So I'm already loving my time at Oxford! I'm a bit jealous of Kelley and Paige who went to Stonehenge and Salisbury, but I'm so happy I"m here. I'm sure these 5 weeks will just fly by! My room here is pretty large, which is nice. It also has an incredibly great view of the quad. The rooms, especially mine, are much better than I expected. Mine is on the first living floor of the staircase (which happens to be the second floor) so it's not a far walk up to it. It also has it's own sink and mirror, a desk, and a complete dresser.
Already I've bonded with quite a few of the other students here. I was talking downstairs to go explore Oxford when I ran in to a girl who asked if I was part of the program, and then met a lot of other students who are also participating. We agreed to meet up to go to one of the local pubs for the night, and about 20 of us did. Not surprisingly, we basically had a huge sign over our heads saying that we were a group of Americans. But it was still a lot of fun meeting some of the people. I think a couple of us are going to get together to get lunch tomorrow.
We've already been discussing about travel options for this summer. A lot of people want to go to Scotland, so I'll probably know at least one person when I go, which will be nice. A lot of the different locations people are looking at include Paris and Ireland. If ticket prices are cheap enough, I'm actually contemplating going to Ireland for the first long weekend. But once again, I'm going to have to investigate and check things out.
So now I know what it's like to live in a big city with a lot of tourists. Earlier when I had just been walking around Oxford there were a TON of tourists around! So many people were checking our a lot of the schools, especially Christ Church. More than had been there when we had visited a couple of years ago.
There was a big sign at our entrance which said that no visitors were allowed in. Trippy, right? But then I was hanging out in my room when a couple of large group of Italians came through. I've never had the experience of tourists outside of my room before!
So, not much has happened, so I don't have much to say yet. But I hope this will at least tide you over until tomorrow.
Lurve y'all.
Moi
3 comments:
I'm pleased you managed to get this blog up after your pub evening. So happy you are making friends quickly. This will be a fabulous experience, and I look forward to hearing all the details you can get around to sharing. Nice view, and your room sounds just like the ones I've stayed in.
Hope to hear more soon.
Love,
Mom
What a terrific view from your room. That has to be weird, living in a tourist destination.
Glad to hear that you and the mates are getting settled in. Classes start on Monday, right?
Mum and I really enjoy the blog postings. Love you! Dad
how come your room isn't right side up? does that make it more difficult to fall asleep?
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