Oxford

To be honest, this trip wasn't spectacular because I should have gone to Berlin with my friends; unfortunately, I had class on Friday, so there would have been no point for me to go with them (At the London Study Abroad site, if you miss even one day of class you lose three percent of your final grade!). Instead, we had to go to Oxford University to attend a lecture on "the Morality of Immigration for the EU", which I thought was complete bullshit. We still got a tour of Oxford out of it so I suppose it wasn't a complete waste of time, despite the three hour bus ride there and back.

Highlights:


Our tour guide.

He tried to incorporate a lot of American ties to the Universities, such as which of the founding fathers of the individual colonies went to which school and where Bill Clinton lived while he was on his Rhodes Scholars, but sometimes it went a little over the top. Even still, it was a nice touch for him to try to get us relate to the school.


The infamous Oxford University Press which I am sure you have all cited as the publisher on your papers at one point or another.


One of the oldest buildings in Oxford (almost 700 years old!) although it has since been converted into an Orange Mobile store.


After the tour, we went to the market to check it out. Dead rabbits for sale...


Meat pies!!! Delicious, especially with the mashed potatoes, minty peas, and gravy poured on top of everything.


Einstein's proof for the red shift theory, preserved from his guest lecture at Oxford.

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