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Well, this is awkward.

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So, I’m safe and well and back in the land of debt ceilings, partisan politics and cowboy hats.

For serious, my new favorite thing about Texas is people wearing cowboy hats. I had at least 5 of them. On my flight from London. Meaning that they had been wearing them in London. Texan/cowboy pride knows no borders, people!

Anyway, I totes meant to blog when I was overseas, but you all know what happens when you make plans: God laughs, and is all “Hah! You thought you would have time for this! Heavens no! Haha, I made a little joke there! Heavens no! I’m such a funny, awesome God.”

Long story short, I’m back, y’all.

Wow.

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My trip to Dublin was nuts! Thankfully, I’m back safe in my Brasenose room.

Tomorrow, I conquer Bath!

And that’s pronounced Bah-th, for all of you common Americans.

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Photo of the day from Oxford!

Day 1: Tired

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So, the plane from DFW was pretty uneventful! I sat by a high schooler who was also studying at Oxford, and I attempted to listen to the most bogus country music station ever and sleep for 8 long hours.

Then we landed yay! After spending an hour finding our bus, it took 90 minutes to get us to Oxford. We spent another 20 minutes finding our college, then I met up with some people and took an open air bus around town to see the sights. Very beautiful and totally worth my money.

Then we had dinner, which was good (more on the food later) and headed to the Turf Tavern, home of Pimm’s and Bill Clinton’s pot-smoking days. The group then hopped over to another pub, and I came home to sleep. Crazy go nuts, right?!

Things I shouldn’t be worried about concerning my trip (but totally am anyway)

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  • all of the episodes of “Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes” that I’m going to miss
  • all of the episodes of “19 Kids and Counting” that I’m going to miss
  • all of the episodes of “Cake Boss” that I’m going to miss
  • all of the footage of Nancy Grace yelling about the Casey Anthony trial that I’m going to miss
  • if the person next to me will be able to see the inappropriate book I’m reading on my Kindle on the plane
  • the kind of food I will be served on the plane
  • if I will have a personal entertainment system on the plane
  • if 10 pairs of shoes is too many
  • if Ben’s Cookies in Oxford will ship home (they won’t!)
  • deciding which purses to bring
  • deciding which jewelry to bring
  • deciding which camera to bring
  • deciding which iPod to bring

1000 words

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I’m getting real excited about my new (old) camera, y’all.

This is what it looks like:

It’s not a SLR, but it’s not a point-n-shoot. So I’m pleased.

This is what I look like when I’m pleased:

Since I’m studying abroad in approximately 2 weeks, I borrowed this camera in an attempt to save money by taking a million pictures in lieu of buying stupid souvenirs that I will never use/throw away/lose/forget about/accidentally leave on a plane.