First Week

First week is very exciting because, by that time, you have more than likely signed up for one hundred+ clubs at the Fresher's Fair. Since the "first year" students at Oxford are my age, I had the lighthearted/humiliating experience of being a freshman again while I walked through the Oxford examination school surrounded by people wanting my money. One of the groups that I actually tried to be a part of was the Oxford Imps-- an improvisational comedy group here at Oxford that has weekly shows. Thinking that it might be fun, I went to the auditions. Little did I know that 200 other Oxford students and community members would appear as well. As it turns out, the Imps are an outstanding group that is known all over the UK. Auditions were fun while they lasted!

At the Imp audition, they asked you to draw a picture of yourself. This is all my artistic abilities allowed me to muster up. (You might be confused if you haven't seen me in over four months.)

This is a picture of the table that inspired Lewis' "Stone Table" that Aslan died on in the Chronicles of Narnia. The table is in Merton College-- one of Oxford's oldest (arguably the oldest, but at least in the top three), and also where JRR Tolkien taught for quite some time.

In the Botanical Gardens of Magdalen College (where CS Lewis taught English) Tolkien's favorite tree stands tall and austere. I have a hunch that Fangorn Forest didn't come just from his imagination.

This is a picture of my two friends pretending to be twins at Subway--or as I call it: Clubway. This altered title is due to the fact that they play really loud american dance music as you are trying to enjoy your food.

This may very well be one of my favorite places in Oxford. It certainly has the best view. I found out one day that you were allowed to climb up the tower in St. Mary the Virgin, University Church. After climbing the narrowest stairwell I have ever been in, I appreciated a 360 degree view of the city of dreaming spires.

 Cheers!