Results tagged “Oxford” from UK and Japan 2010
So was awake for two and a half hours in the middle of the night cause it hurt *sigh*
Got up around 7:20 and convinced the sweetie to get up too.
Had a repeat of Maccas breakfast and then headed for Paddington. Discovered the different ticket machines give different priced tickets - go figure. Found one that did a return for the same price as a single (again, go figure) and booked it. 9:21 to Oxford.
Had a pretty good day in Oxford.
It rained nearly all day.
First headed for the Bodleian Library to get on a tour of the Divinity School and the Duke Humfrey's Library. Had twenty minutes to spare so wandered around and got the sweetie a coffee.
Sheldonian Theatre
Bridge of Sighs
The Bodleian Library tour went for an hour and was quite interesting. I would have enjoyed it even if it wasn't a Harry Potter location ;)
Divinity School
Convocation House, next to the Divinity School
The Tower of the Five Orders
Silence Please!
Went and climbed the University Church tower for some nice views
Radcliffe Camera from the University Church
Looking into All Souls College
Looking into Brasenose College
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin
Next went to find some lunch. As we were both low on energy levels it took us a little while to find something suitable.
The Saxon tower of St Michael at the North Gate
After lunch wandered back up to where we'd seen a walking tour advertised.
The walking tour turned out to be really good. The dude took us into four colleges (Jesus, Exeter, Lincoln and New), and we saw quadrangles and dining halls and chapels for most of them. It was just nice cause he took us behind doors and down paths we probably would not have thought to have gone down if we were doing things by ourselves. Even came across a couple of Australian Rhodes Scholars (a girl from Brisbane doing law, and a guy (who looked about 16) from Adelaide doing inorganic chemistry). They'd only been in the country a few days. The tour finished in the cloisters of New College, where Goblet of Fire was filmed :)
Entrance to Jesus College
Jesus College dining hall
Jesus College quadrangle
Jesus College chapel
Jesus College chapel
Exeter College quadrangle
Exeter College chapel
Exeter College chapel
I love the detail on the organ of Exeter College chapel
Exeter College chapel
Exeter College quadrangle
South side of the Divinity School
Radcliffe Camera
Lincoln College quadrangle
Lincoln College dining hall
New College quadrangle
New College grounds including the old Oxford city wall
New College chapel
Beautiful stained glass in New College chapel
Crook of the crozier of William of Wykeham
New College chapel
Cloister of New College featured in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
New College quadrangle
New College quadrangle
New College quadrangle featured in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Draco gets turned into a ferret under this tree
After talking to Cedric, Harry walks through this gate
So next headed down to Christ Church to go in and see the hall and cathedral. The hall being the inspiration for the great hall in Harry Potter, and they used the entrance staircase in Philosopher's Stone. So that was pretty squee.
Christ Church college
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church quadrangle
There's a shot of Ron and Hermione at the top of these steps at the end of Chamber of Secrets
Entrance to Hogwarts!
Steps used in the first two Harry Potter movies
Steps used in the first two Harry Potter movies
McGonnagal stood at the top of these stairs to welcome the first years
The kids all walk up here
The real entrance to the Great Hall
Christ Church dining room
Christ Church dining room
Christ Church ceiling - does it look anything like Hogwarts?
Christ Church dining room
The fireplace with the "long necks" that inspired Lewis Carroll
Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church Cathedral
Another Christ Church quadrangle
Feet were dead by this point and we were hungry so we headed back to London.
Bicycle parking at Oxford Station
UK trains with built-in GPS and airline style entertainment system (that you had to pay for)
Stopped at a Chinese restaurant near the hotel for dinner - had some very nice szechuan twice fried pork and bok choi in oyster sauce.
Got back to the hotel and my world fell apart...
Geotagging - Day 31
Geotagging - Day 31
Photos on the Canon: 294
Photos on the Sony: 158
Photos on the Video: 1
Videos on the Video: 10
Steps walked: 15637
Pounds Spent: ?