oxford :)

so since i have been such a slacker about posting lately, i thought there were a couple of things that deserved there own posts....

Last weekend a few friends (john, bailey, lauren, and lindsey) and i decided to go on an adventure out of the city. We heard there was a bus that would take us to the quaint university town of Oxford. There is a fantastic man who works at the front desk of the college who looks exactly like elton john (no seriously, i will post a picture. they could be twins). but as much as we love him, he is a true brit which means he is horrible at giving directions. they tell you things like 'oh just head down there for a bit and head 'round the corner til you see the man selling the flowers and cross the street there and the bus will just pick you up right about there'... not very clear. we tried to follow the directions as much as possible, but considering the vague-ness, we got lost somewhere around the second corner we were supposed to head around. after we watched several buses drive past us, we gave up and headed to the train station. this ended up being a very good decision! the train ride to oxford was lovely. we saw a lot of the english country side and it is truly picture-esque.

Once in the town it didn't take us long to find the city center. there is a road down the middle of tons of great stores. this was a great break from the crazy city where i have almost gotten run over by crazy drivers at least 50 times. we did a lot of window shopping (p.s. lauryn i found my first lush! and i am in love!) and eventually found our way to the campus.

we walked through the beautiful gardens and tiny walkways for an hour or so, taking hundreds of pictures (to be posted asap!!) and admiring the place. if i would have visited this campus when i was younger, i would have done unforgivable things in order to be a student there. seriously, it is like nothing i have ever seen!

on our way out of town we stopped at the bookstore and bought oxford shirts to remember the beautiful day we had. we then hopped on a train and headed back to london, and that was another adventure... but i will save that for another time!

xoxo