July 8, 2007 The City of Books with Red

Started off the day with a stroll down the street from my hotel on Collingham to find a little bakery for breakfast. When I went to checkout my suitcase still had not arrived from LHR. Then I made my way to Paddington station where I caught the train to Oxford. It was a fairly relaxing ride, only takes about an hour. When I got off at the train station, Red was there to greet me with Rhianna and Rhiannon. =) It was quite the busy day, they were excellent tour guides. One of our stops was Blackwells, a famous book store, in the city of books. While we were there, we had to visit the Harry Potter section and laughed at some of the speculation books. A girl that was standing next to us laughed at one of the jokes made, Michelle I think was her name. Next thing I know the 4 girls are in a deep harry potter conversation while I listened and learned. At one point, Michelle, made a reference to the Full Metal Alchemist, and a shirt one of her friend's had. Which I believe the friend explained what the show was to her, so I didn't try to deviate the topic, even though I have every episode of it. Another of our stops was New College, were some Potter was filmed, one of the guards even had a photo of the 3 main characters autographed. We also made a stop by the Natural History Museum, which was interesting to say the least. Your greeted by a T-rex skeleton, which I found quite impressive. The display case on locks was fascinating as well. And who could forget the shrunken heads. Then we stopped in a little pub to get a drink, and I pulled out my technical magic and fixed Rhianna's camera, the batteries were in backwards. I also gave Red her gift from Ireland, and gummy bears, which I was tempted to eat on the plane ride. Then we went back to the dorms to pick up Jenny and Jane for the early evening Christ Church service. It was an amazing service and the acoustics were outstanding. If I go back I would definitely go again. After the service one of the choir ladies laughed at my shirt("God Loves Ireland", well not those exact words) as we were leaving. We were a little hungry after this and made our way to "The Turf" pub for a nice meal. The food there really hit the spot, and it was an excellent atmosphere. The conversation wasn't bad either, a little mushy at points, but when your the only guy in a group of girls... it's best to listen and node =) J/K After Dinner they saw me off to the train station, and we said our good-byes. I wish I had gotten a group photo =( Going to Oxford castle would have been nice also, but that's my excuse for going back now. I really enjoyed the day, plus how often do you get to travel to visit a good friend accepted to Oxford?