As you can see from the photo, they gave us headphones so we could hear the tour guide describing all the historical sites, but I wasn't paying attention and just took a bunch of pictures.
Which means now I have loads of pictures of buildings that mean nothing to me. But they're pretty!
What impressed me most about Oxford were the vast opportunities to nerd-out.
For instance, we ate lunch at this tiny pub called The Eagle and Child , which was where Tolkien and C.S. Lewis hung out together. I could really imagine a hobbit living in that pub. The ceiling was all cadywompus - it would slope at different levels, and was drafty and cozy at the same time. They had a lot of meat pies. A LOT OF MEAT PIES.
Oh, and then there was Hogwart's, AKA Christ Church . As I stood before the church, I could imagine all of my Harry Potter friends squealing in nerdtastic glee. The inside was incredible - it had the very cafeteria area featured in the movie. Or so I'm told. I was too cheap to pay the £3.50 entrance fee.
Are you obsessed with The Lord of the Rings and/or Harry Potter? Did you like Alice in Wonderland? Come to Oxford and give the nerd in you a holiday to remember.
I award you 200 tourist skill points. This brings you up to a total of 150 skill points. Glad you are no longer in the red from you're touristic failure at the changing of the Queens guard.
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Kitty Anne
Are you finding all the HP filming sites? 'cause you know I wanna go see 'em when I get there!
ReplyDeleteAs to the squealing in nerdtastic glee . . . I did that in my head when I saw your pics/blog . . . I definitely wanna go to King's Cross Station and take pics of the barrier between platforms 9 & 10!!!!!
And I make landfall March 20th.