I really love my classes here, but I wish they were longer. Two hours is so short! But I’m enjoying them. Today Dr. Anderson asked me to explain to everyone my thought process as I translated an Old English statement. It was fun for me to do this because I always think about how I think and how I could teach it someone else. I love what I’m learning.
After lunch I went with some people to a free museum, Victoria and Albert Museum. It was HUGE! We hardly even had time to get started. But I did get to see some awesome sculptures (a Bernini!) and some exhibits about Japan and China. While I milled around, I thought about why we go to museums—what is the value in looking at artwork and old things? I think that it helps us understand people. As I walked around this museum, I tried to think about what I was learning about the people who lived in the times and places I saw artifacts from.
Then I went with Sara to try and get train tickets to Oxford tomorrow (but they were way too expensive—we ended up getting bus tickets). We got some groceries and went home to eat. After eating we rushed off to meet with our whole group in the open air theater in Regency Park. We went to a play that turned out to be a very suggestive version (apparently other BYU groups have gone before and it has been clean). So we left in the beginning. Some of us went to the grocery store with Dr. Gardner and got lots of ice cream and toppings. We took it back to our flat and had a grand ol’ time making ice cream sundaes.
I stayed up late trying to organize my trip to Oxford the next day.
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