Today was my first day traveling to Oxford, a 90 min train ride from Bath. For those of you who know me, you know that I occasionally have some issues with travel...so I gave myself a two hour window to get there with plenty of time to look around. I made it perfectly well but with one small mistake, and so now I am offering my first ever travel tip: always bring a book. Sure, I know what you're thinking: I'll study my Greek lesson on the train and then walk around the city until I have class. In a perfect world that is what would happen, but unfortunately, we live in the real world, where your Greek book instantly puts you to sleep on the train and as soon as you get to the city, a snow storm hits that you haven't dressed for and you're forced to sit in a coffee shop for two hours where you can't buy coffee because you've spent five pounds on a sandwich for lunch and refuse (on principle) to pay another pence. When that happens, a book (other than A Primer to Ancient Greek) would really come in handy.
I look forward to going to Oxford and actually being able to walk around without freezing. I also look forward to preparing for my Greek lesson so that I won't have to sight translate an entire passage by myself and ask for every other word. The biggest issue in these Oxford trips will be avoiding the temptation to buy the delicious looking pack of cupcakes at the train station, a perfect way to forget about my mental inadequacy.
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Cupcakes are always tempting, but you must resist. Save your money for other things....like Amsterdam.
ReplyDeleteAnnie! I love this! I love seeing the pictures! I love knowing what you're up to. I can't wait to hear how the weeks progress. Now I'm off to "have a sleep", Cheerio! (I know when you talk about obnoxiously repeating English accents, you couldn't be talking about Jason and me... because, like, when we do it it's really cool, right? ; )
ReplyDeleteLove you!