Post Jam

Josh:  I am at a Pret a Manger.  It is a cafe.  Picture it this way, if Starbucks and Panera Bread got put in a blender on high, and the liquify setting was pushed, out would pour Pret a Manger.  Danny and I are now in Oxford.  Yes, it is the Oxford where the college is at.  Its a cool place with a river walk, a castle, old buildings, and of course a university.  There are many people our age, which I am all for.  We stayed at a campground last night.  We slept next to a bunch of RVs and Caravans.  Apparently, Caravans over here have pop up roofs.  The pop-up part they use to sleep in.  Very cool indeed.  It also carries a sink, stove, and maybe a television (in mine it would).  I must say Caravans in the U.S. are behind the curve.  I think we need to jump aboard on this cool phenomena of pop-up roof caravans.  Before Oxford, we stopped in a city called Bristol.  This place was amazing.  Not the city, but the hostel.  We jammed out with a bunch of Europeans: Simone, Richard, and two guys I don't know.  I played percussion on a guitar (we weren't properly equipped with a drum set).  It was an amazing time.  Songs we played were: 'the basket song', and of course 'Ode to Bristol'.  During this time, we managed to get our laundry done by a laundry machine.  So, for at least a few days you don't have to worry about our appearance (I just need to shave).  The weather has been sunny and hot every day we've been here (Except for Stonehenge:).  Britains are starting believe we may have control over the weather or something.  Hey what they don't know won't hurt 'em.  Good times here.  Cambridge is the next stop!  Cheers mates!!!!!!!! (pics are from our visit to Stonehenge)

DAN:  What a good time we've had in the great places of Bristol and Oxford thus far!  I suppose I shall speak for a short bit of Bristol as well, because it really was quite the neat hostel location as Josh put it.  I would like to comment 

on one trend we've seen since we've been here that we hadn't known before, and that is that good, social hostels seem to turn into long-term living accommodations for residents.  The chaps we had the good fortune to jam with were actually there for a reunion of members who had all stayed there for a two-month period and who had become great friends.  Not sure if we'll do the same on our journey, but we certainly had a

good time getting to know them too.  Oxford has been quite the interesting place as well, and today we had the first official dessert of the entire trip at a chinese buffet because we didn't have breakfast and ate quite late, so we went all out and had a good meal.  The campground, I must agree with my buddy booner, was very nice as well, but wasn't like camping in Maine.  It felt more like camping in the backyard than in the woods.  No campfire, no smores, no guitar, no genuine camping.  They actually stuck us in the RV section opposite all the other tents.  Rather humorous, actually.  So Cambridge ought to be fun as well, and then off to Harwich to take a ferry to Amsterdam!  (a couple of pics from Bristol and Oxford to right)