Day five – More Cornell Hospitality

Today saw another day of excellent Cornell hospitality. We were taken for breakfast just outside of Ithaca, near the small town of Trumansburg where Sam lives. He took us to the second hand bookshop he and his wife own, and let us choose a book to keep us entertained whilst on our travels. We then headed over to Sam's farm, and checked out his orchard and the picturesque countryside of New York State. Our final stop in the tour of the countryside of Tompkins country was Taughannock Falls, an impressive 215 foot drop.

We then headed back to the Cornell campus, and along with a couple of the Cornell debate team, headed to lunch at a campus restaurant. After a quick stop at Cornell's collection of brains (including the second largest brain ever recorded, which belonged to a Cornell Professor turned serial killer), we went to Cornell's museum of art, which had a pretty varied and impressive collection, as well as an amazing view from the top floor overlooking Ithaca and Cayuga lake.

After such a tough day of hospitality, we headed to the debate squad room and did a practice debate on off-shore oil drilling with Chris and some of the Cornell team; as always the Cornell debaters were really nice and it was a good session.

We then headed out to a great Italian restaurant with Sam and had a really excellent meal. We then headed back into Ithaca, and went hung out with some of the Cornell debaters on the roof of one of their apartments in Collegetown. We've been so lucky to have been made so welcome here, and have had another great day in Ithaca.