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Seasonal change

In Sights, photography on 21 October 2006 with 1 comment

Fall is finally coming to Athens.

Updated itinerary and the final day

In Sights, travel on 10 August 2006 with 1 comment

It looks like the voyage home is still on, despite the massive amount of flight cancellations into and out of England. We’re leaving an extra hour early (5AM BST) to board the bus for London, where we’ll then begin to trudge through security.  I’ll be amazed if we leave the tarmac as planned.
I was […]

London Round 3

In Sights, travel on 9 August 2006 with no comments

Tuesday, August 8th: I left Oxford on the 11:00AM train to London-Paddington, and planned on meeting up with Hollander’s class at the BBC. The ride into London was uneventful, but I was able to finish up some research for my final paper on witchcraft. Oh how I miss train travel. Above […]

English Reformation Excursion

In Sights, academics, travel on 5 August 2006 with 1 comment

Despite a big delay spent at the Starbucks in Borders waiting for the bus, we eventually set off for the Montacute House, 2 hours late, around 11AM on Thursday afternoon.

The Montacute House is a 17th century, Elizabethan-era, home surrounded by gardens. It also featured an extension of the National Portrait Gallery’s collections with paintings […]

Paris review

In Sights, travel on 2 August 2006 with no comments

Let’s do the recap itinerary style!
7/28/06 - Day 1: Friday
8:00AM-11:15AM - Buy tickets, make reservations, eat breakfast, and get a load of laundry done.
11:30AM - Leave Oxford for England, accidently sitting in the first class cabin
12:55PM - Arrive in England
12:56PM - Dash across town on the tube from Paddington Station to Waterloo
2:15PM - Leave […]

Orchestra

In Sights on 23 July 2006 with no comments

Attended a beautiful concert in the Sheldonian Theatre (across the street from Trinity College) tonight with a performance by the City of Oxford Orchestra.  Fortunately, we were able to get tickets at the box office.
the program:

Vivaldi - Oboe Concerto
Pachelbel - Canon
Vivaldi - Concerto in A
Albinoni - Obe Concerto
INTERVAL
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

A crosstown trip to Jericho

In Sights on 21 July 2006 with no comments

After hearing about Jericho, the cool, hip part of Oxford, for several weeks, we finally walked there tonight in search of dinner after a grueling day spent glued to computer screens. It was about a 10 minute walk NW of Trinity College. After checking out several menus, we decided on Branca. […]

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

In Sights on 15 July 2006 with 1 comment

I went to bed at 10:30 last night still feeling horrible. The general feeling of sickness continues, but I decided to go to the Ashmolean Museum at 11:00, something I’ve been meaning to do since I arrived in Oxford.

Founded in 1683, it’s Britain’s oldest museum and its collection gathers everything from East to West […]