Wow - things have been so insanely busy here! Already the workload is piling on for our classes and I still just want to tour around and see England :)! But the classes are amazing! And Oxford is absolutely brilliant and stimulating. After taking our first train ride into Oxford, we walked through the whole city and saw things like the Oxford Castle and many other beautiful historical buildings! As well, we went to the Bodleian Library (this pictgure is the entrance into the main part of the library). This 
library dates way back to like the 15th century and is perhaps the largest non-lending library - so to even be allowed entrance into the library is quite the privelege! It contains every book that has ever been published in the UK from that century on. There was a small "ceremony" if you will that was put on by the library administrator for each perso
n when recieving their library card. It was very exciting! Monday was definately a day of firsts for us! We also had our first downpour and a thunderstorm while waiting for the train. Fun!
The people here are awesome and everyone in the group is wonderful - I am definately excited for the rest of the semester! Most exciting has been by far the performance put on in the Courtyard Theatre of Stratford last night of Shakespeare's Richard II. To be in Stratford - the home of Shakespeare - an watch an acutal Shakespeare performance was so amazing! It was an awe
some performance and the whole experience was quite sureal. Unfortunately, cameras were not allowed and so there are no pictures - sorry! There has been so many other thing that we have done (like I've said - we've been extremely busy!). On Sunday, after a combined church service with all the churches in Charlbury, we went to the Baptist church for lunch. That was followed by a country walk - people from all over this area come into Charlbury for the walks in the country. Although it was beautiful - it was also very, very muddy! The rain is almost constant right now in England. Today has so far been the nicest day with little rain! So the walk took about 3 hours but was concluded by a yummy supper made by our coordinator, Mad.
library dates way back to like the 15th century and is perhaps the largest non-lending library - so to even be allowed entrance into the library is quite the privelege! It contains every book that has ever been published in the UK from that century on. There was a small "ceremony" if you will that was put on by the library administrator for each perso
n when recieving their library card. It was very exciting! Monday was definately a day of firsts for us! We also had our first downpour and a thunderstorm while waiting for the train. Fun!The people here are awesome and everyone in the group is wonderful - I am definately excited for the rest of the semester! Most exciting has been by far the performance put on in the Courtyard Theatre of Stratford last night of Shakespeare's Richard II. To be in Stratford - the home of Shakespeare - an watch an acutal Shakespeare performance was so amazing! It was an awe
some performance and the whole experience was quite sureal. Unfortunately, cameras were not allowed and so there are no pictures - sorry! There has been so many other thing that we have done (like I've said - we've been extremely busy!). On Sunday, after a combined church service with all the churches in Charlbury, we went to the Baptist church for lunch. That was followed by a country walk - people from all over this area come into Charlbury for the walks in the country. Although it was beautiful - it was also very, very muddy! The rain is almost constant right now in England. Today has so far been the nicest day with little rain! So the walk took about 3 hours but was concluded by a yummy supper made by our coordinator, Mad.Well, that is all the time I have for now - but I will update this as soon as I have a spare moment! Right now we are all looking for our first day with nothing planned - Saturday! Until then, we have plays to read, group presentations to present, and quizzes to write - back to the school work I suppose!! The last picture is of the whole group studying here - six from ABU and the other six are from Redeemer.
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