today i went to oxford! its a nice little town/city northwest of london thats uber famous as you likely know. apparently 20 something uk prime ministers have gone to school there, as well as some other notables such as benazir bhutto, indira gandhi and many others! i learned some interesting things - there are a large number of "colleges" spread about the town (actually there are so many that the town is basically filling the little gaps between them) - when combined they make up oxford university. i basically just walked around there the entire day, oh yes also climbed the spire of a little church for a fantastic view. the bus to get there ended up taking 3 times as long as it should have because the freeway was backed up. this is because it snowed again last night. all people here can talk about is the weather, and its not even very cold. i take that back, it is rather cold (considering i didn't bring a coat).
yesterday i went to the american embassy to get some pages added to my passport. after going through all the craziness just to get in, i had to fill out a bunch of paperwork, but i had forgotten some info, so that must have got them suspicious. the guy asked me probably 50 detailed questions about my life before acknowledging that i might be who i said i was. but then as i was waiting he got talking to his colleague, and they started pointing at me and getting all concerned looking. then he called me up again and got all up in my grill, asking all these involved questions like why this and why that and then why are you doing this that way and not that other way like we think a person in your situation would naturally do this thing. my goodness. finally i escaped and walked in a general direction for basically the rest of the afternoon, ending at the new british library where i peered at the magna carta. it was a successful day.
tell you what, food is expensive here! basically just been eating kebab sandwiches (because they seem to be the cheapest food ) whenever i get hungry at the arab eateries that are ubiquitous in the less glamorous parts of town. its great because it reminds me of egypt.
now i have to go, for a reason i will not elaborate on. i will leave you in suspense on that..
yesterday i went to the american embassy to get some pages added to my passport. after going through all the craziness just to get in, i had to fill out a bunch of paperwork, but i had forgotten some info, so that must have got them suspicious. the guy asked me probably 50 detailed questions about my life before acknowledging that i might be who i said i was. but then as i was waiting he got talking to his colleague, and they started pointing at me and getting all concerned looking. then he called me up again and got all up in my grill, asking all these involved questions like why this and why that and then why are you doing this that way and not that other way like we think a person in your situation would naturally do this thing. my goodness. finally i escaped and walked in a general direction for basically the rest of the afternoon, ending at the new british library where i peered at the magna carta. it was a successful day.
tell you what, food is expensive here! basically just been eating kebab sandwiches (because they seem to be the cheapest food ) whenever i get hungry at the arab eateries that are ubiquitous in the less glamorous parts of town. its great because it reminds me of egypt.
now i have to go, for a reason i will not elaborate on. i will leave you in suspense on that..
