Study Study Study Abroad

I apologize for the lapse in blog posts. Since last Thursday I have not had much to blog about besides my reading a lot and eating lazy man's grill cheese (As if grill cheese were not a sign of laziness already). I decided it was easier to just put the bread in the toaster then put the cheese on instead of grilling it on the stove. Like I said, not exactly blog worthy material.

Of course, I forgot to bring my camera to Monday night high table dinner, so no pictures of the food. We had chicken salad, steak with some awesome yellow sauce, and  Russian pavlova (look it up). Tuesday was spent in the library finishing my first Oxford paper.

Today the Terry group of students traveled to Birmingham to visit the Jaguar Cars production plant and Cadbury World. The Jaguar plant was a testament to the power of man. The factory, which was used to produce Spitfire fighter planes during World War II, can spit out a Jaguar sports car every 33 hours or so, which may not seem fast but Jaguar only makes the cars once they are ordered. Its amazing the coordination  that is required to efficiently run such a large operation. Jaguar has employed DHL to manage the factory's logistics. We were not allowed to take photographs of the factory but the visitors center was quite nice.

Following our visit to Jaguar we made our way to Cadbury world, where Cadbury eggs are made. We are doing a  study of Kraft Foods, which just acquired Cadbury Chocolate. Our visit was characterized by masses of young children losing their minds as the sugar rush from all the free chocolate kicked in. I ate some chocolate and learned about cocoa butter, so it was great day overall.

Before I leave you, I would love to explain my plans for the weekend. Tomorrow I will finish my first assignment for my international business class before dinner. Following dinner we will have a soccer practice, which will be followed by either drinking or sleep. My choice between beer and sleep will rely on my final decision on how to prepare for the weekend. You see, after I watch the premiere of the final Harry Potter movie at midnight, I and two other students are catching a 3am bus to London. From London we are taking a 5:18am high speed train ride to Sandwich where the British Open is being held. After the British open we are taking a train back to London, where I will probably party from 10pm to 12am Saturday. Then I catch a 12:05am bus to Oxford where at 7am that same morning I will be leaving for my excursion with my Oxford tutorial to Herfordshire. We will return Sunday afternoon. :)!! 

I will post again if I survive.

Love you all,

Michael