Saturday, November 17, 2007

Sweet November

Yes, I know thats a good movie - the inset of fall sets a whole new view of Gainesville. I just wished somebody could lend me a digicam for couple of months.

The temperature has fallen down. I have stayed in Delhi for a year and I know I used to freeze at 4 degrees. The huge fur jackets, probably heavier than me at that time, had to be used to keep you warm. But still it was just four degrees.

The fall in Gainesville is beautiful. Imagine being in a hill station - only thing missing is the mountains and the deep mist. But the serenity and breeze would sweep your minds. At nights, the mist would escape as you start talking. The cool breeze would make you long for warmth. But, it is not all jittery. If you stay for sometime out there, you would start enjoying it. Well, fortunately or unfortunately it never snows in Gainesville. So, I do not know how wonderful it would be. But yes, yesterday the temperature was -1 degree celsius. And the night was worth roaming around.

Well, for that matter my roommate returned home at four o'clock in the night, after watching his first movie in an american movie theatre. And of course, he had dinner at 2 am in a bustling restaurant nearby. Eight dollars for the movie. Seven dollars was the dinner. Roaming around the town in the night with friends in a ca-ar, priceless for a desi "graduate" student.

The day sets in pretty early. I usually take the bus from a nearby bus stand to go to college. The bus stop is around 300 metres from my place. The walk is pretty relaxing. The cool breeze fills you in waking you up for the day. The picture perfect trees and signboards just catch your breath. The best thing out here is the nature. Its all calm and quite - what you would desire when you try to take a break from the city life. No wonder this place has been voted as the best place to live in US for some time.

This is perhaps the best time around the year to be at Gainesville. Its not too cold, but you feel the chill. And the time of the year when you enjoy the sun. Sweet November ain't it?

2 comments:

Pritesh Jain said...

Looks like you are enjoying it. A perfect setting for those memorable long walks.

Nimhans ki yaad kabhi nahi aayegi tujhe to...

Unknown said...

:) ... Oh no .. Nimhans memoirs are irreplaceable. All thanks to you guys and the magic potion.

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