Yesterday my class took a day trip to Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon. It was a lot of driving and waiting (for missing people) for only a few hours in each city, but I am still glad we got the chance to go! It was about an hour to Oxford and then another hour to Stratford-upon-Avon. As we left our house in Kensington, our tour guide pointed out to the area (right down the street) where J.K. Rowling has a residence! I might just have to start reading all the Harry Potter books when I get home...
The circular building on the right is the Sheldonian Theatre, which was built in 1664 for the university.
Museum of the History of Science, one of the first museums open to the general public. Inside is a blackboard that Albert Einstein used in 1931 during his lectures while visiting Oxford.
A little bit of countryside in Oxford.
Christ Church Cathedral
This twelfth century church is the only church in the world to be both a cathedral and a college chapel.
Does this look familiar...?
Its the Dining Hall where scenes for the Harry Potter movies were shot!
It was built in 1529 and has many connections with Lewis Carroll's book, Alice in Wonderland.
Inside the Cathedral.
Behind us is an area called Tom Quad. The name Tom Quad comes from the seven-ton bell, Great Tom, which hangs in the Tom Tower. Every night Tom strikes 101 times, at five past nine. The original college had 101 students and they all had to be inside the walls by 9 pm Oxford time, which was 5 minutes later than Greenwich Mean Time.
Standing in the rain in front of the Hathaway family cottage in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Anne Hathaway married William Shakespeare in 1582.
It is very difficult to get pictures without tourists in them...
Shakespeare's birthplace!
Another view of Shakespeare's house.
We escaped the rain and enjoyed some Cream Tea, which is just tea taken with scones, clotted cream, and jam.
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