I'm at Oxford right now, I actually just woke up. I've never slept on the floor before, and it wasn't that bad. Or I might have passed out because I was so tired and don't know the difference... either way it was fine. Cold, but fine. I meant to write before now, I have a few interesting tales, and now I have to catch up because Oxford posts are always really long! First I'll start with yesterday: Elyse asked me awhile ago if I would go to Roehampton University and get a sweatshirt for her. Sure, why not, I thought, it's just past Richmond Park. Um. I waited until Friday to go figuring if, or wait when I got lost, I would need time, and things around here close early. I got on the uni bus and went to Roehampton Vale, which is part of the Kingston campus, and it's where the engineers study. From there all I had to do was find Richmond Park, go through it and Roehampton should be on the other side. Sounds simple... oh I wish it was. So at Roehampton Vale, I walked away from the Robin Hood Roundabout because I remembered from maps that it was not near it, so I walked and I figured I had Richmond Park on my left. I did, but the problem was, I couldn't get in. Next to the road is the golf course, and next to that is Richmond Park so I found out about after a mile of walking that there was no entrance to Richmond Park. I turned around because I didn't know how far this went, or if I was going in the right direction. So that's two miles right there. I stopped in at the Asda, a cheap grocery store to get something to drink and rest, and then I continued on my way. Oh did I mention Asda is part of Walmart... cool, I have a place to buy my clothes. Asda is Walmart with more food. Sweet. Anyway, so I walked past Roehampton Vale, and there I found it, the entrance to Richmond Park. As I was entering two horses were leaving... they were so cute. By now though I'm tired, my legs hurt, I've been awake for maybe 3 hours and it's like 3 in the afternoon.. hehe. But I enter a park and all is well in the world. Richmond Park is beautiful. Well what park isn't? It doesn't look like Hyde Park with the trails and it looks very natural. There are deer just hanging out. I got close enough to take a picture, and one looked up at me and gave me like a death glare. Yeah I ran. There was also a lot of dead trees, and high grass. It's very nice, and I love it. The walk through Richmond Park was breathtaking and I cannot wait to go back. It's all open fields, it looks like it goes on forever. One day I'll actually walk through it, I kept to the side because I was going toward Roehampton Gate. So I have pictures of Richmond Park, go see them, they are beautiful. At Roehampton Gate, I had no idea which way to go. There was a sign that said, "Roehampton 3/4" So I went that way. I passed a few schools, all grammar schools, and then there was neighborhood after neighborhood. I walked more than 3/4 of a mile, I walked for like 20-30 minutes until I finally just sat down at a bus stop. I was soooo tired, and my legs killed. I was thinking about heading home, when I realized I gave my last two pounds to Kathleen so she could get Coke the previous night. Super. I have no money, and I'm in the middle of no where! As I was sitting there just thinking of turning around, a car went by me that on the side said, "Roehampton University." I got up and sprinted after the car. No joke, I full out ran. I kept up with the car for like 30 seconds but it disappeared from my sight. No big deal, it led me to an intersection and to my right I saw a lot of college looking kids. I had found Roehampton. If I had gone left I probably would have found the other 3 campuses, and the one I wanted, but oh well, I found Whitelands. I didn't find a sweatshirt though, but I got to see a nice looking campus. So next post: Oxford. This one would be really long if I kept going.