This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit my friends at Virginia Tech. I left on Friday afternoon with my friend driving. It was great just to see her, since she goes to a different school. We had a nice conversation before I fell asleep. For about 90 percent of the ride I was asleep. It took about two hours for us to arrive at the Virginia Tech campus. I knew that I was going to have plenty of fun while I was there.

The first thing you’ll notice about Virginia Tech is that it is HUGE. It feels less like a college campus and more like a small city. As soon as we unpacked the car, we called our friend who told us where to find him. Let me add, finding someone on this campus is pretty hard especially when you don’t know the campus. It wasn’t long before our friend found us. He took us back to his dorm where we unpacked and blew up the air mattresses. After that he took us for a small tour of the campus. The campus was very pretty and it was interesting to hear about the different traditions at Virginia Tech. Later that evening, we went to the famous Mellow Mushroom. We ate a ton of pizza and went back to my friend's dorm. At this point it was already midnight, but then another set of our friends called us and wanted to hang out. We went over to their place and hung out for a while. Around 3 a.m. we headed back and fell asleep.

The next morning was ice cold. It felt like winter and it was not enjoyable. We didn’t get up until 1 p.m. We all got dressed and ate at one of the famous Virginia Tech dining halls. The food was just as good as I had expected. After eating we decided to walk around campus some more. The atmosphere at Virginia Tech is a lot different than that of JMU or anywhere else. It was an enjoyable walk and everyone we ran into was very friendly. We got to see the campus during daytime and see some things we missed on the night tour. For the rest of the day, we spent it inside watching football and A Nightmare on Elm Street. It was a very relaxing day and I enjoyed every second of it.

On our last day there we all didn’t get up until mid-afternoon. We ate brunch together, which was probably one of the best brunches I have had in awhile, and then packed our stuff and left. It was sad saying goodbye to my friends. I hadn’t seen them in a while and knew I probably wouldn’t see them again until Thanksgiving. Visiting Virginia Tech was a lot of fun and I enjoyed learning about the campus, but my favorite part was seeing all my friends that I hadn’t seen in forever. I can’t wait to get back together with them and make more memories with them in the future.