Windsor, Stonehenge, Oxford, oh my!

London 12:00

It is Sunday night and our week in London is officially over! I am sad to report that tomorrow morning at 6:30 am our class will be leaving the city and taking the underground to Heathrow airport. Since I last updated this blog I have been to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, and Oxford University. On Saturday the group went on a bus tour and left the city for the day. The first stop of the tour was Windsor Castle, which is located about 45 minutes outside of London. When I toured Buckingham Palace I was told that the Queen spends a majority of her time living in Windsor Castle. To my disappointment, on Saturday I learned the Queen does not usually live at Windsor. In fact, she only lives there one week out of the entire year. However, Stonehenge came with no disappointment at all! To be able to stand in the presence of a piece of 3,000 year old history is breathtaking. I wish we could have spent more time walking around Stonehenge, but our tour was cut short due to the limited time we had to drive to Oxford. About an hour away from Stonehenge is the city of Oxford and the home of world famous Oxford University. We were not allowed to go inside any of the buildings, but our tour guide gave us a 20 min. waking tour of the surrounding area. After seeing the beautiful Oxford University campus I came back to the hotel and looked into Master’s programs on their website. Unfortunately, the program’s I looked into do not consider accepting students from the USA unless they have a 3.7 GPA. While my hope of possibly attending Oxford University did not pan out, at least I have an official Oxford shirt from one of the gift shops. Now, I must stop writing since it is already 1:00 am here in London and I need to wake up early. Once I get back to Los Angeles I will wrap up my entire experience abroad!