Two days ago, I got off the plane at the Heathrow airport and got on a bus to Oxford, and it feels like a whole week has already gone by (but in the best way possible). Today marks the first day of the first July I have spent entirely away from home. Still, though, I am not sure if my brain is grasping the fact that I will be here for the rest of the month and more.
I certainly do not know my way around yet, and my lack of a sense of direction does not help with that, but we have already done lots of walking around the campus and surrounding city. A highlight from our first walk down the main streets of Oxford was seeing the Covered Market, one of the prettiest streets I have ever seen - and apparently there's a really good sandwich shop there, so that's an added plus. We went on a countryside walk yesterday, and the route began on some cute side streets in the city; we then ended up walking by some pretty little lakes (and nothing brings me more peace than being by the water), along with fields of cows and horses. I have already walked passed a bunch of English cocker spaniels, just like my Lexi. I rarely see any dogs on leashes, and they all look so free and happy, walking or running near their humans.
I promise I'll try not to mention the weather too much, but I can't help myself this time. Rather than the extremes of summer and winter at home, I've always been a fan of the in-betweens of the fall and spring (especially when I try to ignore allergy season). So far, the 60 degree temperatures and overcast skies have allowed me to walk around comfortably in skirts and sweaters... and wearing sweaters in the summer is very exciting for me.
This is more of a quick recap, as there have been so many highlights in the past few days. I cannot even pretend that I have the ability to properly describe this place in words, nor do the pictures do it justice, but here are some from our countryside walk. The last one is my favorite photo from the trip so far, taken by my friend Griffin as Mary, Julia, and I walked down one of the paths.
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