Friday, May 8, 2009

Back in Oxford

Hello!

I’m finally back in Oxford and getting ready to start the third week of Trinity term (the last term of the academic year!).  I have a ton of pictures to share, and so far, I've got all of my trip with Dane posted:

Dane and Madison in Oxford: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018071&id=1294230414&l=90889f8844

Stockholm, Sweden:  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018072&id=1294230414&l=8db94adfb2

Geneva, Switzerland:  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018136&id=1294230414&l=c512c86bb8

Amsterdam, The Netherlands:  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018390&id=1294230414&l=0c318f20f2

and   http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018424&id=1294230414&l=266bbac263

Paris, France: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018426&id=1294230414&l=d73b53f392

and    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018427&id=1294230414&l=d614f766bf

 (p.s. If you are looking for pictures of the actual engagement, it's in 2nd album/link--Sweden)

I’ll be finishing up pictures from Berlin through Rome soon, and I’ll let you know when I do!

This term is going really well so far. I have some good tutorials, and I’m much better adjusted to the system so I can do more fun things and still get plenty of work done! My tutorials this term are Post Modern and Contemporary Lit (major) and C.S. Lewis (minor). It is a busy term; there are things going on all the time here! Springtime in Oxford is a fun experience; things really come alive, and I get to be outdoors more. And, surprise, it is actually sunny here (sometimes)! On the downside, it’s tourist season, but oh well, I've been a tourist too. Here is the album I’ve started so far with some Oxford pictures:

 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018686&id=1294230414&l=ba21f869c2

Here are some of the things I’m looking forward to in the next few weeks:

--Tea Party at the Warner’s, May 17, Penelope makes outstanding cakes, desserts, and cucumber sandwiches . . . and we all stuff our faces.

--Seeing Les Mis in London, May 13, a short trip into London a few of us planned

--Trip to Stratford upon Avon, May 25, an excursion with OOSC

--Beating of the Bounds, May 21, an Oxford tradition that sounds like something possibly out of Harry Potter . . . see the links http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=111359

http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/345/brasenose-college-archives-and-history-38/brasenose-traditions-and-legends-215/beating-the-bounds-416.html

--WJC choir comes to Oxford, May 28, Yay!!

--Trip to Stonehenge, June 13, an excursion with OOSC

--Jacque, Joy and Madison take a day trip to London

--Walk up to The Kiln’s (C.S. Lewis home) and Lewis’s gravesite

 

And the term will be over before I know it, and I’ll be back in KC on June 21!

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