Valencia and Oxford.

First and foremost, I am terribly sorry that it has been so long since I have taken the time you update you all.  Well, last Thursday, the school took us to Valencia, which is the largest city near us.  It was so much fun!!!!  We got to see some of the famous buildings in the town and we also got to shop shop shop till we dropped dropped dropped.  Surprisingly I didn't buy anything, which shocked me, considering that I love to shop!!!  I attached a picture of the opera house, which I found to be the coolest looking building architecturally.  Hopefully sometime this year I will make it to an opera, ballet, or piano performance at the music center.  I don't really like opera music, but I think that it would be fun and a good experience.  Anyways, while all my fellow classmates went back to school I was off to the airport....I was going to Oxford!!!!!  I was so proud of myself, because I managed to get directions to the train station, found the metro station, and got to the airport all by myself.   Once I got to London, I had to take the 2 hour bus ride to Oxford.  I arrived to my friends welcoming arms.  It was so much fun to see Becca and Christian again!!!  I also got to meet all their american oxford friends!!!  It was a blast.  We strolled, went to museums, went to Christ Church, climbing buildings, shopped a little, cooked, went to afternoon tea, and lastly we went to a pub.  Don't worry I didn't do anything crazy at the pub...I actually found it pretty gross, because I pretty much hate the smell of beer.  However, the ambiance of the pub was really fun.  It was a good experience and fun to experience with my friends from Walla Walla.  Sadly, after the pub, my stay at Oxford came to an end and I had to take the bus back to London, than the plane back to Valencia, than the metro, than the train, and then I had to walk for 30 minutes back to campus.  I'm standing a little taller now, because I feel so much more grown up because I traveled all alone.  My mom was pretty nervous about it, but good news I'm still living.