Oxford: one day
Bath: half a day
Exciting Events To Report:
1. Living across from The Guardian, which is not only a wonderful newspaper that is not owned by a conglomeration (how radical!), but more importantly was the newspaper the journalist worked for in the Bourne Ultimatum. Living across from a location from one of my top 10 Films kinda kicks ass.
2. One day after reporting it the Loose Man Hole Cover from Hell was fixed. I'm still in shock.
3. Seeing the Royal Mail van picking up mail at Buckingham Palace. The Royal of the Royal Mail. Took a picture.
4. Saturday was George Clooney day on BBC4 FYI.
5. Piccadilly is named after piccadills-late 16th c. collars, the ones with a scalloped edge (as opposed to the earlier ones with a smooth edge from Elizabethan times) and lace trim that were sold there.
6. Our FSU classrooms are on the same street as the British Museum. Which is Free! Also near a really nice park (Bloomsbury)
7. Turned twenty-two in a foreign country! Celebrated with good weather, a walk down the Themes from Waterloo bridge to Tower bridge, Thai food, and an almond torte for a birthday cake!
8. I live near a Crusades-era gateway (St. John's?) off of what I call "Cow-street"
9. The restaurant chain Pizza Express near FSU is in a Victorian dairy, lovely tiles and windows.
10. The Standard of Ur is not as large as the pictures in Stockstad lead you to believe.
11. The Eagle, near the Exmouth Street Market is the nation's first gastropub.
12. It is cheaper to "take-away" then to "eat-in", and if you don't specify "tap" water you might end up buying a bottle of Perrier.
13. Sicilian Alley offers good protection from HAIL.
14. Oxford has: the oldest coffee shop in the UK, the Queen's Lane.
15. Oxford: You can see the burn marks where some dude was burned at the stake in the olden days!
16. Oxford: There is a super secret insiders only pub, and I've had a drink there.
17. Oxford: Sunday mornings are the best time to be here, get brekkie to go and eat it in the meadows of Christ Church College.
18. Bath: Roman baths smell like a musty basement and cost 14 pounds.
19. Bath: From the Royal Crescent you can see across the valley Bath lies in, walk back into town through the park.
20. Bath: Boston Tea Party Coffee Shop?? Oh yeah
21. Bath: Queen Victoria was ridiculously short and stout. More-so than you could possibly imagine, and black just made her a giant black hole.
22. Pets are allowed on the National Rail system as well as Bus connections.
23. Sushi bars-the kind with the conveyor belt are waaay sweet.
Bedtime!
Pictures later.
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