Tuesday, 10 January 2017

Oxford

On the 28th of December we drove to Oxford, the other main university town in England. It was a cold morning, and everything was covered in a layer of frost. Upon arrival we entered a walking tour of Oxford, focusing on the colleges. I learnt a lot, but was disappointed that we could not go inside most of them, since they were closed for the holidays.
Next we visited the Oxford Museum of Natural History where we saw some amazing fossils, including the first formally described and analysed dinosaur bones. There was also the Dodo specimen that served as inspiration for The Dodo in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
Finally we visited Christchurch Oxford, the Largest college there. It was the college of many famous individuals, including Lewis Carroll, and the filming location for much of Harry Potter.
By then, it was getting dark, and it was time to return home.
Me at Christchurch College

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