I’m sitting in what will be Sydney’s room for the next eight weeks. Fairly sizable, it has an armoir, a bookshelf, a desk, a bed, two chairs, an overhead light, and a sink. Not bad! Of course, while he and his fellow Cornell philosophy student Alice (who is, thankfully, living just next door to him in this house) are at a Plato class this afternoon, I’ll be scouting the territory for places that might sell ethernet cables, inexpensive reading lamps, and the like. Oxford is fairly small, or at least the part of it that we tramped this morning was eminently walkable. He’ll be getting his exercise, though: his quarters are something like 2 miles from the philosophy department–which is on the corner of Merton and Logic Lane, can you believe it? Some funny names ’round here.
Erin
Alan Schmierer
If you haven’t already found it, try Argos for cheap stuff like lamps, electric tea kettles, etc.