Across the Pond

Bonjour, Good'ay, Hola, and howdy. For those of you who are going to be following me while I make my way across Europe and study the business parts of it, I welcome you. I will try to keep this updated as often as possible. So what am I doing in Oxford? I am privileged to be here with the Business department of ACU, including Dr. Stewart, Dr. Pope and about 30 classmates. For about four and a half weeks, I will be studying here. One on-site class and a "global apprenticeship" where in small groups we will work with non-profits such as Oxfam and AC. Neilsen. After this program, I will be making my way to Greece, Italy and Spain for some traveling. In Spain, I plan to take on the Running of the Bulls, but well save that for another time.

After a long but quiet night (except for the screaming baby) aboard British Airways, we arrived in beautiful London, England. Upon arrival, we were told that they were in the middle of a "heat wave"...being that is was 74 degress outside. For a Texan and Abilenean like myself, I knew from that moment that it was going to be a good 6 weeks. What a beautiful countryside we are getting to experience. The town, Oxford, is as stereotypical as you could pick it. Old victorian houses, large trees, narrow streets and quaint shops along the way. After we got everybody situated in the two houses, we had lunch out in the backyard with the professors and on-site coordinators and then had a short orientation. Im excited about getting out into the community. Oxford University is close by, providing University park. Everything is green here. Tonight, we are making our way into downtown Oxford to get some exercise. Tomorrow, classes start.

Upcoming Events:
Wednesday- Classes start
Saturday- Off to France (Paris, Normandy) for 5 days

And so hobey ho, and off we go
-Shay