First Couple of Days

I wasn't going to start a blog out of fear that it would be compared to Luke Mosley's, however, other students have been blogging and I would like to keep my family and friends back home informed.

The first days of the trip have been exhausting and fun all at the same time. I barely slept on the 8hr flight which turned out to be a terrible decision. Our charter from Gatwick to Oxford hit traffic that would make Atlanta look deserted. We were told not to nap to prevent jet lag so it was fun trying to stay awake. We arrived at The UGA at Oxford Center, where all Terry students will stay,  a few hours later.  We had three orientation sessions on the first day and then a 2 hour dinner to end the night. Having late night discussions over a beer with some professors and tutors was definitely my highlight of the night.

After the long day and late night, my first class started at 7:30am Tuesday (Thanks Dr. Laplante). Classes will be held in Trinity College. Oxford University is made up of 38 autonomous colleges, and Trinity is one of them. Next another orientation for the Bodleian library system which is incredible. 12 million books. Then Environmental Economics with my Oxford tutor. I gather that this class is going to be very difficult, as he covered most of ECON 4010 in 2 hours. Much reading is to be done.

I booked my flight to Turin to see my friend Alberto Geuna. Ill fly out July 22nd and return on the 24th.

Some students are talking about taking a trip to London, Brussels, and Amsterdam this weekend. I will probably travel to London on Friday and return Saturday to start my first paper.

I hope this reaches everyone well, and I will post more soon.

--Michael