I decided to create this website so my family and close friends can keep in touch while I am in Europe. Here you can view my pictures, post messages to my blog, and basically keep up with all that I am doing over here!

 

    

The university traces its roots back to at least the end of the 11th century. The University began to grow very quickly in 1167 when Henry II of England forbade English students to study at the University of Paris. This dating would make its duration now equal to Plato's Academy (400s BC to 500s AD). According to legend, after riots between students and townsfolk broke out in 1209, some of the academics at Oxford fled north-east to the town of Cambridge, where the University of Cambridge was founded. The two universities have since had a long history of competition with each other, and are the most selective universities in the UK.