BUFFALO, NY – Halfway into his year-abroad, Hamilton native Walter Meadows is reporting satisfaction with the cultural experience he’s received as a transfer student to upstate New York.
Citing the varied availability of shopping and local delicacies such as the beef on weck sandwich, the famously boring Meadows has said he is worried he will not have time to visit all of Buffalo’s exciting hot spots before his year abroad finishes.
“I really wanted this year to resemble how the native Buffalonians live. With riding the bus back and forth to school, shopping for groceries at Topps, or having Buffalo wings at a sports bar, my schedule has been pretty hectic,” said the 20-year old Seneca College student majoring in Business Office Skills. “I’d love to check out a Bills or Sabres game too, but I’m not sure I’ll have time with all the amazing stuff there is to do in Buffalo.”
Meadows has already visited many notable Buffalo cultural attractions, going so far as to make his Facebook profile picture a shot of him outside the bar where the Goo Goo dolls played their first show.
“Did you know Buffalo has a third tier law school,” Meadows said. “That’s amazing! They also have toll roads everywhere because they have no actual infrastructure; it’s a libertarian paradise!”
Meadows has also spent time learning the local language, including how to use burps as a request for someone to pass the salt. But when asked what his favourite part of the experience was, he responded:
“Like all exchange students, I was hoping to have a love affair with a local girl, and my expectations have not been disappointed. Marge has taught me so much about life, love and draft beers. Its been amazing.”
Meadows’ host family, when asked by reporters how they get along with their Canadian guest, said it “was going just fine” and that they had also just recently moved to Buffalo for work and “already knew him as family friends from Hamilton.”
