An ostretch. I made that up myself today at the Oxford Museum of Natural History while looking at a stuffed ostrich. Wonderful little place next to the Radcliffe Science Library. They have dinosaur tracks in front of the museum.
I started off the morning with some biscuits. Well, the British call them biscuits. They're actually cookies. But calling them biscuits makes me feel better about my nutritional habits.
Lay off. I'm in England.
I was escorted, along with the other new members of my future college here at Oxford, New College. While it is new, it was built in 1379, and is one of the oldest colleges in Oxford. Here's a picture of one of the quadrants of the college.
I know. It's beautiful. It's like this all around the city. After being inducted and receiving my library card (students can only go to two libraries: the Bodleian, and their own college library), we went further into the college and saw more scenery, like this tree that really reminds me of the scene from The Goblet of Fire where Professor Moody turns Malfoy into a ferret. 
I didn't ask if that's where the scene took place. Don't want to. Be TOO much of a tourist, right?
After the New College tour, we were left on our own until 2, when we were scheduled to listen to a couple more lectures on British customs and culture. So I went down to the covered and open markets and snagged myself a lamb shawarma for £3. It was pretty great. I'll be going back there.
The evening consisted of another trip to the Eagle and Child pub. I got another beer. And fish n chips. The cask ales here are really strange. They aren't like most beers that people are used to, which are carbonated. Cask ales aren't. They're pressurized by a head pressure that pushes the beer out when the bartender pulls a lever. It might seem like the beer would be flat, but it doesn't taste that way. It just tastes... Right.
Your puns are bad in that timezone, too! :)
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