And there was evening, and there was morning...the second day
"A college is not simply a place or organization where certain kinds of teaching and research take place. Like a tribe its identity is intimately interwoven with its surroundings -- its pictures and its ornaments, its buildings and its gardens."
~Peter Snow, Oxford Observed
Friday morning, we got to sleep in! :) Courtney and I woke up around noon, just in time to get ready for our group orientation meeting at 1:00 pm. During orientation, we all introduced ourselves to the group (even though we'd already spent about 2 days together, haha), and we also had a Question & Answer time with the Morgans about England. This lasted until 5:00 pm, although we did have a break for tea!
Afterwards, we were free for the night, so Courtney and I decided to explore the town a little and find a place to eat dinner. We were in the mood for Italian (Yes, I know we're in England, haha), so we asked someone what Italian restaurant they would recommend. He told us how to get to a place called Bella Italia, and we were so excited that we could actually understand his directions and know what roads he was talking about! The food was a little expensive, but delicious....I got linguini pasta with chicken and spinach. I also got a glass of casa rosario with my meal, a dry white wine with a hint of strawberry :). Everything here is on the expensive side, because the exchange rate is 1 pound = 1.7 dollars! So any time you see a price, you pretty much have to double it in your head and that's how much you're paying. Yuck.
After dinner, Courtney and I walked back to the house and made some tea! We stayed up late drinking tea, talking, and taking lots of crazy pictures :). I think we went to bed around 3 am....
~Peter Snow, Oxford Observed
Friday morning, we got to sleep in! :) Courtney and I woke up around noon, just in time to get ready for our group orientation meeting at 1:00 pm. During orientation, we all introduced ourselves to the group (even though we'd already spent about 2 days together, haha), and we also had a Question & Answer time with the Morgans about England. This lasted until 5:00 pm, although we did have a break for tea!
Afterwards, we were free for the night, so Courtney and I decided to explore the town a little and find a place to eat dinner. We were in the mood for Italian (Yes, I know we're in England, haha), so we asked someone what Italian restaurant they would recommend. He told us how to get to a place called Bella Italia, and we were so excited that we could actually understand his directions and know what roads he was talking about! The food was a little expensive, but delicious....I got linguini pasta with chicken and spinach. I also got a glass of casa rosario with my meal, a dry white wine with a hint of strawberry :). Everything here is on the expensive side, because the exchange rate is 1 pound = 1.7 dollars! So any time you see a price, you pretty much have to double it in your head and that's how much you're paying. Yuck.
After dinner, Courtney and I walked back to the house and made some tea! We stayed up late drinking tea, talking, and taking lots of crazy pictures :). I think we went to bed around 3 am....
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