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I am up and running online! I will put up the other posts that I wrote but coulnt publish so if the dates don't make sense that is why.


one thirty pm Oxford time on July 4th 2003


I'm Here! one thirty pm GMT on July 4th

I made it to Oxford in one piece! Unfortunately for some reason Theseus will not acnowledge the internet connection here so I am writing this in word pad. Let me begin at the beginning.

We drove to Newark. Fine. We tried to find a restaurant to get some lunch. After pulling into several hotels we did find one and it did have pretty good food. We had to circle the block a few times to get back onto the right road to get to the airport. Even though we ate lunch, we were still really early so I checked in my bag (no line!) and we went to look in the shops. I found a bookstore so we killed a good lot of time there. We decided to go downstairs and sit and wait for Jess who was on time. While we were waiting we played "name that person" For those of you who have never played this game, all you have to do is point out an interesting looking person and guess what their name should be. You never really know if you are right or not but it is a lot of fun to do while peoplewatching. Jess got in and waited in a MUCH longer line to check in her bag and then it was time to say goodbye. Just before we all parted ways my father noticed a post card that had a map of NJ, but in stead of Fort Dix it said Fort Fix. They of course had to buy one.

Jess and I went through the metal detectors. Everyone took of their shoes and I set the thing off with my silver bracelet. Not a big deal, as soon as the lady came over she knew what set it off. Another two hours of sitting at the gate and we boarded. I had a window seat in the back of the plane next to some Brittish Guy in his late twenties. Poor Jess had an asle seat next to some Brittish High School kid who smelled really bad. The flight was not too bad. I took pictures taking off and landing. The inflight movie was Chicago which was excellent even on an eight inch screen and edited for content. The food was surprisingly edible. I took about a two hour nap and then woke up again. Poor Jess didn't sleep at all. My right ear is still poped from the descent though because I wasn't paying attention and stopped chewing my gum.

Once we got on the ground, stuff got a bit confusing. First we spent what seemed like an hour in line at customs. No problems there except for the line which did move steadily there were just a lot of people. We found our luggage and lugged it on over to the money machine. It did not charge us to take money out which was cool. All we had to deal with is the surcharge from our banks. Next adventure, to find the bus terminal. We got there but I still don't know how much sense it made. We went down a ramp that was about a floor and then we got into an elevator and went up a floor. Once we got there we found the spot for the Oxford bus and waited ten minutes for it to arrive. The bus - sorry - Coach driver was very nice and helped us put on our luggage. We both did nap a bit more on the bus. We got to Oxford and walked a block and a half to St Peters after a bit of confusion over the street we were on. Once we got there we discovered that there are too many summer programs here. After a bit of running around and with the help of several wonderfully helpful people, we got ourselves straightend out and got our room keys and the building pointed out to us. Our rooms are really nice. Small but nice. We hauled our luggage up (I am in 33 and Jess is in 22) and decided to take naps and do some unpacking until 2pm GMT. I unpacked, discovered that theseus doesnt want to play, and decided that a shower would be better than a nap. It wasn't too bad. There was good water pressure and there was hot water. Only one shower on the floor though. Everything is very clean if a bit old. I tried to make a phone call from the card phone but it didn't want to go. I will try again when I meet up with Jess.

Now I think I will have a bit of a nap because it is 1:30 here already and 8:30 at home.