University of Exeter, or The Spontaneous Road Trip
I went to Exeter on a whim with a friend (L.) and her parents yesterday. The university of Exeter is one of the places from which I've received an offer, so I thought it would a good idea to visit. Well, partially that, but mostly because I just like to travel. The university itself is decent. It's rigged with hills, though, which makes traversing the campus difficult, but I suppose that is good exercise. The city itself was not too bad; it's quite comfortable, and one can imagine themselves living there -- there are relics of an older city peeking through the newly applied layer of modernity. It's rife with pubs, too. To me, however, the place was just average; I didn't feel any ecstasy or anything. The most noteworthy thing about the whole trip, really, was the fact that I went on a spontaneous trip with a friend that I've only really got to know over the last 2 months. I quite enjoyed doing that; I think it might be quite necessary to often do things that...