SUNDAY STUFF

After church today several of the young single adults in the ward came over the the Graduate College to eat with Christian and I. Sunday afternoons are well known at the GC because of the Sunday brunch. It was very good. Afterwards, as we were walking out of the dining hall we heard the sound of bells. It turns out that Cleveland tower (the large tower attached to the GC) has one of the largest carillon bells in the world. Here is a sample of the music we were hearing.

We stuck around and spoke to one of the people who was playing the bells. It turns out that there are free carillon lessons every Sunday afternoon and the music we were hearing was several of the students practicing. Well I'm sold and will be practicing alongside the other students next week. Where else will you get the opportunity to learn how to play the carillon bells? What a great conversation starter at parties. Not only did we talk to the people playing the bells, we also climbed to the top of the tower. It is definitely the tallest building for miles as you can see from the pictures I took at the top.

Looking across the golf course onto Princeton main campus.

A view of the Graduate College. My room is hidden by trees in the top left of the frame.

After descending the tower we heard a different type of music. Someone was playing the organ in the dining hall. Yes, there is a pipe organ in the dining hall. I don't even think Hogwarts has that on us. The organist looked like a fellow graduate student and I was able to record the very end of "The Great Gate of Kiev" which is an incredibly loud, full piece. The sound was so great. It filled the entire hall. I loved it.

Overall, Sunday was a great day.

Some more of the organ, but softer. I recorded this from outside.