Bath is an English city that wasn’t necessarily on my radar when making the journey across the Atlantic. However, its title as a World Heritage site with both religious and secular historical significance made me excited to visit following our class trip to Stonehenge. Since one of the classes I’m taking at Oxford is religious…
Category: England
Last Hurrah in London
Well boys, we’re finally here. This is last day of my semester abroad. As sad as that is, I have a lot to reflect on and be grateful for. Like the fact that today was full to the brim with London fun, and now I get to recount it all right here! In summary, a…
Riding a Bus that’s Riding a Train Under the English Channel
That sounds crazy, right? Well, although I’d never heard of bus/car-transporting trains, apparently they exist here in Europe! And so when it was time for us to leave Bruges, Belgium and head to our final destination for the semester- London, all that our class’s bus had to do was drive onto a fully enclosed train…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater
Today’s adventures brought us to London to see a play at the Globe Theater for our English lit and theater class. The Globe Theater is world famous because of its status as the original theater where all of Shakespeare’s plays were debuted and regularly performed. Even today, only Shakespearean plays are performed at the Globe,…
Taking the Bus to Buckingham Palace in London
Today my friends and I are taking the bus to Buckingham Palace in London, England! This was the first of three day trips that I took over our third free weekend at Oxford. Since I will be returning to London soon for a class field trip to the Globe Theater, today’s visit was just a…