Would Like To Know More About Amherst

gavroche
Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:43:37 +0000

Amherst (the town) is an amazing, quaint town with lots of independent bookstores and nice coffee shops. The seasonal variation is gloooooorious, we have lovely autumns and majestic winters and beautiful springs and summers. It’s just a very very lovely area. The student body may not be so radical/alternative, but the community around it is, and there’s an endless supply of radical/alternative events in the neighboring town of Northampton to suit any radical. Northampton also has wonderful restaurants and shopping centers and awesome venues for live music and a great independent theater. Every fall we have the independent film festival in Northampton which is the largest in New England. There is a train station about 20 minutes from Northampton and an airport a bit further, and Boston is about an hour and a half away. It’s a very, very lovely area. Antonio’s Pizza in Amherst is increeeeeedible and there are great ethnic restaurants and vegetarian options, too. The public transport system makes everything really easy, but the center of Amherst is a very short walk from the campus.

I LOVE the area. I can’t stop gushing about it.