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We took our oldest daughter to her first college football game this weekend in Tallahassee and tried to sneak in some education by visiting the capital.  We arrived the day after the tragedy at Strozier Library.  Classes resumed on Friday but I did notice television crews all over campus and an increased police presence.  Other than that everything seemed pretty normal. The girls loved walking around campus.  Of course, they had a lot of questions.  Why are the fraternities dirty compared to the sorority houses?  What are the dorms like?  What do you do if one class is far away from the next one?  The best was...What do college students do on the weekends??? Why, study, OF COURSE!

We drove out to Maclay Gardens State Park on Friday afternoon.  There are a lot of hiking trails, a secret garden, and a brick walkway leading to Lake Hall.  Definitely worth the trip!

Friday night we had dinner with our good friends, the Bells, at their beautiful home in Southwood.  Virginia made a delicious mushroom and pancetta risotto.  It was so much fun to spend time with them and their precious daughters.  

The weather on Saturday was rainy which foiled our plans for tailgating before the game.  At least FSU managed to win the game in the last minutes of the fourth quarter.  All in all, it was a great weekend.  We had so much fun showing Viginia and her friend some of the highlights of the city and the university.

The Old Capital Building

Florida Supreme Court in the background

22nd floor of the Capital

Breakfast at Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. in CollegeTown

Maclay Gardens

Brick pathway at Maclay Gardens

Cuties at the game!

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