Oxford is really unique. It really is a college town. I can't remember exactly how many schools are in Oxford besides, well Oxford, but there are a lot of them. The city itself is a medieval town full of Gothic architecture. Every corner you turn is another place where part of a Harry Potter movie was filmed and many famous people have lived, taught or gone to school in Oxford. Some of the names I remember are Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
We walked into a little square courtyard inside a group of buildings. Apparently it was the entrance to all of Oxford's libraries. There were doors everywhere you looked leading to different libraries covering all topics- religion, philosophy, science, math, etc... You have to be really quiet in the square, whispering only. We didn't go in to any of the libraries, but you have seen at least one of them in one of the Harry Potter movies. I meant to take some pictures of the square, but I spent most of my time sitting on the ground trying to get a picture of this cool facade.
We didn't stay for long, just a couple of hours. We did go on a walking tour of the city, shopped, watched street performers, got lost in the crowds, and waited for a really, really long time in line for milkshakes. I got a ferrero roche milkshake and Pete got one called a jammie dodger. It was strawberry jam and biscuit flavored. Kind of like strawberry shortcake. Here is a cool shot of the street performer that one of my students got. I seriously was terrified he was going to light someone on fire!
Apparently it was some kind of holiday and there was a race of some kind, so it was CROWDED. We had to maneuver our way through the crowd to get back to the bus. Thankfully everyone was late so we weren't to blame...this time.
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