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Brendan came to Oxford this weekend. He arrived Saturday morning, and left this afternoon. We tried to figure out our train plans for when we make our way to Europe, but we didn’t come to any conclusions yet. So then after he left I came back and tried to organize all my itinerary stuff. But it was really good to have Brendan here. I think he had a good time too.

Saturday morning, we went to Queen’s Lane Cafe and had brunch of salmon and cream cheese on bread with bacon and eggs. It was very good. Then we made a stop at my library and went to the University Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum. Brendan took lots of pictures and said his favorite was the Pitt Rivers. Then we went back to Regent’s to take a little break, after which we went to the Ashmolean, Blackwell’s bookstore, and the Museum of the History of Science where they had this special exhibit on the moon. I went to all these museums when I was visiting, but I haven’t been back much except when I went to the Pitt Rivers as a group outing of PPE students and to the Ashmolean very quickly with my mom, aunt, and uncle. It was cool to go back and spend some time there. I forget to appreciate things while I’m here because I know I’ll be here for a while so I feel no urgency to see things. It’s good when people who aren’t going to be here much come, because then I take them around and get to explore things myself too.

After our last museum, we stopped some stores, and Brendan bought a Regent’s Park scarf. It cost way too much money, but he didn’t want the typical Oxford University apparel. I’ve told him that you can tell people are tourists or aren’t students when they have that because usually Oxford students get the stuff with their school on it. It made me happy that he wanted something with my college on it. Regent’s isn’t exactly the most prestigious or well-known college at Oxford, but it’s mine. As we were walking, everybody around us had ice cream, so Brendan and I decided we needed some too. It was a beautiful day out, perfect for walking around the city and eating ice cream. So we went to G&D’s and got some homemade ice cream. There was a line out the door. Then we went down to the river and sat to finish it. Brendan said it would have been more hard-core if my river had rapids and that’s what I rowed through. When we were racing the water could get really choppy, though, rowing in the wake of other boats and if it was raining it got a bit rough.

So then we headed back to Regent’s, but we had decided to see a movie so we stopped to get tickets in advance. They give you reserved seats too. That was the first time I had been to a movie in England, been to plenty of plays but no movies. We saw Pirates that evening, which was decent. Good action, but it was Pirates, just what we expected, though I wasn’t completely happy with the ending. Before the movie, we went to the Eagle and Child for dinner. We both had fish and chips. Brendan hadn’t had that since he’s been here. Crazy. I always take people to the Eagle and Child to show off the meeting place of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien. But I usually take pictures in there, and I forgot to. Actually Brendan and I didn’t get any pictures together. Just forgot, which my mom probably will be sad about.

After the movie, we were both tired so we went to bed. Then we got up this morning and went to church with Celia. We stopped and got some frozen pizzas and garlic bread, as is mine and Celia’s tradition. It was our last Sunday lunch this week because next week I’ll be meeting Melissa and Christi in London on Sunday. Brendan had Scrubs on his iPod, so we switched it up and watched that instead of Everybody Loves Raymond. And Celia brought strawberries. It was a good lunch. Then I took Brendan to the bus station, and he’s back in London by now. I miss him. It’s nice to have people visiting me. But I should get to work. Jennifer and I might take a trip to Stratford this week, so I need to get a little ahead.

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