Week One. Check!

This has been a busy week!! We say a lot of things and learned a lot in several different locations all across England! It feels like we have been going 100 miles a minute but I am seriously enjoying my time here! The first place we visited was Warwick Castle! It was absolutely amazing! Here are some pictures from that!

Warwick Castle

This man greeted us when we came in!

 We were excited to go see everything! 

this is a keeper for sure!

Just having tea with a creepy wax figure!

My Sweet friend Emily!

There was incredible peacock garden! I was obsessed!

Jessie J. was performing that night so obviously we took a picture outside of the venue!

 They had a bald eagle! It was so beautiful!!!

And this little owl!!! So Cute!!!

Stratford upon Avon!

Right after that we headed to Stratford upon Avon! This is the birthplace of Shakespeare! So we learned so much about him and the city that raised him! 

The entire group!

I just loved these places!

This is the church that Shakespeare is buried in!!

The top panel is the original piece of stained glass was from the original building in 1212

This is Shakespeare's grave

It was such a beautiful town! 

This is me and my roommate Libby! She is an absolute blast to hang out with! 

London

On Saturday Jenny, Libby and I headed out to London! 

We all fell in love with the city and all it had to offer! 

This is one of my favorite pictures for some reason! It is just so beautiful there!

Buckingham Palace!

British Royal Guard

Big Ben!

Westminster Abbey

The Bridge!!!! So Spirited for the Olympics!!

That night we went to Chicago! We had 3rd row seats!! it was absolutely AMAZING!!!!

Anyways! We are having a blast and are looking forward to more adventures for the weeks ahead! I am seriously having the time of my life and I am enjoying every minute that we are spending here!!! 

Becoming an Oxfordian!

What a whirlwind the past 3 days have been! I have had such a good time trying to adjust to this incredible city! Our airplane ride was an experience for sure, I was sitting on a aisle next to a man who travels to Narobi Africa 6 times a year for a month at a time! It was awesome to get to hear his story!
Here is a collage that sums up our plane ride pretty well!

Once we got to London we had about an hour and a half drive to our little home on Canterbury road!

I am living in House 9 for the next four weeks it was built in 1850!!! It is a precious house! I love it! The first day we got unpacked and trekked down to Downtown Oxford! walking around down here is like walking around in a movie, everything is so picturesque! Here are a few pictures from our walk to downtown! 

This city is so enchanting! I just am loving it here! After walking around we decided to grab dinner at a local pub called the Royal Oak! It was so good! We all got hamburgers! 

The first night we went to bed super early because we were pooped! 

Day 2: 

We went to class from about 9-12! Most of todays class consisted of lots of questions about the culture! I am really going to enjoy being here! Almost immediately after class our little group ran down to On the Hoof! Its the quaintest little sandwich shop that I just LOVED it & see myself chowing down there often! 

After that we freshened up and headed back into town!  Here are a few more pictures of the downtown city of Oxford! 

 This pub is where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolken talked about Theology and things! It is so neat to be in these places that so many famous people have been to!! 

Here is a city view down the main alley

 This is one of my new sweet friends Jenny Dodd!! She is absolutely precious! In this picture we are in a church that was built in 900!! So ancient! It was amazing!! 

 This building is was built in 1400... seriously amazing... maybe wasn't an Austin Reed back then but the building is original! 

This wall that I am touching was built in 1000... It was the original wall of the city of Oxford! It was incredible to touch this piece of history! 

 This is Christ Church! It was maybe one of the most beautiful palaces I have seen yet! 

Hopefully I will update again soon! But that sums up my first 2 full days in Oxford! 

The Perfect Planner

If anyone knows me, they understand how incredibly important a planner is to me. 

I have always thought about making my own planner but have never sat down to do it. 

So, I did it. I made it annnddd I LOVE IT!

I thought I would share it with you all! Feel free to use it as well! Everything should print perfectly if you are an OCD planner like me, this should be the perfect planner for you!

This is the Cover - Which I got laminated 

Inside the Cover 

First Page! 

I use this page as a filler and it most of the time is adjacent to the monthly calander

This is the Left Page

anddd the Right

Here are the Monthly Calanders

And I used this as the back cover and laminated it as well!

Here are some pictures of mine! I got it bound at Fedex for like 5 dollars!!! 

Enjoy!