field trip sighting

On the Lawn.

Today my department spent the morning on a field trip to the University of Virginia. It's Garden Week, so two of the pavilions were open to the public and tours were given of the gardens. We joined a garden tour, but the guide was way too quiet and hard to hear, and the student guide who gave general information on the history of the university said a lot of things my colleagues and I knew weren't actually true, so we eventually broke away and wandered through all the gardens on our own. We also made an obligatory stop by the Edgar Allan Poe room, and were aghast to learn our boss had never seen it. All of this fun was naturally followed by lunch on the Corner, which we enjoyed outside. I'm so happy spring is here.