Approaching Christ Church college...so pretty, but sooo not worth the massive amounts of work for just a semester.
More CCC (that would be Christ Church College)
How do they keep the grass so green and well maintained??? A mystery to be solved soon enough.
Garden where Lewis Carroll saw Alice Liddell playing and then decided to write a book about her.
Monastic architectural elements. This might have been fimed for Harry Potter. It looks familiar, but I don't know. When in doubt at Christ Church college, though, I'm just going to say it was used in filming.
Stairs leading up to the Great Hall. Also pretty sure they were used for HP.
CCC Quad. Impressive.
Outside of the Great Hall that we were, sadly, prevented from seeing.
Different college...Oriel.
Great Hall (i.e. cafeteria) at Oriel College. Pretty posh.
I don't think I would mind being served dinner here every night.
Bulldog! Loving nickname of the guards who make sure visitors stay where instructed and keep people off the grass (as the many many signs around campus tell you)...hence the uber green grass.
View of the quad from the entrance to the cathedral.
Nave of CCC (this time Christ Church Cathedral)
Pretty church.
Apparently all churches in England used to have painted ceilings and walls but then the Puritans decided that it was indecent and tried to get rid of it all. A little bit on the ceiling remains...perhaps the Puritans were a wee short?
The model for the figure in the middle panel was apparently Edith Liddell...Alice's older sister.
So when students first came to Oxford to learn, they didn't get along so well with the townspeople. They would often brawl with them and when fights got started, they would ring the bell in this tower to call fellow students to action....
...and the townspeople would ring the bell in this tower to form their own forces. One particularly bad brawl led to 2 students killing a woman, getting executed for it, and the other students left Oxford and fled to Cambridge to continue their studies.
Haha the gargoyles are fantastic in Oxford.
Hi there, little guy.
Entrance to the Divinity School.
On to Blenheim Palace! Outside the gates
See what I mean about the place being absolutely massive???
The east wing where the 11th Duke of Marlborough (sometimes) still lives.
Snazzy view from the front steps. That obelisk in the distance has a statue of the first Duke of Marlborough on top.
Outside in the pretty gardens. I would like a topiary garden at my house, please. Along with my house being a palace.
Delightful.
Hey! My backyard looks exactly like this!
As our tour guide said, if it looks like gold, it is gold. On the front gates to the palace.
Approaching Christ Church college...so pretty, but sooo not worth the massive amounts of work for just a semester.
More CCC (that would be Christ Church College)
How do they keep the grass so green and well maintained??? A mystery to be solved soon enough.
Garden where Lewis Carroll saw Alice Liddell playing and then decided to write a book about her.
Monastic architectural elements. This might have been fimed for Harry Potter. It looks familiar, but I don't know. When in doubt at Christ Church college, though, I'm just going to say it was used in filming.
Stairs leading up to the Great Hall. Also pretty sure they were used for HP.
CCC Quad. Impressive.
Outside of the Great Hall that we were, sadly, prevented from seeing.
Different college...Oriel.
Great Hall (i.e. cafeteria) at Oriel College. Pretty posh.
I don't think I would mind being served dinner here every night.
Bulldog! Loving nickname of the guards who make sure visitors stay where instructed and keep people off the grass (as the many many signs around campus tell you)...hence the uber green grass.
View of the quad from the entrance to the cathedral.
Nave of CCC (this time Christ Church Cathedral)
Pretty church.
Apparently all churches in England used to have painted ceilings and walls but then the Puritans decided that it was indecent and tried to get rid of it all. A little bit on the ceiling remains...perhaps the Puritans were a wee short?
The model for the figure in the middle panel was apparently Edith Liddell...Alice's older sister.
So when students first came to Oxford to learn, they didn't get along so well with the townspeople. They would often brawl with them and when fights got started, they would ring the bell in this tower to call fellow students to action....
...and the townspeople would ring the bell in this tower to form their own forces. One particularly bad brawl led to 2 students killing a woman, getting executed for it, and the other students left Oxford and fled to Cambridge to continue their studies.
Haha the gargoyles are fantastic in Oxford.
Hi there, little guy.
Entrance to the Divinity School.
On to Blenheim Palace! Outside the gates
See what I mean about the place being absolutely massive???
The east wing where the 11th Duke of Marlborough (sometimes) still lives.
Snazzy view from the front steps. That obelisk in the distance has a statue of the first Duke of Marlborough on top.
Outside in the pretty gardens. I would like a topiary garden at my house, please. Along with my house being a palace.
Delightful.
Hey! My backyard looks exactly like this!
As our tour guide said, if it looks like gold, it is gold. On the front gates to the palace.
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