Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Days Three and Four sorry for the lateness!

Hello blog-world!
I apologize for missing Tuesday but it was very busy and I was far too tired to update the blog! So I suppose I will start with what I did on Tuesday. I went to Oxford with Heather which was very, very exciting! I guess I should explain this, I'm not quite sure all the names for everything yet but basically I think there's Oxfordshire and then within Oxfordshire there is a bunch of towns including Oxford and the village where I am living called Barton. Now, the other thing is that Barton is a little town so on my mailing address I'm actually in a city called Headington which is much larger and that is where we usually go to the shops and where I will be going to school. Sorry, I bet thats a bit confusing. Anyway, yes so we went into Oxford which is the biggest town in Oxfordshire. I'm not quite sure the population but it seemed to be a bustling city! I enjoyed it quite a bit! There were lots of shops and we looked all around. There's tons of history there which was really interesting to me. One famous spot we went to was a place where three men known as the Oxford Martyrs were killed. The men were Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmar who was the Archbishop of Cantebury at the time. This all happened when Mary Tudor took over as the English monarch after her brother Edward died (Mary is the oldest daughter of Henry VIII, his only child with his first wife Catherine of Aragon). Sorry for the history lesson but I am quite interested by it! We also saw some gorgeous botanical gardens! Later we had lunch in the very pub where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien sat where writing their famous books. Its been my first pub stop here and I had a ginger beer (unalcoholic I must say). Afterwards, I went to see Heather's school with her. It's quite lovely (: Then Haroun and I walked back to the house and made Heather golden rod toast and meringues for tea! Then I phoned up my Aunty Moira and my Aunty Lily and spoke to them about having a visit!! I am very, very excited! Later, Heather and I talked about travel plans which I'm sure I will update you on them once they've become more final! Okay that was mostly Tuesday! Then today, we woke up early to go this little village called Cumnor because Heather and Haroun needed to see someone there. So, I went for a bit of a wander! My oh my! The town was beautiful! Very, very cute. I saw loads of little thatched houses and things, it was kind of a traditional English village, I took lots and lots of pictures. Later today I went to my school for my official interview! It went very well. Except for the beginning! Apparently, there was a mix up about my appointment! But no bother, I spoke to the head of sixth form and he was quite nice. He helped me quite a bit and answered all my questions. I think I will be enjoying my time there very much!! When we got back, we walked into Headington and then Haroun and I went to the shops and took the bus back while Heather walked their super adorable dog Bea! We had a nice tea but now we're watching a movie so I'll write more some other time. That was pretty much the past few days. Tomorrow I get to meet a girl that will be going to my school next year as well, she's younger than me but still I'm excited! Alright, yes! Movie! Bye!
xx Emma

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