St. John’s is a pretty traditional Baptist church and we
were all slightly intimidated at the thought of attending a service, but we
decided to suck it up and show the church our appreciation for allowing us to
stay there. It was only about 45 minutes long and I think we were all surprised
by how much we enjoyed it. We dressed up, sang some songs, and listened to the
kind Reverend Foust talk about hope. It was a good time.
After church we changed out of our fancy schmancy clothes
and finally headed to Bojangles. It was well worth the wait! In case the fried
chicken, macaroni, and red beans and rice didn’t convince us that we were
really in the South, Bojangles will give you 10 percent off of your meal on a
Sunday if you bring in a church bulletin. I of course, never looking away from
a bargain, took Bojangles up on that.
After we had gorged ourselves on cakes of butter, we drove
to Chapel Hill to visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.
We spent the majority of our time there exploring the Chapel Hill cemetery,
getting lost, and buying stuff in the bookstore. I found myself repeatedly
saying, “Wow. This is SO nice.” Not nicer than KU, of course, but UNC is pretty
swell.
After UNC we headed about 20 minutes north to the Duke
University campus. I particularly enjoyed the gothic-style chapel and the
buildings reminiscent of Hogwarts.
The Duke Chapel is breathtaking!
Interestingly enough, we kept seeing bunches of squirrels
around each of the campuses. I mean, KU has a lot of squirrels. But around here
they’re as abundant as…something else that’s really abundant. Rachel kept
noting that she wanted to put the squirrels in a cage and feed them blocks of
food and yogurt treats. That girl is entertaining.
On the way back Blake and I jammed pretty hard to music from
Hercules, Grease and Enchanted. When we got back to the church we made a
delicious stir-fry with peanut sauce. I knew that cooking lesson from my
grandma would come in hand some day.
-Natalie Parker
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