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Had an amazing time hosting an Oxford reunion last night. Cards Against Humanity, Shakespearean kings cup, and a whole lot of substance abuse!

#oxford #reunion #cards against humanity #king's cup #beer #wine #tito's vodka #alcohol #weed #cigarettes #drinking game

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Back at Heathrow

I don't wanna go home yet :(

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Day 3 was a chill day. Pool, pubs, and museums. Great end to an all too short visit.

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Day 2 was Camden day. Made some awesome purchases, had delicious Chinese food and Brazilian soda. Camden is amazing! A bit bummed I didn't stumble upon Noel Fielding, but you can't have it all.

#Camden

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One of my best friends in the world visited me this last weekend from Spain and needless to say, a lot of alcohol was consumed. Friday night was classy drinks night, and we went to the Grand Cafe, the site of the oldest coffeehouse in England. Afterward we went to the Three Goats Heads, one of my favorite pubs in Oxford. They've got the two best beers I've had while here, but they are also super cheap. Love that place!

Samuel Smith Stout - chocolatey smooth stout, ruined me for Guinness

Espresso Martini - coffee beans on top, "health, wealth, and happiness," said the bartender

Colonial Allotment - delicious fruity gin drink

Brandy Alexander - with extra cocoa powder on top 

#drank

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As You Like It even had a bloody topless mud wrestling scene.

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Visit to Tintagel 3/3

Beautiful views, Merlin’s cave, and a Keebler elf’s house

#Tintagel

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Visit to Tintagel 2/3

#Tintagel

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Visit to Tintagel 1/3

#Tintagel #Me

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The Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance of As You Like It definitely stole Propellor’s Twelfth Night’s position as my favorite of the performances we’ve seen during this trip. Everything about the play wowed me from set to costume to acting to music and I left the theater unable to stop...

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More than any of the other plays we read in class, As You Like It reminded me of Arthurian legend and one specific theme we discussed at length in my other class here, Getting Chivalric. In Malory’s Le Morte Darthur, it seemed as though the forest played the part of a detached and otherworldly...

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Lunch and dessert at the Oxford Covered Market

#Oxford #Sushi #Sooshe #Chocology #Covered Market

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Some misc photos from Shakespeare's house, the gift shop, and at the bottom, my view of the stage for Hamlet. And yeas I bought the book. No shame.

#Shakespeare #Shakespeare's house #Royal Shakespeare Theatre #Stratford #Verily a New Hope

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More of the Hathaway house's gardens

#Anna Hathaway #SHakespear #Stratford

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Stumbled on a place where the wifi is good enough to get my dropbox app working so today is picture day. Here's Anne Hathaway's house! (Well, mostly gardens, but also her and Shakespeare's marriage certificate so that's cool.)

#Stratford #Anne Hathaway #Shakespeare

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Wonderful teaser scene from As You Like It

#As You Like It #RSC #Pippa Nixon #Alex Waldmann #Joanna Horton #Shakespeare