Summer - Week 6

This was the final week at Oxford. Our theses were due, and we had a departmental celebration afterwards. In this photo, I am showing off my yellow slip at the door to the Exam Schools that proves I handed in my thesis.

Summer - Week 5

I spent a lot of time outdoors this week engaging in stereotypical Oxford pastimes like punting, playing croquet, and walking through meadows.

Bath

On Sunday afternoon, I went on a quick trip to Bath with Cohen and Juli.

Summer - Week 4

I spent the fourth week of summer working on my thesis and wandering around the walking paths and museums of Oxford.

Summer - Week 3

I sent off a draft of my thesis for my advisor to review during the third week of summer, so I had a lot of free time on my hands to spend exploring Oxford. The Olympic torch also came to town this week.

Summer - Week 2

England may have lost the war, but that didn't stop us from, in the words of our party host, celebrating "the fact that we WHOOPED those limey bastards back in the 18th century and won our independence" and "formally and ever so elegantly told them to go shove it."

Summer - Week 1

When I returned from Italy, the Oxford student population had declined. Undergrads were gone, and the summer season had commenced.

Italy

I visited Sam, my roommate from sophomore year, in Italy. She attends culinary school in Florence.

Trinity - Week 9

Even though classes were out, week 9 was full of special events. 

Trinity - Week 8

Week 8 was the last real week of Trinity term, and there was no shortage of dancing and dining.

Trinity - Week 7

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, which celebrates the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne, took place during Week 7.

Trinity - Week 6

Week 6 was a busy week for socializing, and it ended with a weekend trip out to a classmate's house in the country on the other side of London.

Paris

I went to Paris during 5th week with Daddy and Aunt Dora.

Trinity - Week 4

During week 4 I went to London, conducted some interviews, and spent a night in museums.

Trinity - Week 3

Week 3 involved lectures, multiple dinners, and a lovely stroll through Port Meadow.

May Day

May Day is a holiday on May 1 that celebrates the spring. In Oxford, the Magdalen College choir rings in May Morning by singing from the top of the college's Great Tower.

Trinity - Week 2

Cinco de Mayo

Week 2 consisted of getting started on collecting data for my thesis and celebrating May Day and Cinco de Mayo.

Trinity - Week 1

handing in essays at the Examination Schools

Week 1 of Trinity Term brought the official end of classes and the start of our thesis term.

March of the Living

The March of the Living is an annual event that takes place on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Around 11,000 people (both Jewish and not) from all over the world came together to walk the 3km "Death March" between Auschwitz I and Birkenau and commemorate the loss of the victims of the Holocaust. I travelled with the UK delegation, and we spent 3.5 days touring Jewish sites in Poland before the day of the march.

Warsaw

I travelled from Berlin to Warsaw to tour the city on my own for two days before meeting up with my group for March of the Living. Warsaw is a fine city, but I wouldn't feel the need to go back.