First days in Oxford

Hi guys, time for my first real blog post!

Oxford is fantastic (easy for me to say, since classes haven't started yet).  It is a city which I think everyone should visit at least once.  The architecture is absolutely spectacular, since the city has never been attacked.  Eveyone walks or bikes, and the streets are lined with old buildings holding cafes, bookstores, random specialty shops, etc.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so here are some pictures of the city.  Actually, most of the pictures are of my apartment which is substantially less cool, but whatever.

 

51 Walton Crescent, where I am living.   It's a fantastic apartment a short walk away from the city center.

 

My room, which is unsurprisingly a mess.

 

View from my window.

 

The common room downstairs.  We also have a kitchen, with a dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer.  Really nice.

  

I believe this is St. Giles street.  Oxford has random spectacular architecture everywhere, but all of the ordinary buildings look old as well.

  

Walking towards Cornmarket street.  Notice how many people are there.

Since it was a weekend there were random street performers in the afternoon.  This guy was pretty baller.

Also live music as you walk down the street.  They were actually really good.

And this is what the university looks like.  Just to get you excited for my next set of pictures, which will be pictures of Hogwarts Oxford university.