So yesterday we went to Oxford for the night. We got up and checked our big bags in the luggage room so that we would only have to take a small bag on the trip. The train only took an hour from Paddington station, so it was pretty easy.
The people we were visitng were two kids I randomly met in Bejing this summer. I was getting on the subway and they came running after me 'cause I was white. (It was exciting to see white people). They needed directions and I was a white person with a map - it was perfect. We ended up talking for a long time and then I accompanied them on their way to the silk market, since I had nothing else better to do. That is how I know these people.
Now we were going to visit them in Oxford for the night, and I was kinda excitied. When we arrived in Oxford we left our bags at the hostel and grabbed something to eat. That is when I gave Rachel a call and Jordan answered saying they were on their way. The only problem is I don't understand cell phone converstaions very well - expecially someone with an accent. Therefore, I coulden't tell if they were going to the hostel or going to our restauarnt. So we left and went back to the hostel - they weren't there - so we went back to the restuarant - they were there. So now we had to go BACK to the hostel to check in. That's when we discovered that this was the wrong hostel. So we had to relocate to our correct, reseerved hostel.
Now it was time to have fun. We first went to Christ Church - part of Oxford University. Jen and I took a tour - the same one that I took when Lindsay visited me in London. Except last time the reception hall was closed. So I was pissed when the reception hall was closed this time. I couldn't believe the luck. Which is why I was happy when some guy came and removed the sign when we were getting ready to move on. It was perfect - except the hall wasn't as great as I was expecting (probably because I built it up so much over the last two years of not being able to see it). But it was still cool. We finished the tour and found Jordan and Rachel again. We wandered a little and had a milkshake in a cafe in the old city castle. We then wandered some more until I decided to take a shower back at the hostel.
When we were done with the showers, Rachel came up with the idea of going out to their home town of Thames. We thought it was a good idea. However, the busses to their park and ride parking lot weren't running anymore so we had to take a taxi to her car. Then we drove through the English countryside to Thames, and looked for a place to have dinner. By this time it was 9:00 and everything had stopped serving food - except for the Asians. So we ate Chinese (kinda appropriate since we all met in China). After dinner we got some drinks at a small pub, until they stopped serving at 11pm. I had a Pims, which is some kind of Sprite and alcohal. That's all I know.
After that we went back to Oxford to go out, but Jen was tired so we dropped her off at the hostel. I had to follow her in because we only had one key for the room. We exchanged the key and then we parked the car in a free lot. That was when I discovered that I didn't have the key. So we walked back to the hostel and attempted to stand in the street yelling up to the third floor for Jen. This just didn't work. So we decided to settle in at a pub a few storefronts down. Rachel and I got a drink, and I browsed the pub for someone staying at the hostel. I thought I saw the guy that checked Jen and I in, but I wasn't sure. (At this point, Rachel and met a friend - Pam), and Pam volunteered to approach the guy and ask. Sure enough, it was. So I had entrance into the hostel. We drank.
Rachel and Jordan left at 1:30 (Rachel works night shifts right now, so she had been up for 48+ hours) but I sat around with her other friends until the pub closed at 2am. That's when the hostel worker let me into the hostel. Another employee let me into the room (so I didn't have to awaken anyone), and I wen to bed.
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