Walk through the University of Washington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  I went on the University of Washington walk and searched for something new. I had been there before, but I wanted to visit it because I did not see the details of UW, so I decided to look around with my friend. My plan was to go in the opposite direction of what the card recommended (I was supposed to start at the main entrance, but I didn’t).

 

 First, I went to the Agua Verde Paddle Club and Cafe and its location was on the lake at Portage Bay. You can eat some Southwestern food here after kayaking. Also you can see the floating homes (house boats).



 

 

 

 After I followed the shoreline, I could see the UW buildings. I walked south over the sky bridge and Stevens Way. Then, I arrived at the Medicinal Herb Garden which has some interesting plants. Some kindergarteners were having a picnic in the Medicinal Herb Garden. My friend and I were appreciating the unusual plants but my friend got hurt by mistake because of the prickles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Then, we went to the Drumheller Fountain. It is one of the symbols of UW. It is very big and beautiful, especially when you take pictures with the historic buildings in the background. A duck was sitting on the banister and having fun in the water. Unfortunately, the ducks made sidewalk around the fountain dirty...:(

 

 

 

 

 After seeing the fountain, I walked to Suzzallo Library. This library was built with Gothic style architecture so people call this the ‘Harry Potter Library’. It has grand, high ceilings and stairs so usually many couples who graduate from UW take wedding photographs here. I took many pictures here and in Red Square.

 

 

 

 

 

 Then I walked to the main Quad. There were many trees and a lot of grass here. You can see the cherry blossoms blooming here in the spring. I heard that the trees were given to the university from Japan so each tree has its own number. I haven’t seen the trees blooming so I should come back to take pictures of the Quad in the spring.

 

 

 

 

  

 The last thing I saw was The Burke Museum and the Theodor Jacobsen Observatory. They were facing each other so I could find them both easily. I’m not sure about the Theodor Jacobsen Observatory but it looked like a Middle Age castle. No one was there so I couldn’t enter. Then I took a picture of the UW main entrance which has the W symbol.

 

 

 

 
 

 

 If you live in Seattle, I recommend you walk through the University of Washington. It’s really awesome!