Week 1, Trinity Term

Since last posting a little over 4 weeks ago (so sorry, Jessica!), I’ve been to Venice, Florence, Rome, Palma de Mallorca, Sollér, Barcelona, made a short 48-hour stint in the United States, then headed back to the UK to visit London, Edinburgh, and then finally… Oxford. Home sweet home!

Until Barcelona I was still traveling with my friend Sarah, while our little tour around the UK was done alongside my siblings and parents. Now that I’m back, I realize both were incredible experiences for completely different reasons: backpacking Europe was a lesson in independence, confidence, spontaneity and flexibility, while traveling with my family was a chance to practice patience, my tour guide skills, and be reminded of where (and who) I come from, and how much it still remains a part of me, no matter how far away I may be. Needless to say, though, I am very happy to finally be back and settled in in Oxford; I have a strong suspicion the jet lag was starting to get to me (i.e. I was getting hungry and sleepy at the weirdest and most inconvenient times…).

While it’s been a little difficult to get used to long days in the library again, we are already back into the swing of things here in Ox, tutorials and all. This term I am taking Political Sociology and Contemporary Art (the study of, not actually doing art), and will still be rowing with Mansfield (hopefully in Summer VIII’s (eight’s) during 5th week!). It’s a bitter sweet time: though I am both perplexed and saddened by the fact that I am less than 7 weeks from leaving my new home-away-from-home, I am also really excited to return to the States and begin my senior year back on the Hill. Plus, I am in desperate need of some summer sun – something the UK is less than well known for…

My computer is having a few problems with uploading photos, so more pictures to follow! For now, I leave you with a selfie from each place, because it’s the 21st century and I guess this is what people do these days:

Cheers for now,

HRH

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New Words from the Week

dosh n. – contemporary slang term used for an amount of money

cashpoint n. – an ATM or cash machine

mate n. – commonly used term of endearment and affection; equivalent to the American “buddy,” “pal,” or “dude”

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