May 30, 2016

a view of Windsor castle

Saturday, we traveled to Windsor to see Windsor Castle. It's an odd place to visit, full of tourists. The Queen sadly was not there. When she is there, her personal flag flies from the tower; when she's not, the Union Jack flies instead. Also, when she is there, the planes are not allowed to fly over to get to Heathrow airport. According to the tour guide, she's still out and about celebrating her birthday which was in April. You aren't allowed to take pictures inside of the castle, but there are plenty of professional photos on the internet. We were all so tired yesterday. The jet lag still hasn't quite warn off yet, I'm afraid. I finally heard from my tutor, and I will be studying Hemingway while I'm over here, which is quite exciting.

Sunday, we just lazed around for most of the day. After all the walking and running from event to event, we all needed a day to be lazy. I was really happy to sleep past seven thirty am. We all chilled around the house today, and then a few of us decided to go to church. The church we chose was St. Giles, an Anglican church. As a Baptist, I'm pretty unfamiliar with any other religious practice. Especially when it involves a robbery. Yes, a robbery. During the service, between kneeling, singing psalms, and praying along with the priest, a man was attempting to rob the church. During our final hymn, he jumped from the balcony and the music came to a sudden halt as the organist ran after him. It was probably one of the craziest and scariest moments of my life. Also hilarious. It was so crazy. 

Today, I explored Oxford a bit on my own and then ate an amazing chicken sandwich from Nando's. Literally, the best I've ever had. Sorry, Chick-Fil-A.

Tomorrow starts the exciting stuff: my first class and my first meeting with my tutor. Pray I find his office, because I think I have to use the Oxford bus system. Oh my...

catch you later,
Karleigh