Paris

My first trip out of the UK was a weekend in Paris last month. We spent the weekend going to the Eiffel Tower, exploring museums, visiting churches, and eating lots of bread and cheese. It was a really fun trip, and I liked Paris a lot, despite being really awkward about my terrible French, not much of which came back to me. I'll actually be back for another weekend in April, because I have many more things I wanted to do (like visiting Versailles), and I hope to have better weather then so I can go to the gardens and enjoy a sunnier, warmer Paris as well.

White Cliffs of Dover

Last week we spent the day in Dover! We toured Dover Castle first, and then went over to the white cliffs. My friends and I spent an hour walking around, trying to get to the best vantage points. The cliffs were beautiful, and luckily we had pretty good weather to be out there. At one point during the day it was also clear enough to just make out France across the channel.

I wish we could have spent more time there!

Oxford

A few weeks ago, I went on a day trip to Oxford. The university is beautiful and the town was lovely. I can't imagine going to school every day on a campus like Oxford's. I love the small streets between colleges and the old college buildings that are far older than any of our academic buildings at NYU. It was fun to wander around Oxford for the day with some friends.

Our tour guide first took us on a tour of Balliol College, giving us a bit of history of the college and Oxford in general. The annoying and distracting part was that our tour guide kept comparing everything to Harry Potter... We have dining halls too (though they certainly aren't as old and pretty).