We hop on a train now and then to go to Oxford, in the next "shire". I (Katie here) use the famous Bodleian Library for research, but boy do you have to prove your worth before they'll let you in! When we visited in 2005 for my Master's research I was SO intimidated by everything and everyone. (It didn't help that I came across only the snobbiest of snobs that time.) Anyway, I was sick with intimidation when we first visited, but now it is delightful to realize that, even though it's OXFORD, they're all just regular people there. You get your elitist snobs, but mostly they're just regular students. I almost feel like I fit in, a bizarre change from my first impressions. I enjoy sitting on a bench, watching students walk by and thinking: here I am at the center of the Intellectual World, and there goes a girl in a miniskirt eating a donut and reading a fashion magazine. People are people, even in places like Oxford.
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