May I have a lager and black please???

Today was the beginning of our academic adventure. Our first lecturer was Stuart Kewley who spoke with us about European Institutions and Markets and The Single European Market and the Euro Crisis. It was a fantastic lecture which gave us much insight as to how the EU was formed and how Britain has played a part.

After our fabulous lunch of Lamb, Mint & Pea Pie we proceeded back to the lecture hall for our second lecturer of the day, Mr. John Knights who is a local business man who spoke with us about The Leadership Development Journey. This lecture definitely gave me insight about how I respond to others and how this affects the relationship one has with co-workers or employees.

Once this lecture adjourned we proceeded back to our rooms where we changed into casual wear to conduct a walking tour of Oxford. Once again this location is gorgeous. I cannot believe how rich the history is here!
Our tour began with Mr. Ted East who was a magnificent guide, he once was a police officer here in Oxford and later became the Marshal for the University of Oxford.

 After our tour conluded I headed to the local pharmacy to buy a flat iron because the appliances I have do not work with the current here (except my hair dryer that works). I was over it so I got a UK iron.

I then came back to do my hair and headed off to dinner with our group, yes all 33 of us, to the local Italian restaurant, Strada.

We had a large group so we had a prix fixe dinner where we had an appetizer, entree and dessert (best tiramisu ever!) for 17 pounds, the wine was extra but we had to have it lol. All in all it was a good meal! We then headed back to the room for another night on the town. Our first stop was Turf Tavern. This tavern is one of the more famous taverns here as it is the setting for the show Inspector Morris, I have no idea what that show is of course but that was what we were told. This tavern is from the 13th century, yes 13th Century! tavern. I still am reeling how old these places are its crazy.

We had a beer here then headed out to find a night club. A few of us weren't keen to that idea so we decided to go back to the Four Candles where we were the night before and ended our night relaxing and going over the days events. Definitely another long day with lots of events but tomorrow will be even more exciting as we are going to the birthplace of Winston Churchill, Blenheim (pronounced Blen-em) Palace.