Mar 24, 2012

Day 6 at Oxford

Today was packed with museums since I didn't have class. Thursday is normally my internship day.

First Emily and I went to the Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers museum of archaeology.



The museum of natural history was really cool and featured animals and minerals. very hands-on.

The pitt rivers museum was pretty much a museum stuck in the 90s, with everything they could possibly own on display. Very cluttered, and with hand-written notes on the displays. But still so cool! there were hundreds of glass boxes displaying everything from musical instruments to eskimo suits to boats.

In the afternoon Fiona and I went to Primark, this really cheap clothing store that has amazing deals like dresses for 5 pounds. Then we met up with the rest of the g irls and went to the Ashmolean museum of art and archaeology. With 4 floors, it was a huge museum that displayed art and artifacts from all cultures, dating from 1000BC to modern times.

After spending 3 hours in the museum, we went to this place called Shakespeare's, which is a milkshake shop that is Shakespeare themed, and all the milkshakes are named after his plays! So clever.

That night we had a formal dinner with our professors in Univ. dining hall, then went to Univ. bar, also with the professors.