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I have continued writing at http://www.jennifermartin.wordpress.comNot as interesting as my Oxford travel- but life continues...

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Monday June 18Well, its 2 am on my last day in Oxford. January seems like such a long time ago but I still can't help but think how quickly it all has seemed to pass by - especially these past two weeks which I have had barely anytime to mention.Tonight was a good night. I stayed up till 4am yesterday trying to get on a bit of an American schedule. So much of today was wasted away by the time I

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My work for Oxford is finally finished.This last essay came in the middle of all the "end of year" excitement so it was really one of the hardest ones to concentrate on. I tried to read as much as possible thursday and friday because saturday we had our Final Fling and I knew I would be worthless for work. As of Sunday morning I still had 4 sources to go through before finally beginning my

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Tuesday June 5Im always happy to finished with an essay- and always wish I could leave it at that without having to face the tutorial. I'm not sure why that is, considering they generally end up fine. Last Tuesday's tute was interesting, and I was able to distinguish among theories regarding globalization much better after the hour was over- at least in how I would have liked to discussed them in

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I love this time of year...when each day is just a little bit longer than the last. It is 8:15 here and the sky is still increadibly blue..the sun is still pretty bright. Sometimes I forget that if I were at home, I would be going on at least the fourth week of summer. Oxford is just in a time of its own, and I still get to enjoy the world of learning for a full week before I turn in my last

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Whenever I start blogging, I keep remembering things that I need to make sure I put in here before I go home and don't care about keeping this thing up anymore.Yesterday I felt like a good little Oxford scholar...attending a whopping TWO lectures.The first was a Sustainable Development Law conference at Exeter college. I expected lots of graduates..maybe some undergrads to be there. Instead

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I need to read for my essay.Instead I'm catching up on my life. I find that writing all of this down has helped me reflect a lot on what I'm actually doing with my time...as opposed to letting each day get away from me as I read my life away... I've always kept a journal of things. I started writing when I was 12 for fear that I would just forget it all at some point and my children would have no

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Saturday was the exciting end of Eights. I watched the boys bump from Donnington bridge then headed down to the boathouse to visit with the girls before their race. It took me at least half an hour to walk the tow path around to the other side because they weren't allowing us to ride bikes. When I got to the boathouse, the girls asked me to Marshall for them...so I started almost immediately

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Everyday I grow more jealous of people at home who are enjoying summer without an essay looming over their head. I just felt the need to mention that. Every day I wake up planning on getting right to work...and find myself able to waste more time than than should be humanly possible. I stayed awake until 3 am last night...I had cleaned my room until about 2 but then went downstairs and ended up

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Wednesday, May 30th 2007Last week was an exciting time for the Regents Park rowing team- the week of Summer Eights. Even though I wasn't actually rowing in the boat for competition time, my daily schedule centered around the women's racing.I missed the races on Wednesday, but on Thursday was able to watch the second round. Because the river isn't wide enough to have 13 or so boats race side by

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Tuesday, May 29,2007Where did May go? As of today I have exactly 3 weeks left to enjoy Oxford. I cannot believe how fast time has gone by.Today I had my 6th tutorial of the term. Its funny that I feel how I did based on the trip following my tutor from the front door of his building to his office. Generally we discuss how much its been raining...or how nice it is that it finally stopped raining..

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Things are happening faster than I can write about them!!Wednesday Kristie and I took a day trip to Bath. It was nice to get away for a little bit from the routine (or my non-routine it seems) of Oxford. When I went to Bath with mom and dad I thought it was the most beautiful little town. So I was definitely excited to go back, especially since Kristie hasn't been yet. We took the train from

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Tuesday, May 22ndThis has been one of my favorite days in Oxford.I had my 5th Trinity term tutorial this morning. It went pretty well becuase I worked harder on this one - It amazing how much I feel I learn in just one tutorial session. I guess having someone holding me directly accountable to explain what I've learned makes a huge difference.After this I headed back to Regent's, where I met my

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I wish this layout attached the date to my blog entries...and I like the background too much to change it so i guess I'll just have to write it myself.May 19th!....well, in america...here it is 1:17 on May 20th...either way, I'm exactly one month out from returning to the states. A scary thought really. so i'm going to put off thinking about it. Today Alanna woke me to go play Rounders witht the

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I have not felt like writing.anything.For an academic program that revolves around weekly essays and little more- this is not a good thing. Nor is it good for a blog site which can't exist unless I do something worth writing about. I've have tried to analyze myself - and respond accordingly, but nothing I've rationalized seems to make me feel like doing anything. I could be lazy. I could be a bit

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Derby Day just isn't the same in England. I heard the queen even left and went to Kentucky to join in the excitement. But I didn't miss out on all the fun. No, because my friend Celia had her birthday party last Saturday...which I considered to be a Cinco de Mayo/Derby/Birthday celebration.While I may not come home with an English accent, I have learned a thing or two about words while I've been

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View my MayDay Photo Album Do people actually celebrate may day?Well, at Oxford university they do. It is a huge tradition here at 6 am for everyone in Oxford to gather in front of Magdalen College to listen to the boys choir sing and bring in the spring with a little bit of liturgy. No, students don't wake up at the crack of dawn for this tradition. Actually, they stay out all night at their

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Oxford has fastforwarded my life by 10 years.This is the conclusion Kristie and I have reached as we begin our final month of life in England. First of all, we have each embarked on a new series of cooking experiences. While left to my own resources over break, I moved from the reliable pasta dish to discover the endless possibilities of a potato. I guess that isn't so noteworthy. But then I made

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I finally got some pictures together of Spring time at Regent's Park college. Click Here if you would rather look at pictures of spring than do work.

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Now that I'm nearing a full four months of life in England, I find myself needing to write less often about the novelty of things I see- and more about just general life reflections that could probably occur anywhere.Although - I did find it strange to see two gigantic horses carrying traffic patrol officers through the streets of Oxford the other day- something I also saw in London- and I

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I'm am not that kind of girl who's full of surprises. Generally, people who know me well can probably predict my behavior and my reactions to almost everything. I run "right on time" (or late) for most things. I find it hard to keep up with essential life items. Things that make me angry generally include "special" treatment- with cutting in line topping my list of the most intolerable of

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This morning the message came from the label of my hair strengthening shampoo bottle- Break's Over. How appropriate.As I participated in my first Formal Hall of Trinity Term last night, I knew for certain that break indeed is over now- no amount of procrastination or sleeping can allow me to avoid it any longer. Formal hall was exciting this 0th (naught) week as everyone is returning from home

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I think it may take me a few months to get over the fact that I'm so happy about spring being here. I realized another beautiful thing about this season tonight as I rode my bike home from dinner in daylight. I didn't realize how much I had taken forgranted daylight after 4pm. The popular phrase states "you don't know what you have until it's gone" - But in this case, I suppose I didn't realize

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I arrived back from Paris this morning to discover Spring has found its way to Oxford. Everything looks so gorgeous and new and the weather today has been brilliant. It seems as though this holiday has brought many challenges to the Georgetowners here in Oxford- perhaps spring will make everything a little easier on all of us. Days just seem easier to face when the sun is shining.Oxford has now

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On Sunday morning it was nice to wake up to breakfast made by my mom. It seems like so so long since I've been able to do that.Today we were going to the ancient city of Bath. Ryan and his family happened to be going too! We happened to spot them on the train and decided to tag along with them for the day. The train was so crowded that mom, dad, and I all had to sit in separate places where ever

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Saturday Evening We didn't waste much time heading in to see Oxford, since it was already 4:00. We caught the bus into city center- and it was here that I realized I had forgotten to tell my parents a few things about England.While we were waiting for the bus, a lady comes up to the buss with her 2 small children, one in a stroller. The first bus that comes by is not the one for city center so

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Now for the series of 'posts I'm sure you've been eagerly waiting for: reports on the Martins' European Vacation. I know, I'm pretty anxious to tell about it.Click here to view the photographic evidenceWaiting, Hoping, Wishing - March 31stRemember a few entries ago where I was writing about an hour before I had to meet them? Following the blog I made the 15 minute stroll to the St. Clements bus

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April 10, 2007I have always been known to be a slow poke. The catchphrase of my life is "hold on" and has been ever since I could utter the words "I'll be there in a minute". I suppose I just never was motivated to rush or get in much of a hurry. Yeah, I'm one of "those" people you get impatiently annoyed with because I just have no concept of time. My life's greatest flaw. My only consolation is

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I am waking up this morning at Caitlan's brother's apartment in London...not quite the typical Easter Sunday I have ever had before, but of course the past 3 months have been anything but typical.I have had a wonderful week with my parents. The weather was simply amazing all week. Belgium is one now making my list for one of the most beautiful places in the world.- and I can't imagine a better

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Only one more hour until I meet Mom and Dad at the St. Clements bus stop! It is a surprisingly beautiful day here in Oxford...nothing like my first day here when it was cold and cloudy. I had expected rain today but it looks as though mom and dad might get a good taste of beautiful Oxford.Needless to say, I'm am so excited 1. about my parents first trip to Europe and 2. the fact that I'm having

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I'm excited to have finally figured out how to post my complete photo albums on here. It will save me tons of time trying to decide which pictures to display in my blog...especially with the recent travel photos!! The links are to the right..and you just click on the photos to see them...don't worry, you don't have to be a member of facebook.

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When I woke up around 3 pm I was completely disoriented and forgot that I had gone to sleep in the hostel...my new Barcelonean home for the next few days. We got ourselves together and decided to find our way to the number one tourist destination: The Segrada Familia. We decided to navigate our way by a little walk around to enjoy the city-something you can't do on a metro...It was wonderful.

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Since I could not take my laptop along on the trip, I suppose I will just have to start from day one, using my journal entries and memories to blog on the experiences. Hopefully it will flow enough to understand.The first day was essentially part of the day before the first day of travel->meaning that we did not sleep the night before our flight to Barcelona, Spain. I had spent the day

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For those of you who have been keeping up with me over the past 2 1/2 months, don't worry, I have not fallen off the face of the planet~ just enjoying my time off to travel.For the past week and a half I've been backpacking around Spain and Italy, there is so much to tell and the task of blogging on it all seems like entirely too much effort for this spring breaker...but I'm sure the updates will

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Spring Break has arrived...which is very evident with the slew of Georgetowners who have invaded Oxford. This week our friends Bobbie Jo, Matt, Ryan and Jessi have come to visit us...sadly I'm the only loser without a friend coming especially for me...and Ryan must be really cool because he has two friends visiting him!! (Ryan and Matt)It has been great to see friends from home. It really brings

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So what do you do when you realize that an entire 2 months of writing and researching and moving to another country are behind you??Sleep.A Lot.And then leave the country.that is exactly what I intend to do.Today was my last tutorial for Hilary term. I was "only" doing a presentation but I believe I wrote just as much as I would have in normal essay, and worked just as hard-save the effort of

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So I'm up researching to find a good story for my final topic, which is Multiculturalism...and I run across this story about the less esteemed class of British Society......apparently this does not necessarily apply based on lack of material...but is more related to an expression of materialism...Okay, so fake orange tans, competing to have the best cell phones, and shameless display of Brand

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Sometimes, a bit of music is all that is needed to lift the spirits and make for a good day. After what turned out to be not the best essay and tutorial experience on Friday, I certainly needed a little music. I'm learning to deal with the fact that sometimes doing the best I can will not always mean producing the best results that I am capable of. This is not easy for me. I've spent my entire

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This "once in a lifetime" concept is getting really hard to handle. As soon as I confirmed my travels to Oxford, I was bombarded with tons of suggestions on where to go, what to see, and what food I just HAD to try...all to make sure I get the "most of my experience"Well, I'm just going to guess that knowing how to get the most of one's experience is something I'll discover after I get back in

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Well, I guess every day I can't pull an essay out like magic. After quite a lot of consideration for my topic, and a great amount of time spent in some attempt at writing....I had to get an extension on my essay for tomorrow. For some reason the ideas just weren't working out. I guess it happens...writers block...or just pure exhaustion of thought. I stopped at the hour it was due...with 1000

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Friday evening was another guest night of fancy dress- but this time I decided not to go. Instead I went to a spaghetti dinner at Sarah's house, which is only right down the road from me.I had forgotten to return my book back to the library earlier....and actually hadn't even brought it with me...so I had to make an extra trip into town to do that. Then I was off to the grocery to pick up some

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I've avoided writing this weekend simply because I've decided that I'm creating these self-fulfilled prophesies of disaster. I've realized that much of what I'm writing has to do with mishaps and things that go slightly off during my time here in Oxford- and I don't want to send the impression that everyday there is perpetual catastrophe-My reason for sharing these awkward moments is more about

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I've decided I may be losing weight. I'm noticing my wrists and they look exceptionally unhealthy. I've been taking multivitamins, but I don't think I've been eating enough lately. This is mostly because I rowed everday this week, except today.Sunday we were supposed to do Isis or something like that but our boat wasn't licensed so that didn't work out. Either way, I just woke up and went so I

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Well now that I've completed the most disasterous essay of my life, I guess I can now write a little more....but on something much more simple than theories of distributive justice.All this week has been a rush...mostly because instead of working on monday I went to London with Caitlan to see the musical Wicked! First we had a tank session for rowing which has been quite a work out lately.I love

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Wicked was so great! The colors, the music, the plot, everything was just fantastic. I can't wait to put my pictures up but I will have to until the end of the week when I actually have some spare time.

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Today I am going to London to see "Wicked" with Caitlan, Verity, Ryan, and Kristy!I cannot wait! My uncle bought me the book this summer and it's a shame I have not read it yet. I will have to put that on my to do list. Before I go though, I have an hour rowing session in the tank :) So will see if I'm still alive enough afterwards to make it to London.

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Friday and Saturday night were eventful.On friday night after formal hall the JCR had a student version of "Blind Date" -one of those cheesy dating game shows where people basically set themselves up for embarassment...this version was no different of course and was a ton of fun to watch. Afterwards, Ryan, Caitlan, Kristie, Yihlyn, Ben and I went to D&B's icecream where they have pictures of

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Last Sunday Kristie, Ryan and I took a little trip to the Botanical Gardens of Magdalen College and then to the Natural Science Museum. Here are some of the shots of the Botannical Gardens: This is me with the holy Kristie and Purse Statue.The museum of Natural Science was so interesting- apparently the first dinosaur ever recorded was found here in Oxford- also, the is the place were Lewis

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I seem to have reached a very predictable pattern of working all week and then having my exciting times on the weekends. This weekend is the first in a while that I have not ventured somewhere with Kristie and Ryan, yet it's still had its notworthy events...On thursday night we celebrated Kristie and Tyler's 21st birthday! Myself and the other Stanley Road house mates had dinner at this nice

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Last week seemed like one continuous day of reading, writing, and rowing. After last week's paper that seemed to be just a complete disaster I was determined to at least produce an essay that was on the same level as what I had the first two weeks. And if after all of this my essay did not turn out any better than before, I was just going to consent to the fact that I couldn't do any better.

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Sometimes I feel like I am the most oblivious person.Last Tuesday I was walking through the halls of Regent's I noticed a giant poster telling me that Ravi Zaharias was in Oxford doing lunch lectures TODAY! and the next two days...I'm not sure how I missed this sign before...there's no telling how long it has been here..and I was dissappointed that I had already missed the first day...but I was

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So tonight I'm breaking out the Brad Paisley. I think I almost forgot what country music sounded like, seeing as it's been about a month since I've been exposed to it. Some of you would laugh at this...and some of you will wonder what else I could want to listen to...but as much as I love my acoustic, electronica, alternative, jazz, blues, classical, and many variations of rock, sometimes I just

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Last week was a long one. Perhaps it is because winter has finally arrived here in Oxford...yes, after weeks of wondering whether or not I might accidently have come to the wrong country...the cloudy days and SNOW have arrived!As I was working on my essay around 6am Thursday, I received an email telling me that morning Rowing practice had been cancelled due to heavy snow! This seemed odd to me

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So, the value of journaling on a blog resides not simply in the pictures or a listing of events, but moreso in the record of my experience in terms of thought, emotion, perspective, etc. at certain points along the way. So, while I should really be working on my essay which is due tomorrow...I've decided to pause briefly just to jot down a few thoughts.Oddly enough, I'm not quite as nervous as I

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Tonight I decided to attend Christ Church Cathedral for Evensong worship. Now, I have been anticipating my first trip to Christ Church College, mainly because it is the place were the Harry Potter Dining Room scene is filmed....so I expected it to be grand. Even though it was near dark when I entered the courtyard, I was in awe at the magnitude of the cathedral and the surrounding college

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Saturday morning- it was soooo hard to wake up after such a late night...but when Kristie came into my room at 11:30 and reminded me of our plans I was way to excited to sleep any longer.This was the day we were going to travel to CS Lewis house and Trinity Chruch, the parish he attended and the cemetary where he is buried!This was my first extended trip by bike. I know that it couldn't have been

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I forgot to mention that I joined the Regent's Chapel Choir. I'm happy to be involved in something musical again since it's been 3 years since I sang in Georgetown's Concert Choir and can only do special music at Hillcrest (my home church) occasionally when I am at home.Friday night we had the honor of singing in Oxford's Sheldonian Theater where the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu was

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Last Tuesday, the 30th I had my first chance to practice rowing on the Thames River!It was much easier than the practice tank because the boat actually moved when we rowed. It's definitely not as easy as it looks though, because keeping the boat balance depends upon all 8 women sitting up nice and straight and even on the seat....and that's not really easy to think about when trying to keep one's

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( You can picture this as me now though...riding with the big dogs)The highlight of my week has been my first ever Bike purchase!On sunday Kristie and I finally decided it was time to break down and get bikes, mainly because all the guys had them by this point, and walking home alone for 2 miles at night is apparently a bad idea...or at least that's what I've been told.Oxford is a pretty safe

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Aaah. So I just finished my third essay of Hilary Term. The essays are due each week to my tutor on Thursdays by 5 on email. For those of you who know what a perfectionist I am, you'll understand that I refuse to stop working until my deadline....no matter how hopeless it is to continue any more. Needless to say, I'm beginning to love just the thought of 5pm on Thursdays. I've been putting off

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Friday January 26thFormal Hall was a Guest Night...meaning anyone could bring a guest and it was Black Tie Formal. Tonight was the theme of JAMES BOND!For some reason, Kristie and I waited really late to get ready. We left the house at 20 til to make a 30 minute walk! We walked as fast as we could...or should I say trotted? Amazingly we made it at 7:04...just as everyone was still settling in and

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Churchgoing: ST. EbbesSunday January 21I attended St. Ebbs church with the girls from my house. It was in an extremely old church but the service was pretty contemporary. They served a student lunch afterwards which was a great thing and the speaker opened up for questions of the sermon. I thought that was an interesting idea. The service reminded me very much of Hillcrest...minus clapping.

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Saturday January 2oth Kristie, Dr Taul, Ryan and I boarded the bus at 11 to make out way to London. How exciting! I really could not believe I was finally getting go!The landscape travelling to London was just beautiful.We began by finding the underground and buying our day pass for about 5pounds. We looked for cheap tickets to a theater show, but this didn't work out

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Sunday January 14th : Gorceries? Nah.One week down!Despite my best attempts to make it through the entire weekend on tea (the college doesn't provide food on the weekends), Tyler convinced Kristie and I to finally go to the COOP grocery store to buy something substatiative to eat. It's only 2 blocks away so it was nice not walking miles to get there...and I came back with a very balanced stock

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Tuesday All the Georgetowners brought our laptops in to be configured for internet connection through the school. As luck would have it, mine was the only one out of 5 that did not have the necessary components to hook to the internet...and because the IT service man...appropriately named Bob, would not be back in until next Tuesday, it would be another week before I would have internet access on

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a>href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__tuA16BbUxc/RbVtKXJiNdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/u_PhNqnLLQg/s1600-h/London+036.jpg">First ImpressionsMonday January 8The bus ride to Oxford took two hours, but because I slept the entire way it seemed much shorter. We arrived at the Gloucester Green bus station and decided to just walk to Regent's Park College, which was less than half a mile away.The small parade of five

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Two weeks into my Oxford adventure and I finally feel like I am settling in a bit here....or at least I've been around long enough to clutter my room anyway :).Unfortunately I am just beginning to have time to write about any of it. Perhaps that is because within the first three days I was assigned my first 2500 word essay due two days after I would have Internet access on my laptop the following

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