coach bus - two, actually. The first one, we discovered as we rode along, noticing the view getting more urban, went to London! (We were WONDERING why the fare was so cheap!)
Fortunately, we got it right on only our second attempt;)
Oxford is a town as well as a University and VERY pretty. Here is Christ Church, where the students still eat in loooong dining rooms.
All the buildings in Oxford have tons of decorative spires, statues, plaques and stained glass windows. Gorgy;).JPG)
Don't you love this arch? Leads from one building to another. Charming. And what delightful children walking below it.
Just inside the entrance to Christ Church is a large stairway that was used in the first (?) Harry Potter movie, where Prof. Mogonagle greeted the students below. Here are my own little - and not so little - professors;)
Here is the dining hall that was the inspiration for the Harry Potter dining hall as well. They began filming here but soon discovered it was too small (!) for their purposes. So they built a fake one which is still housed in an airplane hangar somewhere out in the country!Not a bad place to eat your pb and j, huh?
I'm thinking of asking Jer to do something similar in our own dining room - hey, he's got a lot
of time off coming up, don't forget...
I tried to put on more photos but was stopped by the Man Behind the Blogger Curtain.
Stay tuned for "Alice in Wonderland goes to (comes from) Oxford"!
5 comments:
These photos really don't that much different than uptown Park Ridge...
"look" missing from the above comment...It's still before noon in California...Apologies.
Well, Thank goodness you shoed how to leave a comment !! I have been reviewing.. And first of all Roosters crow All day my dear. At least in WI. It's sounds like everything is going well. We miss you back here...How's the weather besides rain... Fall colors are really peaking here. Ask Jer if would like to go to the Bear Packer game Oct 7th 7:15... Jay will be North and I have no one to go with being a night game... :( Have to chat more later..have some work to do !! and it's KARWEN
hope this works ttfn
Bet Oxford is even more popular since Harry Potter came on the scene (get it - on the scene). Platform 9 3/4, yet! How DID you get the trolley to go halfway through the brick wall? Hope you didn't deface something belonging to the Queen. Mum would not be pleased. Keep sending the blogs. Miss you! Auntie H.
Hey Kawen!
You did it! Thanks for stopping by.
And about that Bears/Packers game...don't tempt him! He just might do it:)
XO
Hi Auntie H!
So, you didn't know your niece was a wizard???
;)
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