IYunivesithi yaseAlabama iyayazi ibhola lebhola. Umninimzi wobuphiswano bobuzwe abathathu ukususela ngo-2009, akukho mntu unokuthetha ngokuphumelela kwe-Alabama. Ukusebenza kamsinya kweCrimson Tide kuye kwabuyisa ukuvelela kwiprogram, kodwa ihlala yindawo enhle yokubamba umdlalo. Amandla aqokelele kwiminyaka yamuva kwaye sinethemba lokuba unokucwangcisa uhambo kunye nabahlobo okanye intsapho ukuba ufumane iTuscaloosa ngelinye ilanga kwelinye lezona zikolo zebhola zebhola ekhatywayo.
Yaye ukuba uthanda iikholeji ezijongene nokuhle, i-Alabama inako.
Nini ukuya
I-Alabama idlala kwi-SEC West kwaye ngoku kutshanje i-SEC inqume abachasi bayo abahluliyo kude kube ngu-2025. (Kude kube yinkomfa iqhube kwakhona ...) I-Crimson Tide iya kudlala imidlalo yasekhaya ngokumelene neGeorgia ngo-2020 kunye ne-South Carolina ngo-2024, kodwa akumele uzilindele ukuba ezo zikolo zifumane umdlalo omhle ukuze ubone. Iimidlalo ezilungileyo ukuzibona kwiminyaka edibeneyo yi-Auburn kunye ne-Texas A & M kunye ne-LSU ezayo edolophini kwiminyaka engabaliweyo. I-Auburn yintlanzi yabo enkulu, kodwa umdlalo uqhutyelwa kwi-Thanksgiving kwaye ingahle ilahleke i-buzz yesiqhelo somzimba wabafundi. Enye indlela eya kuba nguOle Miss, ohamba kakuhle kwaye unomfazi okhangeleke kakhulu olandelayo. Kodwa ukuba unokwazi ukucoca kuphela kumdlali ongaphantsi, uya kujongela eTuscaloosa.
Iikitikiti
Njengoko ungalindela, amathikithi awazona izinto ezilula ukuza ngazo. Ngokuqhelekileyo awukwazi ukufumana amathikiti kwimarike yokuqala ngokusebenzisa iYunivesithi yase-Alabama kuba amaninzi amatiti athengiswa kubafundi okanye abafundi.
Uza kuphelisa ukuba ukhangele ukhetho lwetikiti lesibini njengeStubHub kunye ne-eBay okanye i-aggregator yetikiti (cinga uKayak kumatekethi ezemidlalo) njenge SeatGeek. I-Craigslist yinto enye yokukhetha ukwenza izinto, kodwa akanalo ukhuseleko olufanayo ukwazi ukuba uthengisa amathikithi okwenene. Nangona amava ami eTuscaloosa, nangona kunjalo, uphumelele.
I-Craiglist iye yamkelwa ngokwengeziwe ngabantu abahlala bezama ukukrazula amathikithi kunokuthandwa nguStubHub.
Ukufika apho
Uyakwazi ukuqhubela phambili ukuya eTuscaloosa ukuba izibalo ekuhambiseni ukuhamba zifanelane nawe, kodwa bonke abantu baya kubaleka. I-Birmingham yikhumulo sezindiza kunye neeyure ukusuka eTuscaloosa. I-American, Delta, kumzantsi-ntshona, i-United, kunye ne-US Airways yiinqwelo-moya ezinhlanu eziseBirmingham. Ukuba iindiza eziya eBirmingham zithengiswa, ungaphaya kwi-Atlanta, i-Memphis, okanye i-Nashville, kodwa abo baqhuba kwiTuscaloosa bonke baphakathi kweeyure ezintathu nezine.
Amahotele
Kukho ukungabikho kwamahotele eTuscaloosa kuba yidolophu yasekholeji. Amapolisa ngokuqhelekileyo aqala ukuthatha indawo yokugcina i-reservation ngonyaka, ukuze ukwazi ukufumana igumbi kwi-Holiday Inn Express okanye kwi-Hampton Inn ukuba uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali kwaye uceba kwangaphambili. ICapstone iyona yehotele efanelekileyo kunazo zonke kulabo abanebhajethi enkulu. Kukho ezinye ihotele kufuphi nomgwaqo omkhulu okanye ngaphesheya komlambo kwiNorthport, kodwa ezo zingenani ubuncinane kwiimitha ezili-3 ukusuka kwidolophu yaseTuscaloosa okanye kwikampus. Ukuqeshisa indlu okanye i-condo nge-VRBO.com okanye i-Airbnb mhlawumbi uyona khetho xa ungenakufumana indawo yehotele kufuphi ne-campus. Uya kuba semgangathweni xa unokufumana indawo edolophu (malunga neYunivesithi ukuya ku-9.
phakathi kwe-19 ne-24 ye-Ave), kodwa unokuhlala kwindawo ethile kwi-1.5 km ukusuka eBryant-Denny Stadium. I-Taxis ayilula ukuba ifike (ungase ulinde malunga nemizuzu engama-30 ukuze ubonise), kodwa ubuncinci kuba phakathi kweekhilomitha ezili-1.5 zebaladi kukuvumela ukuba uhambe kwindawo. Ukuhlala eBirmingham yinto enye, kodwa ulapha ukufumana iTuscaloosa kuyo yonke into ekunikele ngayo. (Ezinye imivalo eBirmingham efana ne-Otey inikeza ibhasi kwiTuscaloosa kwiintsuku zemidlalo.)
Ukumisa
Ukulungiswa kweTuscaloosa akuyiyo into eyayisetyenziswa ngayo. Kungcono. Uninzi lwezenzo luye lwafudukela kwi-Quad kwiminyaka yamuva, eyona nto ingcono. I-Centrally located in the middle of campus kunye ne-northeast nje yebaladi, i-Quad yindawo ephakamileyo apho abantu bamise khona indawo yabo yokuqala ukusuka ngoLwesihlanu. Abavelisi abavumelekanga, kodwa kukho amathuba okufumana umbane kunye neendlovu zokuvuna zivunyelwe.
Unokwenza izihlobo uze uhambe nge-30-rack yebhiya nangona ungazi ukuba ubani uqale usuku. Imigca yokuhlambela kwi-Port-A-Potties ingafumana ixesha elide kakhulu kwimini enkulu yemidlalo, ke qiniseka ukuba ulungiselela ngokufanelekileyo. Kwakhona kufumaneka ngokukhawuleza kufuphi ne-Walk of Champions, apho ixesha lebhola le-Alabama lihamba lidlula zonke iziqingqi ukuya kwibaladi malunga neeyure ezingama-2 kunye nemizuzu eyi-15 ngaphambi komdlalo ngamnye wekhaya.
Ukutya
I-Barbecue isisiseko saseMzantsi kunye neTuscaloosa imele oko. Eminye yeebhola ezilungileyo kakhulu e-United States zikhoyo kwi-Archibald yaseNorthport (kungekhona ngezobuchwephesha eTuscaloosa, kodwa isondele ngokwaneleyo) ngaphesheya komlambo. Kuyinto engabonakaliyo kuba yinto engqongqo kwindlela ephulekileyo kunye neetafile zepikiniki ngaphandle, kodwa ungadukiswa. Kuza kwenzeka ukuba ulinde xa uhamba, ngoko ufumane ukutya okukhoyo xa ufika ngaphambili. Uya kuvuyiswa kakhulu ngeembambo, i-ingulube ekhongayo, okanye nayiphi na into oyifumana ngayo. I-viniga esekelwe kwisayela yenyama yengulube iphuma apha kweli lizwe kwaye ungesabi ukuqhubeka uyithululela ngaphandle kokuba ulungele ukuzisa i-jug yayo ekhaya. Yayazi nje ukuba enye isangweji ayanele. Ukulawulwa kwangaphezulu yinto enokuyenza kuba kungekho na macala ngaphandle kwesonka se-ole.
I-chainland eyaziwayo i-Dreamland ineendawo ezisibhozo, kodwa indawo yayo yasekuqaleni iTuscaloosa. Le ndawo ivelisa amava e-barbecue alula. Izinto ziqala ngesitya esilula se-barbecue sauce ukuya ngesonka sakho esimhlophe. Ziyaziwa ngezimbambo zazo kwaye akukho nto enye kwimenyu. Unokuncedisa kwakhona ukutya kwakho kunye ne-sausage kunye nelinye lamacala omathathu (isaladi yezambane, ubhontshisi obhakiweyo kunye ne-banana pudding).
Nangona kunokuba kuyamangalisa, akukho ndawo yokutya kwe-barbecue edolophini. Ikhethelo elifanelekileyo lokutya kwasekuseni edolophini iRama Jama, apho uya kukunandipha iintandokazi ezisemzantsi njengama-biscuits kunye ne-grits ukuya kunye neziqhelo eziqhelekileyo ezifana namaqanda, i-sausage kunye ne-pancake. Abahlali bakubiza ngokuba nguNick kwi-Sticks, kodwa uya kufumana njengeNick's Original Filet House xa ufuna i-burger enhle. Kananjalo banento ethiwa uNikodemo, ngokuyisiseko isiphumo esisiqhamo sotywala. Abantu ababukeleyo banokuphelelisa amaphiko akho ebhokhwe eBuffalo Phil. Unokufumana amaphiko ahamba kunye neefries zokuzonwabisa kwi-Innisfree. I-Local Catch inikeza ukhetho lwesidlo sakusihlwa kunye ne-Caribbean fish tacos kuba yimpumelelo kwimenyu. I-Surin, i-5, kunye ne-Chuck zizinye zezinye iindlela zokutya ezidliwayo. I-Grill ngokukhawuleza yindawo yakho yokutya yokuhlwa ekhethiweyo ngokukhethwa kocingo kuba yinto yokuyalela.
NeeBhari
Enye into ebalulekileyo kulabo abafuna ukuyonwaba kukuba imivalo yaseTuscaloosa ivuliwe ukuya ku-3 am Kukho imimandla emibini yeembalo: i-campus kunye nedolophu. Iikhampasi zihlala zihlala kwisihlwele esincinci njengokuba ungalindela. Ininzi yesihlwele esincinane ibonakala iphela kwiGalette, enomgca ngaphandle ngaphandle kokuqala nge-10 ntambama okanye ngaphambili. Kuyingqayizivele kuba awunakuze uyitsho ibha kuba i yangaphandle isango elingabonakaliyo kufuphi neCampus Party Store. Xa usengaphakathi ufumana ibhola okanye i-DJ idlala umculo kunye neqela leekholeji ezinomdla wokuphuza i-yellowhammers kunye ne-$ 4 zeebhobho zentsana. Abahlali baya kukuxelela ukuba intombazana enobungqingili inomdla wokuphelisa ubusuku babo apho. Ezinye iinketho ezifanelekileyo kwi-campus ziquka i-Rounders, esanda kuvula kwakhona kwaye iyafumana ingqwalasela eninzi. Kukho iintsuku ezimbalwa ukuzonwabisa ngophahla-oluphezulu lokuphuza usuku kuquka i-Bear Trap. IBhayilethi yezemidlalo yaseHoundstooth ibizwa ngokuba yiyona ibhola yezemidlalo efanelekileyo kwilizwe ngo-Sports Illustrated ngexesha elidlulileyo kwaye lixhamla ngakumbi kwisihlwele esikhulileyo.
Unokuphinda ujabule edolophini. I-Innisfree ekhankanywe ngasentla yenye yeyona mizila ebaluleke kakhulu kuloo ndawo kunye neendawo zangaphakathi kunye zangaphandle ukuze ujabule ngokuhlwa kwamanzi kunye nabafundi be-alumni. Kuya kubakho umgca apho kwiiveki zebhola zebhola. Vala ngoku uza kufumana i-Booth, enomoya ofanayo. Ukubamba i-22 ihla ngezitrato, kodwa nayo inesimo esifana nesihlwele sokuhamba kunye nokufakelwa iziphuzo ze-vodka.