Here are a few things I've seen and learned about Oxford. And some pet peeves too!
- At any given point walking down the street in Oxford, you can hear about a dozen languages. It's a really neat, I was walking home one day and counted the number of different languages I could identify and it was astonishing! French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Czech, the list goes on and on!
- "Look both ways" doesn't apply when crossing the street. First, you have to look left, then right, then left, then right again, just in case some maniacal taxi driver or cyclist has decided to forgo the rules of traffic and ignore pedestrians. I've learned curse words in three or four of the languages I've mentioned because tourists apparently don't like getting run over by said cyclists.
- Weekends aren't fun, even in the dead of winter, because there are tourists EVERYWHERE. They clog up the streets, sidewalks, restaurants, shops; anything and everything in Oxford. I've been here for over a month and I'm offered a "free guided walking tour" at least four times on weekends. Also, the libraries aren't open as long, which means less time you can spend studying to catch up for the next week.
- If you are dying of tuberculosis and you're coughing your lungs out, please exit the library and stop spreading your disease to the rest of the lovely island we call Great Britain.
- Please stop making out with your girlfriend across from me while I am trying to work. Besides the fact that Valentine's Day was yesterday and you missed your chance, you're making some disgusting noises.
- It will rain. The only thing you can do about it is hope you're prepared. Unfortunately, this means being ready for horizontal rain, biting wind, blinding sun, and/or slippery sidewalks, separately or simultaneously.
I do love Oxford though, a lot of fun!
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