Romantically Academic.

Quite a nice day out at Oxford. Good thing about cheap bus rides and evening lectures is they allow you, and give you a good reason too, to savour a place in a time- and investment-friendly manner and talk about it (rather than the other option of having to pay a fortune and/or spend years for a degree there). Also good to have an insider to get a proper guided tour adapted to your specific interests - from Latin American shrunken heads to business schools (lobby access only) [hAk, if you're reading this... thanks again! Fabulous time. I can promise you one jamming session - but only one :)].

Anyways, (since one thing London teaches you is to identify "characters" of places - the most popular character in London being "dodgy") Oxford has a character of its own. The various norms including amongst others, priveleges to dining halls and access to walking on the grass, would definitely make you feel better as a fellow/member. The various effects create a sense of calm and non-urgency (very noticable to central London dwellers). Of these the most significant seem to be the vacant (unspoiled) expansive lush green lawns. Quite the thing that makes you talk academically about politics, society and world affairs. Its good to see education given this status.