we have finally done something that we said we will do right from the beginning - to bike around campus!
you may wonder why we procrastinated for so long...well, one big reason is because both of us don't have bikes here! we belong to a rare breed of students/residents here on campus that don't own a bike. Rather, we have been relying on our leg power and the free shuttle buses and the occasional goodwill of friends who lent HL their bikes when he needs to get to someplace further.
the weather couldn't have been more perfect today for a bike trip. there was only one glitch - the bikes HL borrowed from his friends were way too big and the bike seats too high for me (short legs lah!). Even after adjusting the seat down, i had a bit of trouble navigating the bike initially, and fell down after a mere 5m distance! thankfully, i only bruised my elbow and scrapped my left knee, but the elbow is hurting quite badly now as i type this entry, and i garner yet another scar on my legs! :(
other than that incident, we had a great time cycling around, and went to a few places of significance which are pretty far from campus. 2 of them are the Mausoleum and the Angel of Grief which are the final resting places of Leland Stanford, his wife and son and a memorial created for Jane Lathrop Stanford's brother respectively.
we also went to a farmers' market near our apartment after that, and sampled one of the best popcorn I have ever tasted - light, fluffy with sweet and salty flavours mixed together! Yum!
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Good for people to know.
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