Oxford/Man U

on to wed:

Oxford

4 of us went on a train to oxford. aaaaaaamazing! everything was so gorgeous there. i took over 50 pictures. the architecture is so detailed and old and just like the pictures only a lot a lot better! i can't even imagine what it would be like to study there. and the weather was great so all the pictures turned out quite nicely. :) one of the girls with us actually studied there last summer so she knew her way around well enough. so she was our tour guide for the day.

we ate lunch at a really old restaurant called The Eagle and Child. this was a place where JRR Tolkien and Lewis Carroll and others would meet and converse. they called themselves the Inklings. it was very authentic English looking. and it was there i tried fish and chips for the first time. and it's probably the last time i'll order it too. :) it tasted fine, but there just wasn't anything special at all about it. it was just fish with some very plain fries. i don't know why it gets all the hype. it only tasted good after i smothered it in ketchup.

after lunch we saw more stuff. went to christ church - which is where harry potter was filmed apparently and where a few of the golden compass shots were taken. and we saw the dining hall which looked very similar to the one in harry potter. we also went up in some tower and got to look over everything. again... aaaamazing! loved it!

Man U

we made it back in time for the Champions League final game - basically the biggest soccer game here. and it was manchester united vs chelsea. we went to a local pub 45 min early and it was already packed. i stood (with many others) for the whole game, which was being shown on a big screen. it was a great game! you couldn't ask for a closer one. i hope yall kept up with it. i was rooting for man u and was glad i did! the crowd was actually split about 50/50. there was lots of cheering and yelling. one drunk lady behind me was swearing at the other team left and right in her thick british accent. i loved it!!! i could not believe i was watching such a huge soccer game in a british pub! i had to pinch myself a few times. there wasn't much afterwards. no riots or loud cheering on the streets. after the game was over and it died down, it pretty well died down all around. i was kinda surprised about that. but i guess london is diverse enough that it doesn't affect the majority of the people like it would in chelsea. i should've gone there!

i have a new career plan. i plan on becoming a famous gardener so i can work here. that's all i want to do - just come here every day an do gardening for this place.

Christ Church

the pub for the soccer game