first impressions

so after about a week of disorientation, i am all settled in the middle ages. this place is really cool and really interesting. it's like a combination of a museum, harry potter and berkeley, with some globalization on the side. suprisingly, oxford is actually a lot like berkeley--except with smart people (sorry boys, i gotta tell it like it is). it is quite an experience. the business school is a really modern building, but all around us it is like the victorian era has never ended. there's even a trendy cafe/restaurant near my place that is in a building that is probably an ancient ruin (in fact, it looks like a greek ruin--go figure). and when we take our final exams we have to take them in the 'examination school'--which looks like some big, scary, old british school (i guess that's what it is, haha), and we have to wear a tuxedo with a white bow tie, a cape and one of those graduation hats (they call it the sub fusc.--i'll post more on the sub fusc. later), lol. it's pretty creepy.