We had a long day today, leaving Sydney’s professor’s house at 6:50 and tramping around Oxford all day. I don’t know if it’s that the concrete is hard, or we’ve just done something crazy, but our feet are killing us. Guess we’ll be figuring out the bus system right away!
Sydney has a room on the third floor of a large house along a main thoroughfare just north of Oxford’s center. The room has some nice things: it’s got a bed, desk, bookcase, dresser, armoir, and bedding and towels. There is a small kitchen unit on this floor, and a bath downstairs. Our friend Alice is right next door, and the house apparently only has eight rooms. We’ve filled the armoir with his clothes and his pantry (which I’m hoping to help fill while I’m here), and we picked up a kettle for tea. Ahhhhh. Although I was unsuccessful in my search for a shirt this afternoon (since one of the three I brought with me developed a large tear), we found Sydney an ethernet cable for his room and some other things that will help get him off the ground. I’m hoping that, now that we’re where we have been trying to get all along, I’ll be able to slow down and simply sight-see and shop for a few things while I’m here. Sydney, of course, appears to have books to be reading. I’ll try to take the camera out with me tomorrow, but I’ll warn you: I was already hesitant to dig out the map today–embarrassment that is nothing to taking pictures with a camera in public!
Erin
Alan Schmierer