Maymester in Oxford

In the Beginning

We left Abilene at 9:15 a.m. yesterday (Monday) morning. We arrived at the DFW Airport a little after noon. My parents and I sat around chatting until Mr. Pybus came by with my ticket. A couple other girls were there too, so I decided to go ahead and check in and move to my gate. We all said our good-byes and off I went. We sat at the gate for about 3 hours. I had my final "American" meal from McDonalds. Nick Belcher has specifically instructed me not to eat anything American while I'm over here. We finally got to board the plane at about 4 p.m. It was the biggest plane I have ever been on. The first class was ridiculously nice, while our cabin had three rows of three seats. It was kind of crowded, which made getting out in the middle of the night an interesting challenge. I sat by Garrett Oakley. I didn't really know him, but now I have a new friend. We watched Coach Carter and then I read for class, listened to my music, and finally managed to fall asleep. I watched the tracker channel a lot. Our route took us over the Great Lakes and Canada and then past Greenland. It was kind of nice to see how close we were to land most of the time. The flight was long, but not too bad. They actually fed us a hot dinner and breakfast this morning. The guy I talked to obviously had no idea what he was talking about because they had chocolate cheesecake for desert, soybean oil dressing for the salad, and orange juice at breakfast. I woke up to the sight of the sun rising on Ireland. It was gorgeous and so neat!! I just couldn't believe I was really where I was. We landed about 7 a.m. here or 1 a.m. Central US time. We then got our luggage and rode a charter bus from London to Oxford. We hit a bit of traffic, so we didn't arrive at the houses until about 10:30. I am in House 9 sharing a room with Monica Smith. We unloaded, then had breakfast and a group meeting. After that, we went into town to exchange money an such and grabbed some lunch at a place called Boots (comprabale to a Walgreens) then stopped by a department store called Boswells to look for a wattage converter for Monica (hers fried). After that, we came back and had class. When our professor could tell that everyone was about to fall asleep, he finally dismissed us. I started to work on some homework, but the jet lag is seeping to my brain, so I wrote here instead. We have a meeting at 4 and then I don't know what. Hopefully some sleep soon!! Tomorrow we go to London. I cannot believe I am here!

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posted by Tori Watson @ 6:56 AM