To learn familiarity all over again because names are all the same.

Brick instead of concrete.
A few little downtown streets instead of Route 6.
An area very appropriately called "the green" instead of what I knew to be "inner campus."
Less living space and more people.
Lou's and Molly's instead of Olive Garden and Texas Roadhouse.
The banks of the Connecticut River instead of the shores of Horseneck Beach.
Many small academic buildings with diverse names instead of Groups I, II and VI.


But a third floor window, the sounds of a bell tower, and 100 miles from home doesn't change.