Oxford University

25 July 2012

I had to wake up at 7:45 this morning, so I only got three hours of sleep. That was definitely not enough. I was exhausted all day, and my stomach felt a little weird. But I wasn’t the only one. Some girls didn’t go to sleep until 6 or 6:30!

Leaving London was sad. I fell in love with that city, and I really hope that I can go back someday. But until then, I might as well enjoy the rest of England, right?

Our first destination was Oxford. We got to go to Oxford University Press and learn about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary (which is exciting for a bunch of editing students, which many of us are). So that was pretty neat.

Next, we went on a walking tour and we got to see inside some of the buildings. We went to this courtyard that is apparently in the Harry Potter movies, so that was fun. And the dining halls in the colleges are what the Great Hall is patterned after. I love Harry Potter, so that was kind of fun. But like I said, I was exhausted (and so was everyone else), so it was a little hard to stay completely interested and upbeat. I was grateful to get to the dorms where we would be staying.

Look familiar?

This is the tree where Mad-Eye Moody turns Malfoy into a ferret

Yes, we got to stay in Oxford dorms. That was so awesome. The rooms themselves weren’t cool at all, but can you imagine having these kinds of buildings all over your university campus?

That night, a bunch of the girls and I just sat outside on the lawn, relaxing and talking. It was a lot of fun hanging out together and telling stories and laughing. After a while, though, we all just went to bed since we were so ridiculously exhausted.