Arriving in Hogwarts

Hello!
Today, we came to Oxford.
We held class on the first part of Return of the King on the bus with Dr. Hanks. We could hear surprisingly well. Brooke and Andrew know everything about LoTR, and it was so much fun just to listen to everything they had to say. Everyone here has the same strange interests, and I love it.
When we first arrive, I was dead tired. I don't know why, but bus trips just take the life out of me. We took our stuff into our rooms. I walk up the two flights of stairs up to my room. It was so beautiful. The parlor was huge, and there were two perfect window seats that looked over the quad, sunlight streaming in. I teared up a bit. I have always wanted a window seat. I climbed in and just stared out for while. There was a service table with an electric kettle, milk, and sugar for tea (Yeah, i just used the Oxford comma in Oxford.) However, I walked into the bedroom, opened the wardrobe, and clothes were still in there. :(
Sonto, our awesome custodian, came in and I asked her about the stuff. Apparently, some older lady hadn't moved out yet and she was supposed to check out today. Sonto saw that I was already close friends with the girls in this stairwell, so she asked the supervisor if I could stay in another girl's room and then move back into it tomorrow instead of moving to another quad. Thank you, Sonto! One night of Jaclyn's couch for three weeks of the best room in the whole quad for three weeks is totally worth it.
I was quickly rejuvenated with a cream cheese bagel, tea, and a brownie with some girls at an ice cream place across the street.
We then had a tour of Christ Church by an hilarious man in a hat.

He showed us the Jabberwocky tree! And the keyhole where Alice looked into the Forbidden Garden! I was just in ecstasy.
Seriously, wonderful. I will show pictures tomorrow.
I then went grocery shopping for a party. I got red and white sparkling grape juice, dr pepper, scones, crumpets, mars candie, and an assortment of cadbury chocolates. Sonto apparently has a second job at the grocery store, so she helped me check out, too! She took my cups and put them to the side, telling me where the secret place of all the fancy glasses were, and that I could use those as long as I didn't break or spill anything. I made many promises after many insistings.
Sonto is a really cool person. She is a grandmother, and her three kids and their kids still live in South Africa. She hasn't gotten to visit them since 2007, but she's very proud and wants to go back soon. She is extremely sweet and has already made me feel completely at home.
The security guard at the supermarket, Victor, loves American accents and traveling, but has never gone to the States. He has been in Oxford for three years and loves it.
The guards are also very nice. One of them saw me carrying sparkling grape juice, and he got very close into my face and inquired if I had any beer. He was about in his 70s, and had a big round face, a black hat, and one eye that permanently squinted. He said if I had beer, he was going to the party, and he would break dance. I should youtube him apparently. His name is Norman.

We then ate in the Great Hall. I got in a long debate with someone about something. I had to. It's the Great Hall, which apparently isn't actually where they filmed dinner scenes. They built a replica because Christ Church students couldn't possibly take a 4 week break from food.
But I left my purse and camera in there, but we'll have breakfast in the morning, so all is well.
We just had our party, and got on the roof. Someone down at the ground played guitar, and I played violin on the roof. Okay, so we couldn't actually play together, and I only just played a c scale once, but I still played a fiddle on the roof, goshdarnit.
The moon was orange and bells rang. Super unreal.
Anyways, time for sleep. That's the plan for tomorrow as well.