{"id":3847,"date":"2010-09-21T12:32:40","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T16:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/norwichhumanities\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2010-09-21T12:32:40","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T16:32:40","slug":"green-is-my-favorite-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/norwichhumanities\/2010\/09\/green-is-my-favorite-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Green is my Favorite Colour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whenever I see green it makes me so happy.\u00a0 I guess it has a lot to do with the fact that I grew up in really big city, so I didn\u2019t get to see green on a regular basis.\u00a0 In Brooklyn, a park consists of a playground set, and a basketball court.\u00a0 You might get the occasional tennis or handball court, but as far as endless acres of green land\u2026dream on! I would have never expected London to have so much green area being a highly developed, bustling city\u2026but I was so wrong.\u00a0 London is so beautiful, which is another reason why I love it here. \u00a0There is a balance between man made and nature, and while it is nice to live the city life, it is also necessary to get away sometimes and just take a stroll in the park, and not just Central Park (angry New Yorker), but have a variety of great parks to chose from.\u00a0 Not only are the parks beautiful, they are also so clean and well maintained!\u00a0 You can tell that residents respect the parks here and abide by the rules of sanitation.\u00a0 There are even \u201cdog waste only\u201d rubbish bins scattered around the parks, something that is definitely needed back in the states.<\/p>\n

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My favorite park would have to be Regents Park.\u00a0 In addition to its endless seas of green, I really loved the Queen\u2019s Rose Garden.\u00a0 I don\u2019t understand why flowers make girls so happy, but they give me a warm fuzzy feeling inside that I can\u2019t explain (LOL).\u00a0 Sarah and I lost all concept of time as we wondered through the garden, mesmerized by roses of all different colors, shapes, and sizes.\u00a0 There was also a pond, and a waterfall, and couples smooching everywhere, which made us gag, but I guess one would say that the garden set the scene for a romantic getaway.\u00a0 Other than the rat that we saw running through the flowerbeds, it was perfect.\u00a0 It was great to see a very diverse crowd enjoying the afternoon in the park.\u00a0 I saw all races, and ages, laying in the grass, playing games, or just strolling along the walkway.\u00a0 I guess enjoying the afternoon in a park, surrounded by green, is something that almost everyone shares in common.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t like parks, then I guess your just weird.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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