Virginia

I finished my third medical school interview today at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Right now I'm sitting in the lobby of my junky motel because that's the only place with internet access. I flew in to Norfolk Wednesday night at 12:30 then drove almost three hours to Charlottesville, Virginia. I arrived at my hotel in Charlottesville at 4am. On Thursday morning I interviewed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The interview seemed to go well and I really enjoyed the campus and the city. Charlottesville is a smaller city with about 200,000 people in the area, 40,000 within the city limits. (http://www.charlottesville.org) It's located about 45 miles south of Culpeper. The campus is old style red brick buildings. (http://www.virginia.edu/uvatours/slideshow/index.html) After my interview I visited the walking mall in historic downtown

and drove a few miles north up Rt. 29 towards Culpeper. I header back to Norfolk a little after 6pm and arrived at about 9. It took me almost an hour to find my motel because the mapquest was wrong and the lady I called at the front desk "doesn't know the area"...very helpful. Both motels in Charlottesville and Norfolk and pretty crappy, but they work. This morning I had my interview at EVMS. The interview went well, but I definitely am more interested in UVa. Norfolk seems to be an ok city, but nothing like Charlottesville. My flight leaves at 6am tomorrow and I get back to Utah around 11am. On the plane ride here, from Dallas, I sat by a really nice lady from Arkansas who was on her way to see her son graduate from military helicopter mechanic training. We talked most of the way and eventually she asked a few things about the church so I was able to share a few things and give her the church's website. Her and her husband are big fans of Mitt Romney so she was excited when I told her he's a member. It was a really nice experience since I don't get many missionary experiences in Provo.