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Oxford, part 4

Back by popular demand -- my blog. Haven't been online for a while; one of the other OSAP students decided he'd come 'fix' our computer (it was working fine) and I just got the cable modem working again. TCP/IP troubleshooting without the win98 CD is reeeally fun.

Anyway, since I'm ill and because I really don't feel like typing that much, here's a condensed version of what's been up --

I'm not sure when I last blogged, but I spent the new year transition at the Eagle and Child pub, where JRR Tolkien and C. S. Lewis and a bunch of their friends would often gather. I'm sure they went other places too, but this place has got the claim.

Spent new year's day at home, sleeping. The rest was welcome.

Resumed lectures on the 2nd. We took a boat trip down the river Isis, a tributary to the Thames. I believe this is when I got sick. After the boat ride, we went to the Head of the River pub and then moseyed over to the Purple Turtle, the Oxford Union Society pub. It was loud and had a sticky floor. They were playing 90's rock hits. I'm told this is the image they try to portray.

The 3rd was more lecture.

On the 4th, we went to Portsmouth and Winchester. We toured HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's ship at Trafalgar. In Winchester, we visited the cathedral. It was beautiful.

The 5th was the first day at New College. I wish my college looked like that.

And today, I skipped the London trip because I'm trying to recover from whatever it is that I came down with.

I think that's about it. Email me sometime.