and downtown New Haven.
I know right where that is! I live in CT so that right around where I love. It is really pretty up there
Amherst IS my home!--well, nearly. I grew up across the river, in a tiny town next to Northampton.
Boston is my home-away-from-home, since I spent MY school years there :) Whenever I see that skyline coming up on the horizon I just can't help but smile!
I haven't gone too far from my home away from home, but it always feels different to go back. Things change so quickly...
Looks like a wonderful day! I'd probably call Dave's dad's house one of my homes away from home
So jealous! UMass Amherst for me too, or visiting all my lovely Boston (area) friends. :)
this makes me want to visit and take a stroll around the UNH campus. i feel the same way about Durham as you do about Amherst. i love this post and PS you look so pretty!
Loved reading this post, as I actually did grow up in Amherst! It's a wonderful place, so warm and happy and always welcoming. And there's great food! My home away from home (and now real home) is definitely Boston.
That's where my husband went! I loved going back to Endicott College; it's a beautiful location on the ocean. :-)
Oh UMass... and Bueno y sano. Until then I thought all Mexican food was greasy and full of onions. Thank god they changed my mind! :)
I feel really nostalgic when I'm back there as well. I think NYC always feels like home too!
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