Columbia

Several people have asked me since becoming engaged if Austin and I will be staying in Columbia or if we will venture off to some more exciting corner of the world. While I love traveling and get horribly excited about the prospect of getting on a plane and ending up in a different country hours later, I also love Columbia. And I think Columbia is the perfect "home base" to return to after all of my (soon to be our) world traveling. Which is works out perfectly because Austin loves Columbia as much as I do. Probably more.

As we walked around downtown Wednesday evening with our Cold Stone treats, I was reminded again of why I love Columbia. I love the community feeling, but also the diversity.




I love that as we walk by the Columns on campus there are students playing a pick up game of soccer on the quad at the same time that two moms are taking pictures of their preschool aged children posing on the plaque honoring our famous pillars. I love that as we stroll through Peace Park, we stumble across an impromptu "Shakespeare in the Park" performance of Othello.

And I love the funny local legends. Austin tells me that according to local lore, if a couple walks across the bridge in Peace Park it means you'll get married. We walked across just to be on the safe side ;)