Oxford

I "graduated" from Oxford Elementary in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. (Dave was across town at Canterbury, so we didn't meet until high school.) But this was the real thing. Dave gave a talk in Oxford University's Computer Science Department on Tuesday, and that evening we were guests of Magdalen College. Here is a view of the quadrangle from our room.



The Chapel is to the right of the tower, and the Hall is to the left. The window directly below the tower looks into the head table, which is where we ate dinner on Tuesday night. But first we had to process across the lower roof and into the Hall via the small door to the left of that window!



This picture looks towards the head table in the Hall after breakfast on Wednesday morning - a much less formal meal....



We did some walking on our own after breakfast. Never did I expect to pass an "Obama '08" sign in the window of a stone house on a cobblestone street in England. But then again, about 1300 students from the US attend Oxford.



The guided walking tour gave us an excellent overview of Oxford's past and present, including sacred and secular activities of both town and gown. We of course had to eat lunch afterwards at The Eagle and Child, a favorite haunt of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. There was even a small table available in the Rabbit Room!



We finished our day with a tower view of the city, and then headed back home by train.