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  Oxford, United Kingdom
Saturday, February 18, 2006

My apologies to everyone who's been asking for an update. Time is such an oddity - racing then slugging along. Oh well - let's see. I've played in a few more football (soccer) games, and I have one tomorrow. Had an exciting day on Valentine's: my friend Kat took me up Magdalen (pronounced Mawd-linn) Tower - the highest point in Oxford. Don't be fooled - St. Mary the Virgin advertises itself as the highest point, but they leave out "open to the public". You have to be a member of Magdalen College or accompanied by one to go up the Tower. And it was amazing, as you'll see in the pictures. Oh! And we saw the most vibrant rainbow I've ever seen in my life. The staircase is wicked scary, though. The stone steps are rather uneven and uber narrow, and all you have to hold onto is this slender bit of iron railing. I went with some football friends to see "Walk the Line" this past Wed. night. It was so good, but made me quite homesick. I didn't know I grew up on the same lake that Johnny Cash lived on for the last bit of his life. And Reese Witherspoon, Nashville native that she is, did the accent and everything so well. *Sigh* But I'm doing fine, now. England's so wonderful. Flowers are starting to bloom now, the grass is a beautiful green, not much to complain about. :) Oh, I'm also including a few pictures from a formal hall that I attended a few weeks ago and an impromptu trip to the Trout, a pub on the outskirts of Oxford. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour to walk out there, but it is *gorgeous*. Full moon, incredible view of the stars and the Isis river, a ruined monastery... England is amazing. Love you all!

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01 Formal Hall Getup	02 In Formal Hall	03 Katy and Kat	04 Kat
05 Somerville Hall	06 More Dining Hall	07 The Proctor's Table	08 Me
09 Homemade Pizza Night	10 More people	11 Monica	12 Chez Robert
13 Ru	14 Cat	15 Cat 2	16 Amanda
17 Cornmarket Street	18 Frewin Court	19 The Front Door	20 Pidge Holes
21 Kitch	22 Matt	23 People in the Common Room	24 Magdalen Tower from High 1
25 Magdalen Tower from High 2	26 Inside the Wall	27 More Magdalen	28 Kat and the Key
29 Open the Door	30 More Magdalen 2	31 More Magdalen 3	33 Out on Top
34 The Smaller Door	35 First shot of Oxford	35 More Oxford	36 The High Street
37 Dramatic Sky	38 Incoming Rain	39 Dramatic Sky 2	40 Clover Window
41 More Rain	42 Merton College	43 More Sky	44 Magdalen Quad
45 Center for Oriental Studies	46 Dramatic Sky 3	47 The Hills of Oxford	48 Big Plane
49 Big Plane 2	50 Sleepy Little Town	51 Clouds and Plane	52 Lead Roof and Turrets
53 Black and White to Color	54 Black and White to Color 2	55 More Magdalen	56 More Oxford
57 Strange Weather	58 Neat Colors from the Tower	59 Diffused Sun	60 Turret 1
61 Turret 2	62 Turret 3	63 Me and Kat on a Cool Lead Roof	64 Neat Sky
65 Sunny Oxford	66 More Sunny Oxford	67 More Sun	68 Rainbow 1
69 Double Rainbow	70 Smiling Gargoyle and Double Rainbow	71 A Bit of Scale	72 St. Mary (the virgin) and the Rad Cam
73 Clover, Mary, and Cam	74 And then the clouds swallowed up the rainbow	75 And then the clouds swallowed up the rainbow 2	76 More Clouds
77 More Rain	78 More Dramatic Sky	79 Turret 4	80 More Dramatic Sky
81 Clouds Again	82 Deep Blue	83 Horizon	84 Guide
85 Going Down

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