I've made it!

Hey everyone, greetings from Oxford! I made it, in once piece, and pretty much dry :) The trip to the airport was uneventful, as my mom and Klaudia can attest to (although apparently the drive home, not as uneventful). I made it to JFK with no problems, checked my bag and got a seat on the flight to Heathrow. I met up with Andrea and we had awesome seats! The first class seats from JFK have flat beds so I was literally lying down as I napped and watched movies. Plus, we got pretty much anything we wanted to eat or drink.


Luckily I made it through security and immigration with no hitches although I was questioned for a good ten minutes but a grumpy man. We got our bags and caught the bus to Oxford, which included free wi-fi. Excellent amenity. Roni picked us up, we trekked to her office to drop off our bags and then headed back into town. We spent the afternoon wandering around, including taking a jaunt up to the top of St. Marys Church to see Oxford from above.
The chuch is right across from the Radcliffe Camera and around the corner from Blackwell's, the Sheldonian and High Street so we were certainly occupied the whole afternoon. Later we met up with Roni, chatted with a sweet old man at the bus station, settled into the beautiful apartment (post of pictures of that to follow in a few days for a personal tour), did some shopping and had a yummy homemade dinner. Needless to say, it was nice to be "home".



The next morning (today), it was rainy and blustery but not too cold so we set off for another jaunt around Oxford. We hit up the Divinity School of the Bodleian, an exhibit of old Hebrew manuscripts, Exeter College and their Fellow's Garden, Starbucks, the Oxford Castle and then ChristChurch college. The Tom campus is pictured below.



Christ College is the location of many-a Harry Potter scene location. The Hall is used for the Great Hall scenes, the steps are where Harry and Co stood to be sorted and some of the hallways are used in the films as well. When I hit up a few more HP sites, I'll post the pictures. It's pretty awesome. The cathedral is also beautiful, especially the incredible stained-glass windows.

Tomorrow morning we take the train into London hopefully to hit up Borough Market, Camden Market (my favorite place in London), the British Museum and We Will Rock You. Sunday will be Dover and Canterbury and then back home Sunday night! Post more later!