Here's my reason for not updating in a week. Or two. The weather here was amazing. We had an Indian Summer- highs in the 80s (or 20s for you Brits), and it was SUNNY. Not a rain cloud for days. Lovely. It was also or 'Fresher's Week'- which is really just a week of orientation during the day, and constant parties at night. We went to a rave- with 3000 other people. Ironically, it was called "fresh and free". And it was definatly a great oppertunity to let loose. The rest of the week was followed by meetings, scheduling problems (waiting in queue for 2 hours to find the class is full, FML), and Friday ended with a Ball. It was basically the rave, with nicer clothes. So, we ended up spending more time out on the patio talking than inside dancing. BTW, I really REALLY miss American music. Techno just doesn't do it for me.
On October 1st, we went to lovely Oxford. It was devine. (Notice how I'm throwing in those British phrases like 'lovely', 'devine', darling'?) Oxford is probably my second favorite place that I've been to since I got here, I don't think anything can compare to Bath. We left via taxi for the train station at 4:40 am. Now, the ball was the night before, so when I say I went to Oxford on no sleep, I really mean I had NO sleep. Except for a few catnaps on the train. There's a picture of me at an ice cream parlour and I fell asleep. Awkward. But anyways, Oxford. We arrived in Oxford at 8:30 am, and went straight for breakfast at this Art Deco cafe called Cafe Coco. I had a spinach and feta omlette. Tasty. We left there and went wandering around. Our first stop was the magnificant Ashmoelan Musuem. Bianca and I were in heaven! It was 5 floors of things dating from ancient Rome to modern art. Simply fantastic. After 2 hours there, we met up with some other friends and had a lovely lunch at the pub Eagle and Child- which is where C.S. Lewis and JRR Tolken wrote their novels. We even ate in their booth. (this is where Caleb was in heaven). We also went around churches, monuments, and to Christ Church school- which is where much of Harry Potter was filmed, and ironically Emma Watson is said to attend there. Probably the best part of Oxford however was punting. Punting is boating. You are basically on a gondala, with a pole as your way to move the boat. All of us tried our hand at it, but Jeffery was the best at it. I was not. (shockingly) It was so nice though! We finally left Oxford around 8pm and returned home at midnight.
Classes finally started on Monday, and so far so good. I have 'Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture 'from 9-11 on Monday, and 'Politics and the People' at 3. On Tuesday, I have ' From Reason to Romance: Britain 1650-1800' at 9, and then another lecture of politcs at 3. Wednesday is the easy day with a second helping of Reason to Romance at 9. Then I'm done for the week! Besides my lectures, we also have seminars and tutorials throughout the week (some are not every week), so while some lectures are only once a week, they are supplimented by small group seminars. In all, they are all very intersting classes, and it shouldnt be too terrible. The 4 day weekends make up for it :)
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