It's a beautiful day today in Olympia, WA. These past couple days it has been nothing but sunny and in the high 70's. While being here for 6 days I am beginning to learn more and more about Olympian culture.
This beautiful city has numerous evergreen trees (hence WA. being called the evergreen state). They have the same stores as the east coast such as: panera bread, red robin, olive garden, applebees, target, lowes, and so on. But, there are some new stores that I have been learning about. For instance, there's this really cool smoothie chain on the west coast called jamba juice. Also, charley's is a sub place and is 50 times better than quiznos! There is about 3958647695847589642 Starbucks in this beautiful city alone! They're in grocery stores, malls, and on every corner! It is some sort of epidemic :)
The scenery in this state capital is beautiful. One thing that I learned quick while being in Washington state is that Olympia is full of hippies and tree-huggers. Many Olympian residents recycle, wear tye-dye shirts, hippie skirts, and Jesus sandals. This city is near evergreen state college which is in the top 10 most liberal colleges in the US.
Yesterday, Alyson, the person who I'm living with took me to capital park (I'm not sure if that's what it's called but I'll call it that for now). The park is beautiful and is surrounded by a beautiful lake as well as their inescapable evergreen trees :). While walking around it was as if the world was on pause. I stood in awe as I was gazing at the crisp blue sky and all the residents walking their dogs or jogging with a friend.
On the east coast, littering is so prevalent in beautiful scenic areas. To my surprise, this city is litter-free. From what I've learned the Olympians take great pride in keeping their city clean and make sure that the landscaping around various stores and shops are well kept.
The biggest shocker is how the entire area is very laid back. An example of this is in the Olympians driving habits. Everyone seems to abide by the speed limit. If you go more than 70ish you'll probably pass around 40 cars in a matter of a minute.
That's it for now, sometime next week I'll get into some thought provokers perhaps. :)
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Nicole! I saw that you posted on one of Ally's links, and I thought I would check out your blog. I love this one! It is so interesting to see how all of the things that feel so normal to me are so interested to someone with a different viewpoint! What a great description of home! :) I'm so glad you are here!
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