Matt and I took our first trip to the English countryside (just an hour from London) and went to visit Oxford University on Saturday. As I am learning, it was in typical English fashion for it to rain during the morning and then turn into a gorgeous day.
38 colleges make up the University of Oxford and each school is an independently run institution. Most of the schools have been around since the 14th or 15th century and some even date back to the 1200's. We got to see Exeter, New College, Christ Church and a few others. Some may recognize the dining hall in Christ Church as it was used as the inspiration for the dining hall in the Harry Potter movies. The rest town is made up of shops and cobble stone streets, all of which are very charming.
We stopped off at a few pubs in town but we either had to sit outside or find a table since Matt was too tall to stand fully upright. Guess the men weren't so tall back in 1300! I, clearly, had no issue and would have fit right in during that time. We finished off the day by going on a ghost tour of the city where we learned about the fate of some of Oxford's old time residents.
38 colleges make up the University of Oxford and each school is an independently run institution. Most of the schools have been around since the 14th or 15th century and some even date back to the 1200's. We got to see Exeter, New College, Christ Church and a few others. Some may recognize the dining hall in Christ Church as it was used as the inspiration for the dining hall in the Harry Potter movies. The rest town is made up of shops and cobble stone streets, all of which are very charming.
We stopped off at a few pubs in town but we either had to sit outside or find a table since Matt was too tall to stand fully upright. Guess the men weren't so tall back in 1300! I, clearly, had no issue and would have fit right in during that time. We finished off the day by going on a ghost tour of the city where we learned about the fate of some of Oxford's old time residents.
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