A Step Back in Time: Day Trip to Oxford

12 years ago, I had my earliest experience with stepping out of my comfort zone. I remember getting on my first long haul flight alone unsure of what to expect. I touched down at Heathrow full of nerves, butterflies, homesickness and anticipation. For the next month, I would be studying in a summer program at Oxford University. I had to figure things out and make new friends in a foreign country. But I did it and at the end I didn't want to leave. I didn't want to go home. Now, 12 years later I returned to the place where it all began, but this time with company.

On Saturday, Aaron, Yacine and I made a quick day trip to Oxford, England. We walked around the colleges and drank pints in historic pubs.

The trip felt familiar but was also new because some of it I remember but a lot of it I've forgotten. We were able to find my old college and dorm room (the brick building). I walked past places I used to eat and where I played soccer, but mostly we wandered around and it was like I'd never even been there. So much has changed in the 12 years and my memory isn't as strong. It makes me wonder what it will be like when Aaron and I come back to London in future years, and whether I'll remember all of our experiences and memories here.

Luckily, I have this blog to help me remember our adventures as newlyweds abroad : )