Oxford Stories


Visit to Salisbury, Old Sarum, and Stonehenge

So we started yesterday by getting on a bus at around 9. It was a relatively short ride to Salisbury, only about an hour and a half... maybe less. We got to Salisbury and immediately I notice how green everything is. There are pastures everywhere. I guess it makes sense because it's more or less in the countryside, but I never imagined that England woul...


My first two days in England

Alright, so instead of emailing individual people a million times telling the same story, I decided to only tell it once and send it to everyone, much easier for me in any rate. The pictures coincide with the story, so feel free to look at them. When I got through security at the airport and made it to my gate, I immediately ran into someone else wh...


Love and science

In Oxford I went to the museum of the history of science, and that's where I fell in love. The object of my sudden passion was a circular golden disc, with mysterious curved layers and curling embellishments. It's called an astrolabe, and it calculates the movements of the planets. I honestly felt my heart beat fast, my breath quicken. I think they m...


Flight Home/Wrap-up

So today I woke up at like seven am and walked to the bus stop. It sucked because I had all that luggage. It was pretty standard from there. I flew home. I mean, I had to do a lot of stuff in between, but it would just be boring. I finished To Kill A Mockingbird on the plane. It was good. I started Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Which was also ...