Blogs from Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 50

Hey All, As I wrote about in my last update, I have gone to and returned from Amsterdam. It was a good time. Roz, Liz and I left Oxford on Wednesday at about 7:30am. We had a little problem earlier that morning with Roz having no money because her bank would not let her transfer money from her savings to her checking, and she had also over slept, but I all got worked out and we got on the 7:30 train. We had to take a 2 hour train to London, then a tube ride to another train station then another hour ride to Luton airport. So with about 4 hours of travelling to the airport we took a 38 minute flight to Amsterdam. I love air travel! We get to Amsterdam and got to hour ... read more

Hey Guys, Yesterday, I went on another trip with my program to Stratford upon Avon. The first place we went was to Shakespeare’s house that has been turned into a museum. It was fairly interesting, but not terribly exciting. The next place we went was to the Holy Trinity Church to see Shakespeare’s grave, but the church closed 10 minutes before we got there. So we wondered around the gardens, which was a really old graveyard. It was a really beautiful church. Then later the best part of the evening happened, which was that we saw the production of Shakespeare’s ’As You Like It’ at the Royal Shakespeare Play House. It was very well done. The set was amazing. It had this huge tree in the middle of the set that the actors would climb up ... read more

Arrived back in the UK on 2 October after an amazing 6 nights in New York with my friend Tracy. Managed to do all the main sights including Ellis Island, Staten Island ferry, Empire State, Central Park, Guggenheim, Macy's, Bloomingdales, Tiffany's and managed to see Rent the musical. Thanks to Cheryl and all my yurt buddies at summer camp for introducing me to the sound track. I loved it. Had a busy time back in the UK. Managed to sort out another visa for the US so am able to work at Sargent Center camp until June 2007. Visited a few friends, oh and managed to drive the mini cooper through a giant puddle, got stuck and now it needs a new engine! Aaaagh. Very expensive visit. Thanks to all those I managed to see or ... read more

I am so excited! On Friday I got an email from my friend Jenny (who I've known for 10 years!!!) saying that she was in London. She has a cousin who lives in Central London and she was over here visiting him. They went to Paris and just came back. I'd sent her a postcard letting her know my new info and that I was actually moving. Didn't have a lot of notice, but equally, didn't have any plans for the weekend so it worked out well. I went into the City and we all ended up going to Oxford for the afternoon. When we left, the skies were clear (well, as clear as they ever really are) and the weather was warm enough that I didn't really need a coat. (I'm sure you can already ... read more

I have finally made it to Oxford. I have been traveling around the UK for the last couple of weeks with my parents. We started out in Oxford and drove up to Edinburgh, Scotland via the Lake District and Glasgow. Then we went to Dover and saw the white cliffs and took a ferry over to the north coast of France for a day. We then spent a day in London seeing all the touristy things, and then we ended up back in Oxford. My Oxford Program started on Tuesday, and we have had a bunch of lectures on the British culture, about the city of oxford, and about how the University runs. The president on the program is a hilarious. He is an older fellow who worked in the State Department, Pentagon, and the National ... read more