A few weeks ago, I went on a day trip to Oxford. The university is beautiful and the town was lovely. I can't imagine going to school every day on a campus like Oxford's. I love the small streets between colleges and the old college buildings that are far older than any of our academic buildings at NYU. It was fun to wander around Oxford for the day with some friends.
Our tour guide first took us on a tour of Balliol College, giving us a bit of history of the college and Oxford in general. The annoying and distracting part was that our tour guide kept comparing everything to Harry Potter... We have dining halls too (though they certainly aren't as old and pretty).
The rest of our tour was a walk around the surrounding area, which included Hertford Bridge (similar to Venice's Bridge of Sighs), the Radcliffe Camera, and Bodleian Library, and passed by some of the other colleges of Oxford, including New College, Exeter College, and Hertford College.
We had lunch at the Turf Tavern, an old pub hidden down a winding and narrow alleyway, and then went to the Divinity School, a part of the Bodleian Library with incredible vaulting.
Our last stop was Christ Church College, where we explored the Meadow Building, the dining hall, the quad, and the cathedral. It was also fun to see the spots where Harry Potter had been filmed at Christ Church College (in addition to the Divinity School) - the dining hall, staircase, hallways, and quad.
Winding streets and some signs of spring in Oxford:
