The four-day catch up.

Yes. I have been at Oxford for four days. This means I will be over jet-lag in the near future. But, it means some other things too. Here's my attempt at sharing what it means for me to be in England.



Day One Through Four (catch-up, so just pictures. I am only one man):

Oxford

 Two blonds that followed me from the airport to the bus....to Oxford.....and to my apartment complex....creepy.

Mongoose trying to track hobbits.

Luxurious meal on an authentic Christ Church stump.

 

 Out of obligation.

 Oxford's Divinity School (1427-83).

 The beautiful gardens of Christ Church. You'll notice the enormous hall on the right. This is not the Chapel, but the Dining Hall--the very dining hall that Hogwarts' "Great Hall" was modeled after for the movies.

 Tower of the Five Orders

 Manash and I enjoying our first meal! Cold pasta and warm beer!

 The traditional meat pie. Heavenly.

 Blackwell library (13 miles of books for sale).

 My view from my seat in the Eagle and the Child Pub. Turns out there are some certain authors who were regulars....

London

 



 Union Jack Mini. Typical.

 

Invasive species.

 St. Martin's Cathedral

 Tour buses get really close to one another.

 First view of the London Eye.

 First view of Westminster Abbey.

 Parrrrrrliment!

 Technology failing to capture Westminster.

 Nature not letting me capture Westminster.

 Realizing that it's impossible to capture Westminster and capturing a horse instead.

 Two great girls being cool.

 Maddie's nemesis.

 

 Little Ben, Big Mongoose.

 Funny story to this. I'll tell later.

 Mongoose being a nerd.

 I don't think that King George liked American's loitering around him.

 The Return of the King?

 Great seats at a great concert at St. Martin's Cathedral.....

 With a great view.

 WWI Memorial.

Monica ceased to contemplate the beauty of St. James Park. So I cast her out. She is pictured here, grieving at her mortal mistake.

 Winston Churchill's War Rooms during the bombing raids of London in WWII.

 I found two more girls who also hated being in St. James Park.

 Some pigeons who liked being in St. James park.

 Accidental shot/ North Face commercial

 

 

QUOTES OF THE WEEK:

 

 

"I assumed that they would follow me! I mean, I am a natural born leader. Look." *Monica points behind her, assuming that at least one of the 8.3 million people in London would be walking behind her. There's no one except for the ones who are walking away.*

   --Mongoose, 9/28/2013

 

Hope you enjoyed. I'll try to write a little bit each day. Cheers!