Breathtaking...absolutely breathtaking.
That was the only adequate adjective that came to my overwhelmed mind as I flew over English air space. Tears literally came to my eyes as the clouds broke and I was able to see the rolling pasture land and clusters of cities dotting the countryside. I thought, Why me? Why do I get to experience something like this, something that three years ago I could never have imagined I would be doing? I have the priviledge of spending the next nine months of my life studying Literature at one of the oldest universities in the world...I am counting my blessings every step of the way. I hope this video blog will share with viewers the adventure/ journey/ Alice's rabbit hole which I am about to fall into! I'll do my best to update with weekly videos, and perhaps write and post pictures more often than that. Please leave comments, as I'd love to keep in touch with everyone in any way possible! Know that I miss you already.
Each week, I'll try to include a link to a song that expresses exactly how I'm feeling. This week, it's Paolo Nutini's "These Streets." While this song has a melancholy feel to it, the lyrics are really about mixed feelings when moving to an unfamiliar place to make a new life for one's self. The song is actually about London, but I think it suits Oxford just as well, especially the "high street madness."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDGB2gu6Ank
Now, for the video part of this video blog... In this episode, you'll see the breathtaking vistas I was able to gaze upon from the plane, as well as a little of the planning process it took to get me on that plane.
