Welcome to Hanover, NH, home of Dartmouth College
We've been literally traveling from one end of the earth to the other and we will continue to until we get to Z. But from time to time we'll be visiting New England. I grew up in Connecticut, went to college in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and regularly visit Maine, Vermont and Rhode Island. This corner of America is home and a piece of my heart is always here.
I spent my junior year in college in Hanover, as an exchange student at Dartmouth College, in the era before coeducation. Dartmouth, founded in 1769, was a college for men when I arrived in the fall of 1970. There were approximately 100 women who studied there on exchange from our home colleges and thirty five hundred men who were enrolled for degrees. It was difficult, challenging, intellectually exciting and fun. I loved the beautiful town of Hanover and cherished the beauty of autumn and spring and exploring the New Hampshire countryside. Despite any difficulties, it was an extraordinary opportunity, for which I remain grateful fifty years later.
Dartmouth Hall
I thought I could easily navigate the New Hampshire winter, but I wasn't prepared for a winter that lasted into the end of April. There were nights in January, 1971 that were literally thirty degrees below zero and that didn't include a wind factor. It was beyond freezing, even to this New England born and bred woman. This is Hanover on a perfect spring day a few years ago, but walking from Dartmouth Hall to Baker Library, pictured above, was a slow trudge between mounds of snow.
I'd hoped to share a photo of myself as part of this post, but the few I have were not quickly retrievable. I found a number of other pictures I hope to use for other posts, so my efforts today will be useful.
The next stop on our blog tour around the world takes us to Asia. We'll be visiting both a new country, as well as a city there. I hope you'll join us.
As ever, thanks for visiting and take good care. Much love and wash your hands.
