Day Four

After about four days milling around Oxford I am a few days away from starting classes. It seems that my primary tutorial is a bit too vague and so I am working on a rewrite. However it is very difficult seeing as I am combining advanced composition and medieval literature together into one tutorial. Pray that I find a way for both to work so that I can get credit for both classes. Besides just hanging about I haven't been up to much. It is way too easy to stay up late and sleep in late and as a result I have been doing both. I need to get an alarm clock. However! Today I woke up on my own at 1 in the afternoon which means I have time to get groceries and toiletries. Shops close around 5-6 in Oxford and since I have been sleeping in late, by the time I get around to shopping they are beginning to close. So today is the day that I finish what needs to be done. Now on to descriptions. The hostel I have been staying at is, well, funky. That is its claim to fame and it is indeed very funky. But I like it. The manager and staff are really nice; all of them are kiwis (new zealand) and aussies. The bathrooms are clean and the beds are warm and that is all that matters. There are several australians staying there, two south africans, several asian-types (china? Japan?), three spaniards, one awesome Argentinean woman who reminds me of home for some reason, a canadian and two italians that don't speak any english (they are sooooo italian, it's awesome). The area around where I am staying is the city center so I have walked quite a bit to see everything, but I haven't found too many places to sit and chill/read. So the hunt continues. School starts in about three days so here is to the last bit of my christmas break!